THE FOOD SUPPLY.
A World Shortage. NEXT YEAB CRITICAL. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian-N.Z. Cable Association.) Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock. LONDON, Dec. IG. Mr. McCurdy, of the Ministry oi' Food, addressing a conference of Labour members and local Food Committees, said there would bo a serious shortage of essontial foodstuffs in 1920. Butter was almost disappearing. Expert!*. predicted that 1920 would be the most critical year since the start of tho war as regards butter and cheese. Tea supplies hud decreased, though the consumption had increased. Thero was no prospect of the world's supply of sugar balancing tho demands. There was a surplus of meat in Britain at present, but there would bo a world shortage in 1920. It was essontial to again control bacon, because prices had bounded, and tho bacon deteriorated when the control was removed.
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Wairarapa Age, 20 December 1919, Page 5
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