MILK SUPPLIES
POSITION IN BRITAIN SHORTAGE NEXT WINTER LIKELY (Rec. 8 p.m.) RUGBY, Apl. 29. Though milk consumption in Britain during the past year has risen nearly 20 per cent, above the pre-war figure, there is no likelihood of any shortage in the next six months, the Minister of Food, Lord Woolton, said to-day. He added that there was something approaching certainty that at that rate there would be a shortage next winter. Lord Woolton was explaining why the Government preferred to let dairymen distribute one-seventh less milk in the light of their knowledge of what customers required, rather than to introduce uniform rationing which, he said, would give each person in the country about two-fifths of a pint daily. The restriction during the summer will allow a surplus for the manufacture of cheese and for making condensed milk for winter use.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19410501.2.77
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 24595, 1 May 1941, Page 7
Word Count
142MILK SUPPLIES Otago Daily Times, Issue 24595, 1 May 1941, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in