COLONIAL PROBLEMS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1939, Page 7

COLONIAL PROBLEMS

THE NEED OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. FOR BETTER NOURISHMENT OF PEOPLE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 1. Economic development as a remedy for under-nourishment in the colonies was suggested by the Under-Secretary for Colonics. Lord Dufferin in a broadcast address. . Experiments in the colonies had shown that where men were given a properly balanced diet in place of a traditional diet deficient in quality they were healthier, he said. Although the Governments in the colonial Empire had abolished the dangers of famine in their various territories, many people were still under-nourished. This serious state of affairs did not exist only in our colonial Empire, but also to a greater or lesser extent all over the world. The diets, it was shown, were frequently insufficient in quantity and still more frequently deficient in quality. Even if there were enough food in bulk it was very often not such as would give man the proper nourishment. It often consisted almost entirely of one staple foodstuff, which could not. of itself supply all the heal man needed.

Economic development was necessary to remedy this state of affairs, said Lord Dufferin. The colonies must become richer by increased exports or by increasing their internal trade. Either course, however, would take a very long time. Lord Dufferin recommended that the first, thing that should be done was to see that as many people as possible grew and used the right kind of food —more animal products and more green vegetables.