29 DECEMBER 1917, Page 3

Lord Rbondda has authorized the Local Food Control Committees to

devise and enforce schemes for controlling the distribution and consumption of any article of food. The Committees will be empowered to regulate the sale of tea, butter, bacon, and other foodstuffs in the same way as the sale of sugar is to be controlled in the New Year. They will, in effect, be able to introduce gradually a system of rationing, worked through the retailer, so that every one may have his fair share of the available stocks. Some Local Committees, by vigorous action, have abolished the long queues of customers outside provision-shops. The main things necessary are to distribute the supplies equitably among the various retailers and to discourage greedy people from buying more than they really want.