SYDNEY'S MEAT FAMINE
SYDNEY, September 12. Sydney's meat famine will continue next week following the unexpected rejection of a settlement proposal by the workers on strike at the Homebush abattoirs. The Federal Acting Minister of Labour, Mr. E. Hollo way, will arrive in Sydney tomorrow to attempt a settlement of the strike, the effect of which is being felt by the whole civilian population of Sydney.
Little meat was available to housewives who lined up in queues yesterday for weekend supplies. Most of the smallgoods shops were unable to cope with the big demand for poultry, eggs, and # tinned meats. Customers complained bitterly of excessive prices. One shopper was offered a hind quarter of mutton for 19s 6d, and small uncooked fowls were priced up to 10s 6d.
The continuation of the strike means that shops have to rely on supplies from country killing centres —about 55 per cent, of normal. An attempt may be made by the strikers to cut off or restrict country supplies to the metropolitan area.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 64, 13 September 1943, Page 7
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