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CABINET PLANS FOR COMMUNAL FEEDING

WARSHIPS FOR SOVIET

Russia

plans to build powerful Esquadrons of modem first-class warships "in the shortest possible time,' according to 'an' article in the

AS LUNCH TIME draws near steam will spiral upwards from something like 50,000,000 pots, bub-Isvestiarana bling above 50,000,000 fires and burners.

From 13,000,000 ovens will come the savoury, smell of small joints, Yorkshire puddings, casseroles, jam tarts, fruit pies, puddings. On the top of 13,000,000 stoves and fires, pans of potatoes, greens, beans and peas will bubble joyously.

It's a pretty domestic picture, but not an economical one for #

at and a war in

is

which the food problem at the BREAKS

deciding factor. As every house- wife knows, cooking for a small family costs as much in fuel as cooking for a large one. Small joints mean a certain amount off, waste.

WITH VICHY

de familles cooking the average GOVERNMENT

Ten

family dinner-say, joint and ple

in the oven and three saucepans!

on the top each uses approximate - IT WAS OFFICIALLY - AN-

ly four pennyworth of gas or 24 NOUNCED FROM GENERAL

|HEADQUARTERS: ta 3 units of electricity.

FREE

OF THE FORCES IN

A communal meal for those ten FRENCH families would reduce fuel con-LONDON YESTERDAY THAT sumption to a fraction of, a penny, GENERAL OF BRIGADE EON, per family, cost of foodstuffs by FORMER COMMANDER OF THE half and eliminate otherwise un-18T ZOUÁVES AT CASABLAN- avoidable waste...

Five times as many. warships were built in Soviet dockyards last year than in the peak year of the se cond five-year plan, the article adds.

BATTERED BUT ABLE

TO EAT!

The complete failure of CA AND PREVIOUSLY COM-enemy raids to impair That is why the Government MANDER OF A SUB-DIVISION London's food supplies has embarked on a tremendous AT TETUAN, HAS ARRIVED IN claimed by the Minister of food and cooking census ENGLAND, AND IMMEDIATELY

throughout the country pre-PLACED HIMSELF AT THE Food in his statement on

OF arrange-DISPOSAL

Wednesday, is well borne

paratory to making

ments for communal feeding. GAULLE.

GENERAL

DE

Such communal feeding would Meanwhile in Melbourne yes-out in reports made last do much to equalise consumption terday, it was stated that the Aus- as rationing has not succeeded tralian Federal Government has night by two American in doing.. If It became univer-been informed that New Caledonia correspondents.

sal it would no longer be possible has broken away from the Vichy John McVane, broadcasting for, the rich to feed luxuriously Government and declared alle from London on the National while the man-in-the-street exist-giance to General de Gaulle who Breadcasting System, said: ed on emergency rations.

has appointed M..Santot as his re- "One of the N.B.C.. observers, It would provide an answer to presentative in place of General came through Covent Garden and Labour's demand for the end of Denis, the Governor under the found it crammed with every. luxury dining out.

Vichy administration who re kind of fruit and vegetable you [signed:

can imagine. There are boxes

Food Saving

Mr. R.. G. Menzies, the Aus-of Tasmanian apples and South tralian Premier, said yesterday African grapefruit and lettuce. by that the island's adherence to the truckload and many other the cause of General de Gaulle perishable "commodities which has strengthened the already must have been brought in dur- close ties between New Cale-ling the night. donia and Australia.

But, more than this, it would mean a tremendous conservation of food supplies and simplification of transport, with, at the same time, a better standard of nutrition' for the poorest members of the community..

He added that Australia's real Scrops, which in individual material interest in Caledonia's families seem too small to save, welfare did not indicate hostility would all be conserved, providing to anybody else.". valuable foodstuffs for pigs andIt was pointed out in Melbourne poultry.

that the new development will The Ministry of Food has not prejudice the recent commer-} already begun to take a census cial agreements between Austra- of restaurants, cafes, and cater- lia and mining interests in New H. R. Knickerbocker, in a 'mes- ing establishments of all descrip- Caledonia.-Reuter.

sage to New York, wrote: "This tions, together with their kit- . The Administrator of the sort of destruction certainly is not chen and seating accommoda- French colony of Chandernagore going to win the war and to-day, tion and normal custom,

(India) at a public meeting yes-after touring the city's principal

This doesn't mean that this big town hasn't' been...badly battered in the past twenty- four hours. It's merely a re- minder that London is a vast area which cannot be knocked- out by a few bombers in a few days...or even weeks of constant raiding.",

The census, and the scheme for terday expressed the hope that markets, I can testify that the which it provides, will not be all would follow General de German radio's claim that the confined to London: and other Gaulle's lead to victory with the Luftwaffe is gradually starving large centres; it will operate help of Britain, which is growing London is simply imbecile. throughout the country.

stronger every day." Reuter.

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"If there is any shortage: Covent Garden, London's biggest: and most famous market, it is in- to the naked eye. It takes just as lang now, to thread one's way through its lanes and alleys, piled mountain high, with. every variety of food, as it ever did

in

peacetime." British

Details of the scheme have not. yet been worked out, but the, probabilities are that workers in smaller offices and buildings would still be able to dine at their usual establishment, but this would be controlled; and customers would be registered for such an estab- lishment in the same way as (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Wireless. they now register with their re-

A five-year programme aiming tailer for rationed commodities.

insurance at spreading health Large works would have their benefits was announced in Tokyo own canteen which would. be yesterday and a general meeting Hong Kong hus-controlled in the same way. Other of all insurance organisations In plans would have to be made for Japan has been called for Oct. 9. the residential balance families eat at home.

areas where The new plan will be launched It has not, yet been decided 30,000,000 policy holders by 1946, next year and aims at securing.

when such a - scheme would}

for an average of six million new come into operation, but it le policies a year. The "Nich-Nicht certain that it would be rapidly says 20,000 new insurance offices expedited in the event of large will be set up all over Japan scale war operations: EfficientlyHavas. operated it would “Increase; en- ormously the strength- of "our defence measurès. ·

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CAROL AND MME. LUPESCU IN SPAIN

A lightning series of air, battles was reported recently by an RAF. fighter pilot.MM

Flying over France the pilot, Flight Lieutenant, saw a Spie

below him shot down by Messerschmidt 109. The Messers- chmidt was ✨ immediately. "shot down by a second Spitfire: Then

It would take the sting out of (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") a second Messerschmidt dived on other problems" besides transport,|___Ex-King Carol of Rumania and to the tail of the second Spitfire.' notably evacuatiön. With com-Madame Lupescu are still residing. All this happened while the munal feeding the billeting of at Senges, the Catalan seasidere- Flight Lieutenant, in a third Spit- evacuees becomes a simpler mat- sort south of Barcelona; It is un-fire, was diving down to join in ter, and the household -in, an derstood that Carol "intends to the fight." He arrived just" in "time" [evacuation ^aren which has been proceed to America. - Havas.

reduced no longer faces, the un-| economic proposition of catering)

to save the second Spitfire by giving the second Messerschmidt a burst of bullets and sending it

GINTmily which has been split their charges at the beginning of diving on its back.

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WEATHER REPORT

the war, and families hit by the Communal feeding, as tried out rising cost of living attempted to for children in reception areas, balance these by reducing their has been a notable success in a consumption the companies TC- way which augurs well for the plied by raising standing charges, tragereagensgatan part future of a wider scheme, but In any event, one of the reasons The Royal Observatory, reports There are a variety of points given for the soaring charges of that pressure is now highest fo arising out of the scheme with such services was the reduction the north of Hokkaido, and ap- which the Government will pre- in consumption, which would cer, pears to be increasing over China;

of fuel, In many quarters new scheme. So fuel prices of the Loochoos and wher electricity companies put up love to ÷be controlled, as well the Philippines.

SPIRITS pl. sumably deal One is the cost tally, bo mill more reduced by the it is relatively low over the Paris