BUTCHERS TO CLOSE SHOPS
PROTEST AT BLACKMARKETING Reccivpd Wediioschiv, 7.5(1 p.m. SYDNEY, Doc. 48. BuU-luws have de itleil to rlose tlieit pIiojis at'ter Januaiy (i as a protot against black marketing. The secretarv of liie 'deal and Allied Trades Federation, XI r. T. Herher, today otfered tliree solutions: — To reniove all ceilings in the meat imlustry, to control the wholestile priees of iivestoek, and to reintroduee tlie t|iiota systeni whieh was aliolished last .liine. Both retail and uholesale meat prieea are lixed lnit only retail priees are polieed. The lnitehers elaint that thev eatinot trade at a prolit because thev eannot luiy at lixed priees. A snrvey of the lnitehers' shops tliis week revealed that alinost everv retailer was selling above reiling priees. Butehers in Xeweastle and Lithgow luive also deeideil to elose ilown on January d. The lnitehers elaim thev are lighting for the eonsuiner and have "tiaranteed that during the elosure, hospitals. shipping eontraetors and lienevolent institutions will reeeive meat as usual.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 December 1946, Page 5
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