COST OF LIVING IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 238, 2 July 1919, Page 8

COST OF LIVING IN LONDON

POOD CHEAPER. CLOTHES DEARER. Comparison of the prices of food, clothing, and home necessaries at the time of the armistice anil in April lust showed many changes, some np and others down, but with the tendency on the whole to a cheapening of the cost of feeding n family in London. The following; list shows some of the changes in articles not nlTccled by food control:— Nov. 11, April 15, 1918. 19M. s. d. s. d. Ltinch biscuits, lb 0 11} 11 Chocolate powder, lb. 1 10 2 (I "Pepper, lb ,1 3 2 1 Tapioca, lb 14 11 Vinegar, 1 (i 1 ill Sago, lb 11 fl in" Salad cream, bott 2 7J- 2(i ■Sated oil, bott 2 10 2 4-\ Anchovy paste, pot .. 0 !).J' 1 1} All snices arc cheaper. Wearing apparel of almost all kinds was dearer, A. pair of glace kid walking boots which cost 355. on Armistice Day nowcost 455. A comparison of hat prices is interesting: Nov. Now. s. (I. s. d. Silk, hat 25 0 3ft 0 Vdour 30 n j-i n Soft -fj.lt 25 0 30 (I The housewife found even such things as plain spring; window blinds and cncomatl.ing dearer than five month? ago. The former had risen from Sd. to Is. a square foot, and tlio latter (3(i inches wide)'from ■Is. Gd. to ss. lid. a yard. . No article of women's clothing had gone down in price, but some were morn expensive.