PRICE OF GOODS
Says the Masterton ‘ ‘ Timcst”-: Why should household coal cost £3 a ton in Christ church, and £2 2s a ton: in Hamilton’’ Why are eggs Us old per dozen in Wellington and is 9d per dozen in Ashburton ! Why is the humble onion 4d per lb in Napier and (Ud per lb in Waihi? To take a group of manufactured articles, why should a bottle' of Worcester sauce cost 7iU in Waihi and Jlil in Whangarei? Why are wax vestas Is a dozen in Oamnru and lid a dozen in Alexandra 1 ? And why can the Diinediiiites buy water biscuits for od per lb while the inhabitants of Napier have to pay SIJdT A 231 b bag of flour costs 4s (id in Christchurch,, and os old in Masterton. while a 71b bag of oatmeal costs 2s -I j<L in Christchurch and :ts in Waihi. Why? And why should the Tnihape citizen pay !Jd for a packet of cigarettes which- the Ashburton tobacconists dispense for 7jd.’ Answers io these questions would throw quite a lot of light on the cost of living question.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 25 June 1919, Page 4
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186PRICE OF GOODS Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 25 June 1919, Page 4
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