PRICES STILL SOARING.
FOOD 131 PER CENT. DEARER IN ENGLAND. " Prices are still soaring in England. Acoording to the Labor Gazette the average increase in refill prices of the > principal articles of fond' at November 1 was 131 per cent., as compared with July, 1914, the corresponding figure for October 1 being 122 per cent., on the l>asis of the pre-war standard of consumption. Taking into account house-rent, clothing, fuel and light, etc., in addition to food, the average increase at November 1 is about 125 per cent., as compared with 120 per cent, a month earlier. Curiosity led some people to compare the cost of the 1914 pudding with the pudding made last year. The result was somewhat startling and worked out like this:— 1014. ' 1919. s. d. s. d. Sultanas .... 5 a lb T fi Currants .... 3J a lb 1 3 Suet 8 a lb ....- I 8 Eggn under .. 1 each .... 51 Apples 2 a lb 4' Almonds 1 3 alb 3 fi Peel G a lb 3 0 Sugar 1? a lb 8f Brandy at least four times as expensive.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1920, Page 6
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183PRICES STILL SOARING. Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1920, Page 6
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