We talk glibly of our thousands and our millions, but have we really and adequate idea of what these figures mean? The chances are that we have not. Thus ...
Article : 627 wordsPlant down the week's rations for a million men in a sydney street, and these are the preportions they would assume. You have here 3906 tons 5cwt of bread; 781 tons 5 cwt of bacon ; 3906 tons 5cwt of meat ; 585 tons 18cwt 84lb of cheese; 585 tons 18cwt 84lb of sugar; 122 tons 1cwt 35lb of tea; 781 tons of jam; 390 tons 121cwt of dried peas, ...
Article : 129 wordsEvery soldier eats about 4lb weight of food each day, at a cost of about 1/3. So the daily food bill for our army of a million would run into £62,500, and the total weight consumed ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial (Sydney, NSW : 1914 - 1917), Sat 13 Mar 1915, Page 4
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