HIGH COST OF MEALS.
AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC RESTIVE. WAGES AND RENTS BLAMED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—-Copyright. Received May 4, 7.45 p.m. Sydney, May 4. Consequent on the fall in prices of wheat, meat, and other commodities, the Australian public is growing restive and inquisitive regarding the continued retention by restaurants of the high prices for meals established during war-time. In some cases a slight reduction is now being made, but there is no general movement in that direction. Keepers of restaurants claim that no appreciable reduction is possible until the basic wage and high rents are reduced. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Asn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 May 1922, Page 5
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98HIGH COST OF MEALS. Taranaki Daily News, 5 May 1922, Page 5
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