“We, the undersigned loyal women of Australia, protest against the high price of iiecessilies—■vegetables, footwear and clothing—and request Unit immediate action be taken forthwith. We also request the establishment of suburban markets for the convenience of the housewife." This is ihe heading of the petition issued by the Housewives’ Association of New .South Wales, which is living speedily filled up IW women who are anxious to make I heir money go further than at present. The association is determined to lower the price' of commodities, and puts forward tin* success of the Ilford Ai'arket in England, .and the Vilgrain huts in Paris, all of which, it states, have materially assisted to bring down the cost of living. And in Victoria parents are sending their children to school 'barefoot as a protest against the high price of footwear.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2064, 6 December 1919, Page 4
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137Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2064, 6 December 1919, Page 4
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