COST OF LIVING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2000, 8 July 1919, Page 3

COST OF LIVING.

PRICES IN ENGLAND, Writing From England to Ids parents in Eoxton, Private W. Nye quotes some of the prices ruling in that country for foodstuffs at the present time. The following' are same of the items mentioned. The goods in connection with which the rationing scheme operates are .marked *, and those which are rationed and the prices fixed by the Government are market f : |Sugar, 71 d per lb.; tjam, Is lb.; •j cheese, Is 8d lb.; f But ter, 2s Gd lb.; margarine, lid lb.; ‘'golden syrup, Is 8d 211). tin; “bacon, 2s fid lb.; ■'condensed milk, Is Id tin; Hard Is lOd lb.; "currants, lOd lb.; " raisins, Is lb.; '’dates, fid lb,; “cocoa, 3s 2d 11).; cucumbers, Is 3d and Is fid each; tomatoes, 5s lb.; radishes, ltd and 2d bunch of 7; strawberries, 3s fid a (ray of seven to a dozen; new potatoes, Is 4d and Is fid lb,; "Tea, 2s 8d to 5s lb.; bananas, 3d and 4d each; oranges, 3d and 4d each; lemons, 2td and 3d each; Brazil nuts, 2s lb.; I meat, Is 8d to 2s lb.; "apples, 9d lb,; "chocolates, 4s‘ lb.; "other sweets, 2s 8d lb,; peal's, Ts fid each; grapes, 2s fid and 3s fid lb.; "bread, 4.5(P21b.