NO BREAD SUPPLY FOR UNEMPLOYED.
SYDNEY MASTER BAKERS SAY PRICE IS TOO LOW United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—CopyrightSYDXEY, August 3. } Many unemployed in the metropoli- 1 tan area were unable to secure their j dole of bread to-day, owing to the t master bakers refusing to supply Shad- ( lers. Ltd. who, last week, were given r a Government contract to provide re- j lief bread. Half a million loaves a week were required and the company was to re- j ceive 3s lid per dozen for small loaves : from the Government and was to pay 1 the bakers 3s Bd. a The master bakers maintain that the bread cannot be produced at that a price, and refuse to supply below 4s 3d. People to-day had to pay fivepence cash, and those without money were not supplied.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 4 August 1931, Page 5
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