FOOD SUPPLIES
IN WARTIME DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. B/ Telegraph—Press Association— Copyrlehl (Received May 14, 11.35 p.m.) LONDON, May 14. Mr A. F. Bird (Unionist), in the House of Commons, raised a discussion on food supplies in war time. He urged relieving tho taxes on land in order to encourage corn-growing, also to encourage shipowners to build greyhound grain-carriers. Mr 'A. H. Leo (Unionist) said that tho Government persistently neglected this matter. Home supplies were decreasing and foreign supplies increasing. Meanwhile, the relative naval superiority of Great Britain was steadily waning. Mr W. Runciman, President of the Board of Agriculture, denied that the Navy had weakened. lie said: ■ “Concentration in tho North Sea has freed ns from hostile peril in many parts of tho world. The Imperial Defence Committee is considering the question of food supplies in war time. The Committee has also consulted, and made certain arrangements with, the overseas’ Governments. There is no ground for anxiety. There is always a sixteen-weeks’ supply at hand.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8733, 15 May 1914, Page 6
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