COST OF LIVING.
DOMINION'S GOOD POSITION. The following comparison of the increases in the retail price of foods from July, 1914, to November. 1010, between vnrious countries throughout the world, is contained in the BnllKii! of the Employers' Federation. Figures for a later date are not generally available. It must be noted that the figures regarding the level cf prices in Germany aiul Austria, which are based on artificially fixed raa:;innim prices, are no; strictly comparable, with the prices o? other countries, which are based on thn prices in a free market.
There has been a recent substantial advance in retail prices in Canada. NewZealand has now taken Canada's position as the country, next to the United States, showing; the smallest war increase.
'Percentage inc. July, 1914, to •Julv. Nov., Nov., 1014, 191(1, 1910. United States 100 119 19 Canada . 100 132 32 New Zealand .... 100 122 22 Itnlv 132 32 Australia 100 128 20 Xet'ipvknds 100 130 r,o United Kingdom . .. ICO 17S 78 Germany 100 210 110 Austria 100 27G 170
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1917, Page 6
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172COST OF LIVING. Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1917, Page 6
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