COST OF LIVING—AN EASY ECONOMY
Sir,— Forestry, with cheaper housebuilding timber and wood fuel i\t a reasonable cost, will help to lower the tost of living, but il will act slowly. At a stroke of the pen wo can effect a. notable economy in tho week's bills, and it will operate at oneo. Turn on Old Sol and save tho cost''of one and a half hour's artificial lighting every day. It would cause no real inconvenience to anyone-. .At any rate, it is worth trying for six' month's, (ill Parliament meets attain. It could be settled by the Cabinet in ten minutes, and included in the "Washing Up" Bill. England would Imve nothing to sav to the Light-saving Bill for years, now thev swear by il. What is Mr. Sidey doing? Australia did not like "light saving," but Australia is not New l Zealand in latitude, and in a good many other things. Tasmania has kept on "light-saving" as a local measure—l am, etc., ECONOMY.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 64, 10 December 1918, Page 6
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165COST OF LIVING—AN EASY ECONOMY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 64, 10 December 1918, Page 6
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