STEPS TO STOP FOOD HOARDING.
LONDON, March 23.
The food question is pressing daily with increasing stringency on the British public andi according to authoritative reports a few days will see new steps on the part of the food controller to meet tlie situation and prevent exploitation os the public by traders. With regard to hoarding, it is stated that the police will be authorised to search private houses, and if more than a fortnight's supply of sugar, on a basis of a weekly allowance of three-quarters of a pound "per capita, is found, the persons so hoarding- will be severely pun 1 iflhed. Traders will be also prohibited under penalties, from attempting to compel purchasers to buy other things before being supplied with sugar, potatoes and similar commodities, as this system has Jed to mischievous waste.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 3
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137STEPS TO STOP FOOD HOARDING. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 3
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