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HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES SHORT.
MOST OF THE SHOPMEN OUT.
(Received Feb. 9, 9.'20 p.m.) Sydney, Feb. 9.
Householders in the city and suburbs were in short snpply of meat to-day, the employees at most of the butchers' and small goods shops having failed to turn to, demanding a 48-hour week, and an increase of 10s a week in wages. la a few cases the demands were conceded.
Other butcher:-; are making a shift with the assistance of members of the family, and the unusual sight of girla and women carving joints is common.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13929, 10 February 1914, Page 5
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92HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES SHORT. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13929, 10 February 1914, Page 5
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