WOMAN HOARDS FOOD.
At Bromley (Kent) Police Court Mrs Jessie K.laber, of Shortlands Ho«tse, Beckenham, was on nine of fourteen summonses convicted of food hoarding and fined £10 and costs on each, reports the "Daily Chronicle." It was stated, that her store cupboard contained nearly a ton of food, and Mr.Roland Oliver, who prosecuted, said this work ed out at over 1001b. eo,ch person living in the house. It was evident, he said, that Mrs. Klager was a very wealthy woman, and he submitted to the magistrate that they should coneider whether they should not order imprisonmen t.
Mr. Ernest Jackling, the Food Control Executive officer, recited the list of foodstuffs (apart from margarine) which he found on the premises. Defendant, giving evidence, said there were always at least 15 persons in her household, and if she included the gardener, the chaffeur, and their families, arid two dresmakors, the household comprised 26 persons. In cross-examination, she admitt^l that having 47 tins or packages of cornflour in the house, she went to Selfridge's to buy more She did .so because she was using cornflour very freely. She also bought more golden syrup, although she had a lot in the house. Notwithstanding that she had a lot cf sugar in the house, she wis taking her allowon.ee on the card. During the hearing Mr. Oliver stated that while the possession of a hoard of food before the promulgation of the order was not an offence, the order w:is designed to desolve hoards. If people with a quantity of food in their possession bought even a pound of food on top of that it would be " acquiring food in excessive quantity."
WOMAN HOARDS FOOD.
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17269, 24 April 1918, Page 6
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