THE COST OF LIVING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1472, 21 June 1912, Page 9

THE COST OF LIVING.

U OMIA NOP KLI'JU SI MUD

(By- Telegrapii;—T.reios JAssbcia'tibn;)- ■ '" A u 'pk.!pn,d, .il'ii'nc 1 .19..-. ~ ... 'life Cost .bfliiyiiigi 'which ;inej;fs;in : .Aifekiaii(l'. .^-iHoi;rowj.dui's^lj j cpiii_'ithe' in,:tl>c :A;iic'klai>d:. wOrkii|», .iiiiut's;-kitc'heii. .ami; the: : mbst Jasliipnablo: sTriuyiiikV?doi;lis..';» 'Soiiio ,'libu.se'iviv& are'.iiid.ig'nah iiiissi'oii" 'Kithpu.t'.'oii.e- ;or'i-t'wo'' : -..l.ady;-x.iiieiii: .-li'sr's, pni'-tltef lioard; '"A\vliat*do: : men., ;ab(mt.;c'pst:.pf- .living,"-. .re'aduig;, ; ™tiefy ;iadies;;;tp-,ja,„''',Heraid'-',i:e-: .pres.eiitatiye; ' .-J-.'.'lJp .Ihey'-'Vha.yC; '.to' ■tlii? (liniieij? ■ ;pi;ices*of' buttprj.;:bee;f,.'ipotalcts^f-aiuljbretid:? ' -'i-Hey '.liii'B 111- ili/An jplfsa;Vd ;maiii(M;"hav.e,J\hat ■or.cliji)iu\v:-;is'cfjualutan'?p ;t!Veyi irealisp ;hp>y: it: ii jVee% t fc'i Anctime '"ahd ; .lhemr-for"-"-table Biid-.'Sm's^ 'vp'ot'-.". .'':: : ':?:':' ~; i- ";"i v: /.■'.': : i;" :,,/ -'''-'"

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. "It rs' a.n;.insuli;'''{b';th6.:'','New./; 'Zealand' woinnii's' .iii'telligince,' ! '. :: S]ie. said;'. seii'pbl us? 'ipiir. ; .Ijr'aiiis:?; A\'ljy. {each lis- 'lip'iisStwpiiig? ■jii 'fa'c.i', why' I)iing;iiS ;ilKo'.''a"'drea;ry:'irpf]d : .af. %\i. ■if inp'n : ar.p 'to' iriqiiireVJiitp/.a qii.estipn of wli fcjt'.tli ey' know : ' so. 1 i tfl e: ■'■ ;

p& yo"ii: thinK fcllis flight"' oh:, wp'riiair iyill have:-iliij" elfgct a.t flip pollsj' shoiiH!■there he. an plept'i'pi'V'!:" ■; .

. "I ce.rt-ii.nly,'do, i}elieye,.m'p, .i'hp ,I'iahd ■that iacks : tli'.e. cradle'" riules the;"' }\;qvUY. Jfen,. of' qp.iirse, dp . not: Toljby;; ■qiiiesce,"' ; '' '; .'■'',"

Yd.u niean.that' tho"syoiii.o.ri. jyiif 'order .their; : h'usli'arids 'to votp. against tho ..G.OST7 .errimefiV? » . . ■'■. .' . '.' ' ; i'

'. ",'Kp. hot bfd'er!' ;T ; nst : .ns'v, There ..-.is, tlib' .diffe'reiicei: .y'dii. see; ; ia'n'di .bejievc. nip;,. wbnian'a.bra;ys;'-,g.e.t,s li'er wajS",, ■ ■ The '.interviewer :riext : . enco'unterccl,' ivnEiigl.ish lpdy-,. ivho. rppresented: 'vi'e:«:s; ■ "'■, ' .'..■ " ,;

,'OTiy.: ItlipughLwheh I left. EnKfaiuV: ■.she. .sdidy "tjVat" pplitichl. .anil, spcihl. in-' 'eq\iality ( so' far-as wphijini wn.S' cpiiceriir ed; was." all '■.beliTntl,'mS liutv oh', landiiig;-. I. : ■was. to .See'...i ■''Qbiiim'iss'i.biv of men npppi.nted 'to,' iirfjuirp, into- tlib, '.cost' -if everything .so '.lipar ami dear to .th'e'',lip.u'se'-'' ;|tffp'er's he'ar.t'.':'' . "

. Well* suggest. a^xeniedy! "My idea sV'ttiaf, 'seeing :the'X\nla]misV ■sio'ri lib-S. practically . cphipleted- .'il'ji iii T miiry arid jdr.ifFt'/#nd : submit. .■a', report; it- shpuld: i.nuiVedi'afely j-equest. the'' a.iiditi'oii. of t ; \yo: ladies;os'ia to r.cpftSPiU'. tlie .lialipur vieV, :as ; yoJv .call, it out hero, the. other.to- speak for ■ tliii other, political 'class,; '■ Their: ■■pxp'res-.-sibn .of; opinions would..Jeirippr the judgment of .tlic "m.civ. 'lii -this -way, yicyys of 'the'lipu'seltee.po'r.' might be. welt n.ircKl a.ud ■ suitably/ represented;"'.-