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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 538, 8 June 1920, Page 2

A Te Awamntu resident who was recently in Sydney writes to friends suggesting that there must be a conspiracy of high prices in New Zealand. "Beer is 3d to 4d a glass over here," lie writes; "Capstan cigarettes Gd for 12, Gold Flake 6d a packet of 10; bacon Is .'ld per lb, tailor-made suits 7gns to lOgns, the latter being the highest price. 1 discovered anywhere "for the best imported tweeds; black or tan boots are 25s a pair, tea is Is 9d per lb, meats are similarly less costly, best steak being lOd, beef Bd, and mutton sd. Fruit, of course, is very cheap. You can get the best possible meal in the best hotels or in first-class restaurants from Is 3d to 2s. It looks as though there is something wrong in New Zealand profiteering somewhere, surely," he fioncludw.