SOARING FOOD PRICES IN BRITAIN
NEW CONTROLLING REGULATIONS. Australian-Ivew Zealand Cable Association. . . London, August 20. A report on food increases in Great Britain shows that beef increased 61 _ and bacon 41 per cent., tho highest ever recorded; potatoes 91 per cent.; and otlior foodstuffs show similar increases. Butter will shortly ho 2s. 6d. per lb. The' new regulations aro expected to beneficially affect whejit, ■ bacon, and , meat. TRUSTS AND SPECULATORS BLAMED. " »■ New York, August 20. The "New York World's" London correspondent states that mass meetings were to be held in the large oitics. of England on Sunday to demand Government measures to reduce the prica of foodstuffs. The cost of living is 65 per cent, higher than before tho war. The American Beef Trust and wheat speculators are blamed, but tlio British wheat gamblers and Gcrmau merchants , helped to inflate tho prices.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2856, 22 August 1916, Page 5
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142SOARING FOOD PRICES IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2856, 22 August 1916, Page 5
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