THE FOOD PROBLEM
WHEAT PRODUCTION BILL. SOLDIERS' RATIONS VARIED. , (Australian and N.Z. Cable Asbsx.) LONDON, April 25. In the Hoas© of Commons, a debate •took pLaoe on dihe Corn Bill, and sitrong Liberal opposition was shown to tilie proposal to guarantee minimum prices to farmers. The Nationalists supported the Government. Mr Ruucimasi said mar tdonial security would be better aciieived by storing wheat .in national : .granaries holdling 'three yeaiw' consumption. It is repoited tlie> awthorities are reducing the bread ration in the army owing to the shortage of wheat and flour. The meat ration will be . ©orrespondingly increased. The stocks of meat have been recently raised owing to killing cattle to save feeding, sbuffe, and the system | . of meatless days.
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Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18325, 26 April 1917, Page 5
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