BRITAIN’S FOOD SUPPLY.
ASSURANCE IN WARTIME. INVESTIGATION PROCEEDING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, June 19. The Earl of Stanhope in the House of Lords asked would the Government publish figures showing the minimum percentages of different varieties of foodstuffs which it was considered necessary for strategic reasons Should be gro*wn in Britain and the Dominions. The Earl of Clarendon replying, said that it would bo impossible to arrive at even approximate figures. The solution of the problem would necessarily vary with changing conditions of defence of sea transport. The problem was further complicated by the great distances between Britain and the Dominions. It was not advisable to give publicity to deliberations on this question, which was closely connected with the defence of the Empire. The Duke of Devonshire stated that the subject was actually engaging the attention of those who were preparing for the Imperial Conference.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15271, 22 June 1923, Page 7
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147BRITAIN’S FOOD SUPPLY. Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15271, 22 June 1923, Page 7
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