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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2353, 8 January 1915, Page 9

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Among the passengers by the mail train yesterday morning were Mr. A. E. _ Davidson, of Hastings,, for Wanganui, 6. A. Macdonald, of MeaUee, for Wellington; Mr. J. Currio, of Hastings, for Dunedin; Mrs. T. M'Kibbin, of Hastings, for Christchurch; Mr. H. P. Stration, of Hastings, for Auckland; Major G. W. Cockroft, of Napier, en route for Samoa. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wright, of Napier, left by tho Victoria yesterday afternoon for Wellington. Dr. M'Kibbin and Messrs. Gillespie and Griffiths left Hastings by motorcar yesterday morning for Taupo and Auckland.. The cost of living in Napier is steadily increasing, and it is anticipated that tho price of bread will shortly bo advanced id. or one penny. Inquiries made by a' reporter yesterday show that tho following approximate increases have taken place since the war: —Flour, £10 155., landed Napier, to £16 10s. Butter, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d.; oats, 2s. fid., to 4s. per bushel; chaff, £4 10s. to £8 per ton; sugar, 9s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. per 561b.; oatmeal, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per 251b. bag; rice has increased about 2s. 6d. per, cwt., potatoes about £3 per ton, and milk is sold at Is. 4d. per gallon instead of Is., the winter price being retained. Vegetables are very scarce and dear owing to the dry season, and are likely to increase in price.