DEAR FOOD

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2296, 2 November 1914, Page 8

DEAR FOOD

i- ■■.-.■■■ y ROUND THE TOWN ON SATURDAY j; . : \'y,-' : : evening. ■, '• There is very ;little', use. questioning '" the fact (says a correspondent) 'that the prices of foodstuffs all round have '" gone tip in Wellington since the war =,: started, though'.what effect the war I could .lia-ve on many'of our fresh-food t products.is more than anyone can satj- isfactorily explain... Those who hap- ' peued to go shopping on Saturday night _ became painfully aware of the Y diminishing value of the shilling when a it came to purchasing the wherewithal for Sunday's dinner. Peas were being j retailed at 3d:, per lb., aiid the pea's j were mostly'pods, young, but picked j before they were nearly tilled in order „■ that the grower can get the most out •■■. of, ; ,the early• market.-; New.rfjtatbes,.or- ; dinary; 3d.'per lb.,''nut-siJ!rJ 2}d. ? per lb;-;'onions,. 3d....per lb.; lettuce, 3d. each; parsnips, three poor specimens ; for. 2d.; mint, Id.; rhubarb, 6d. ; per 'y small bundle; cooking apples, sd. per <" lbi; ; -Sturmer- eating, ; apples, 6d. '• (that price in the; Hindoos' barrows in the . streets; stand's.; for.'which, no, rent and t no license fee is paid). Flour is now to ; ho, bought in ; Wellington for £14' per . toil."' Auckland is now being charged r . 4Jd.',per. 21b'.! loaf, an example which / the Wellington .^bakers. will follow: as' y soon as their, contract flour is \ex- ., hausted.. .With '.food at sudli prices, how is it possible for wage-earners i.\.with a.family : to just more than hold .;. their, own, yet ..they are ; expected to I. give,.-give, -give,' from- morning until i' night, patriotic;--.distress, ; . relief, and , self-denial funds, and on .'top of ■it all \- an increase in the rates that no-oiie ,' 'wye:is justified, '..' ''... ..- ..- ■,: