COST OF LIVING

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1471, 20 June 1912, Page 6

COST OF LIVING

COMMIWON GOI *! 10 UCIOAND

members;? o.f.ii Living .Commission arrived S'roni' tho.v south yesterday morning,, rind left later by Main ".Th« ebair'iiiaiiiof':thc'Tcomniiwfoh.:;(Mr.:.'E;'Trcgear) questioned,; that', it would to Wellington about a wi-rk hone?. I'robsbly, ho added, a week would be taken up in hearing evidence in VTellinnlon, and tllo commission would rebefore" prcsontiing.'s.i.ts.;'reijpi:t."' S■■ ' LETTER'FROMTHE MERCHANTS'- ' ISaOCI \1I0"N .''j.TKd'ifbliowiug: is'a ■ copy i'of ; a'better' sent -^yjSlr.sH-JiAv(toldj'.'&cretaiy of the Merchants' .Assoeiatioii.of; : New: Zealand; to. the '.'inaiiager.jbfitho'l'ress Association f—.-n <*. '"Sir,—liKyoinSreport of the evidence 4t?ijd<ir«s; :beforß?;thc; Cost of Living Oamth« Ncy tZqalmul: avpresehtativo" of;,Jeycs'- Sanitafy reported to ;Mr..: Harold -Hcnucluimp, .])i;esi'd_ent : ,of;;iiiy. association',' when in London"' la>f". yo.ir, .interviewed..' Air,; Nottingham's to of. their compounds 1 lie association." On iewhich passed Beauchamp, llumv is' H;illiiii|; therein io indi■catsv'tliafTsi!ch':'''iumiuest was"mado, anl jMr;.; .B.Miiehamtf,' «pon"being-! interviewed :li>^))ie,; : \vith; reference to'his' - interview., with Messrs; .loves, informs me that. ho such requrn. was made by hit,l when he saw asked was. that the ')li.Vh'itartiVr> should protect their : -bjvn-. av.tic!o;ii>v.v«ic-ins?. that it wns,handled rllmUqcl>-■ it•' n tf : a reasonable rnte'.ot' .profit, an' object,'supported :ljy MosM's; :.Foyos!: 3 "I should-' be' glad if yoif -would give 'liublicity'ijto;this;; letter,; "asiHhe; .jiiorchanfe/lhroiigliout the'New-* Zealand the !V,ny be created in tlu-. eyes of. the general" iVublift. ■jCan^aVsi.ir^'ypnf'Jon'-behalf- o!' the a.'fociMion,-that the nnj'it. made by wjioirsVhs :iji;cfc\i'.Tiyt sVmV.ifooiV.ypVotJiict?,'-: '■von- -uinllv ' at,/; matter: which .J, -.unvviVjatj-iih^a Spmcy iip* for ■ •tiiV i'ltceat comiiiiKiou iu'due cowW- •.'