BREAD V. BEER.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15130, 26 January 1917, Page 5

BREAD V. BEER.

BEER OUTPUT TO BE RESTRICTED. (Jifats. At N.Z. Cable Assn. Sc Renter.; Received January 26, 10.0 a.m. LONDON, January 25. The Food Controller has decided ■with a view to augmenting the supply of barley and sugar for purposes of food, and also for economising transport, labour, and fuel, that the beer output from the Ist April will be 70 per cent, of the output for the trurrent financial year. The Government correspondingly restricts the release of wines and spirits from bond. Lord Devonport, in explaining the beer restrictions, says the question Is bread versus beer,’which jtaa now diminished by half since the war began, thus saving 250,000 tons Of barley and 38,000 tons, of sugar.