COST OF LIVING
i EVIDENCE OF WITNESSES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEMN, Last Nig'ht. •• At tlw Coat of living Commission, this aftcr'nooni, Alexander Lorrie (Invcrciw'gill) gave evidence as to the increase elf rentals and Sand values in that town. Tlio cost of the necessaries df life had', he said, gen* up about 10 or 15 per cent, in 'ten years. The higher standard cf living was probably isome extent if or the ik-.tr-ease in the cost' of laving. The cost of distribution was greater .than formerly, and coal, firswcod, and milk 'had risen in price. Michael Joseph Ford gave evidence as to the objects of the Housewives' Union. The Union' had reduced the price cf milk to its members from Is 4d to Is per gallon; that also .meant giving the producer 5d a gallon more than he "formerly obtained' from the retailer. The Union had cut "out the .retail**-. The curse of the country uvae land ispecutaitiom-. He believed in •the unearned increment going to the -State.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10653, 7 June 1912, Page 5
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167COST OF LIVING Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10653, 7 June 1912, Page 5
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