; COST OF LIVING.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1923, Page 4

; COST OF LIVING.

! SMALL DEGREASE. [ ii y ! i:u MtAcii - r:-:u vit ess assoui vi :o.\. AUCKLAND. Ajiril I !. Tlie Arldtraimii (emi, in a pri noun, eTin-11l Oil tlm cu-l of living lo the - j x-i'uon! lily | i■(■ i: > 1 - in Ic. 1 Man--1023. -ay-: " Wit ii ihe except iull i .(.lit. V. 1 1 'il! I !;. - - Her;-;: ed bv I.GO ! (ell!., nil idle X- 1 . ■ :! • and -uUpre;.j cell!. 'id:,- |I ■ I e--i;; :ig, ■ over Tidy jOi dik’d. Alee-tiled il! urge- Ihe dr ere;’-" in t lie c -t of lit ing 1- <'qnivit I<■ i.i to a lediieiio’i of om- hrli-peiin; ■:; hour, or two -hillings |or wee!-:, m li: :b- '‘dull wage-. The fail 'll the :■•>-! of living ha- h cii -mailer for I he la- 1 io'ilf-vear than in the preceding p ri- d. wlicn :l was d'.ldi. There has l-ccii a lend -iie\* 100. in a nund er of hue- lous'd- a bard'nine :f price-. Thi-, will, in all probability, mil he permanent.

, but in!-, he mole than merely seae -.ell'll, t'il'ea 111-I a 111 es lend the Cunrl i-i ihe ('(inch l ; ion. I liar, if imin-y ’-’-a gev. ;■-■ i■ i"ii ;-:'-i Iv to -hilling- pc ' week ! i r, -nit may he a iciluction in f only I hi iiuun-; wag"-, I- u l iil-ii in punha--i ing i -j. er. A. 11 1 1.- i-. i iken with the ! fed i hat m many I redo- the clilj I yj ei-- did Iu > t ii ml i i lie ef - -ary to put l laI j last rcducl lon iui-i opera ti: n. leads to 1 the ciui' li’ i n i hat ii is unnecessary and iindi-irai;!-’ lo make a general order i educing money wages for the ells'.i ing pei led. Employer- may apply on special grounds, for a variation of He a waul v, age-, the rpplieat ions being considered on their merits.