PRICES THAT VARY.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 14 April 1920, Page 4

PRICES THAT VARY.

CURIOUS DISCREPANCIES. Price variations in the Dominion continue. They arc difficult to understand. A tin containing 1:; ounces «f tobacco—reputed 2 ounces—is obtainable in A\ T uihi for Is Id. in Auckland for Is ojd, iu AVelliugton for Js old, in Whangarei for Is (id. Cigarettes that cost lOd in Invercargill are obtainable in New Plymouth for 7id. On the other hand. New Plymouth sells rump steak for Is I’d per pound, whereas the Dannevirkc price is Uni. AVaihi retailers charge Is per pound for pork sausages, which in Dunedin are pur■liaseable for 7d, and is AVelliugton ost Sid. The distinction of obtaining he highest retail price for leg of inut•>n is -hared by Hamilton and Rotorua, vlterc it: costs lOd per pound. In some -uses variations of from 2~> to do per out tiro to bn noticed in the prices of dentical articles in. different places, file figure are those furnished by the Government Statistician. AVliolesalc prices also show variations. For instance, household soap, New Zealandnude, selling at LA2 per ton in Dun•din, is obtainable in AVcliington and Auckland at £.‘l9 per ton. Leather (first ■juality brauds) is about the same per pound in the four centres. Ordinary

abiding rimtt is £l. (is ."-I per 100 ft in Auckland, £t >- in AVelliugton, £1 -Is Sid in Christchurch, and J9s iu Dun•diu.