RETAIL PRICES
The “Monthly Abstract of Statistics” I'm Atl<.'iist states: Tin. index number ior the three lend „„ l; | S ;ii lit J uly 1-jth (Dominion weighted iivcraecl is 170-, il decrease of •JO points, as compared with the jne(Vdine iiioiuli’k figure I lot 1 ) and an increase ill' per rent., as compared w itii t hat fop .1 iil.v, 10i I • Almost ail the items in the oroceries ~r,,U1• have contributed towards the decrease of JO points, in the index llnni--lor lor the pnmp. as rorapared ith ll;e previous month's tipure. the decline lieinp most peneral and pronounced m potatoes ami ti>ba<‘t , o. The deerea-e of 70 points in the index number for dairy-produce is larpely d„e to an average fall of approximately <)d per dozen in. tin! price ol eppn. ' A eeneral rise in the price ol meat has ea"sed a further increase of }- point.- ill that "lamp over the preenn* month's index utimhei . (If countries for which statistics ol retail prices of food are available Zealand ranks fourth lowest as regards percent ape increase since .Inly, pil l The latest available homes lor t 1,,. principal countries pnhlishiilp sii.il slat ist ies are a- slum n in the follnwtnp ~,1,1,. The t'l" ll res for the I'nitcd K"'ddoin have hen obtained hy cable from l.ondnn. and those for Australia by if,;,i 1 from the Commonwealth Statistician while information for other runntrios is as .disclosed hy the .little num|,cr of the “llritish 1 tihonr Cazette. ’ pnhlisheit hy the Ministry of l.ahour. AVltiteliall. l.uiidon. S.W . I •
Comparison 1m’(ivocn .Inly. Tnersnso Countrv. lfl l. n.ul por co.it; 1'iiitud Ktatrs ... Mav . 1021 vj: Si hi t li Alrim April . 192! .)() 1 ml in (Cali-uttal Nov. 1VVJ0 in Now /('aland •Inly. 19-21 01 J UIU', 19-21 (V> ( •;»n:id;i . .May. 19-21 1 li.llmnl t Mnsti'l'dam) May . 19-21 w I'nited Kingdom ... Any. . 19-21 l*Jr> >w.-d"ll ... May. 19-21 1 -17 IViimark ... .run. . 1921 1 7(! V 1 .i'llMav, 1921 192 Krniou (I’ari-l April. 1921 Dflirinui A pi il . 1921 111 7 1 1 : ; I v ( .. April. . 1921 :i:i2 (Jtrmnny . April. 1921 791 , Mar. . 1921 in:ir
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1921, Page 1
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