COST OF LIVING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 465, 24 February 1933, Page 5

COST OF LIVING

IW 27 PER CENT ABOVE LEVEL OF 1914 : . PRICES Hlief workers position Wellington, Thursday. j h- Ilouse, Mr. Mr. G. r. Mason, j ur Auckland Suburbs) asked j* inister of Employment whether, j v of the increase in the cost of U, he would increase the allowf seing paid to relief workers. j lAdam Hamilton replied as fol- { "The cost of living is affected | !ing to the official returns by j ])llowing items: Groceries, dairy |4ee. meat, rent. fuel and light, | W drapery, footwear, misceli p. | |y the very small proposition of M items will be directly affected I irthing Parliament has done durf ae present session. The world's i *3t low price level would indicate I i substantial fall in the cost of j ' of these items must take place | lv. Although a few items may | a price, the corresponding fall f her important items should more | ' offset this rise. It is, theref ore, M possible that, on the whole, the 1 J living will continue to fall as hiboen doing in the past four or j fears as the following table will " Period from 1928, increase per ; 'over July, 1914:— M'O 60.2 r 50 59.9 mi 56.2 |J2 '.... 44.3 !" o illustrate the position, by a H, the following table gives the N.figures compared with 1914: — j Joceries, 26 per cent above. Miiry produce, 11 per cent below. p!at, 9 per cent below. pi'ee food groups (average), 6 I |ent above. | jel and light, 63 per cent above. ]4nt, 52 per cent above. | pthing and drapery. 14 per cent Ijellaneous, 59 per cent above. lys gives an average, over all *p, of 27 per cent above 1914 Hfs. In the event of an increase fjte revenue taking place through jjnuine and substatial rise i exnPriees I would be delighted to rejl allocations f or the unemployed.