SAVE MEAT SCHEME
OPINION THAT IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE Speaking at a public meeting in Wanganui yesterday, called to discuss the “Food for Britain” appeal. Mr. Sam S. Timbs, who has had close personal experience with the butchery trade in the United Kingdom, expressed doubt about the effectiveness of a “save-your-couDons” scheme. “What is* the position?’’ Mr. Timbs asked. “A woman comes into my shop and savs: TH take only half my meat quota to-day. You can have the rest to send to Britain.’ What can I do about it? I look round at the end or the day and find I have this and that not wanted. Will they let me go down to Imlay and say: ‘Here you aie, send this Home to Britain?' Not on your life, they won’t. "The same apnlies to the farmer. He kills a sheen: if he wants to save a bit for Britain will they take it at Imlay and let him send it Home? Not tt ' "I*' will do all I can to help this scheme, but if you want a scheme to be successful there should be little it any, doubt about it," sa d Mr. Timbs. “The trouble with this scheme is that it seems to be 95 per cent, doubt.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 85, 12 April 1946, Page 4
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212SAVE MEAT SCHEME Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 85, 12 April 1946, Page 4
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