COST OF LIVING.
That the cost, of living in Now Zealand is still high is known to the heads of many households. But that it is slowly receding is every day becoming more apparent. So far as the food groups are concerned, New Zealand ranks third lowest as regards percentage increase since July, 1914. The latest available figures show the increases per cent, since the outbreak of war to be as follows:
Country. . Increase. United States Feb., 1921 55 India (Calcutta) Nov., 1920 61 New Zealand April, 1921 69 South Africa Jan., 1921 72 Australia March, 1921 81 Canada Jan., 1921 95 Holland (Amsterdam) Jan., 1921 99 United Kingdom May, 1921 132 Sweden Feb., 1921 162 Denmark Jan., 1921 176 Norway Feb., 1921 208 Italy (Rome) Feb., 1921 276 Frauce (Paris) Feb., 1921 282 Belgium Jan., 1921 393 Finland Oct., 1921 1072
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2287, 9 June 1921, Page 3
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142COST OF LIVING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2287, 9 June 1921, Page 3
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