GERMAN HOUSEWIVES' BUDGET

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2611, 5 November 1915, Page 3

GERMAN HOUSEWIVES' BUDGET

The Berliner Tageblatt" publishes an article on the household budget of kernian women whose husbands are at the front. Tho result of the inquiries are interesting. The first woman whose case was investigated has a child five months old. Borbre the war her husband earned 275. a week in a cap factory, iliiu waa i ucrGasc d to an average of £2 per week through the work (lone by tho wife. Her present income 'S i.l ios. 6d. per month. Her monthly oxpensos are: For rent, (one room and a kitchen;, milk (2* pints a day), and bread (4* pounds a week), £1 16s. Sd. the woman declares that for dinner s*he can have only a few vegetables and potatoes with lard. The second woman is a war widow with a child aged three, tier husband, who was killed at the iront, was a cashier earning £180 a jear. Tho woman's income is now £3 li a ?°Tr til, Her «spenses, which include halt a pound of meat per week, amount to £3 3s. lOd. She declared! lr I live quite frugally, and only eat meat onoe a week, and for the rest live ou vegetables, then I have only'just enough. For soino days past I have received employment from tho Patriotic Womens Association, with a monthly wage of £2 10s., with which I can arrange my living much better." This woman s dwelling is a singlo furnished room. A third woman has two children, aged six and four. Hor husband's earnings before the war are not stated. Her income now is £6 12s. a month, and her expenses for the same period for rent (ono room and a kitchen), food, etc (including half a pound of meat weekly) are £6 Bs. 6d.

The Wairoa Farmers' Co-operative Meat Company lias let a contract for a complete power plant and freezing works machinery, including Babcock and Wilcox ixmers awl Haslam refrigerators. It was decided that nothing but British-made machinery should.be installed. Messrs. John Chambers and Son, Ltd., have received the orde?.

A 1020-acre farm, described as a bargain in fattening land, is advertised for sal ? '"f. hls by Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Hamilton.

A 967-acre freehold farm, near Te Kuiti, is in the hands of Messrs. Barraud and, Abraham for sale. Particulars are advertised.