THE COST OF LIVING.
FOOD PRICES AND RENTS. ittec.-ive.l otto a.m.l SYDNEY, this day. The report of the labour and industrial branch of the Statistics Bureau for 1921, covering the current retail prices of food, groceries, clothing, and house rents, in the thirty principal towns of the Commonwealth, shows that the former are substantially reduced, but rents continued to rise compared with previous years. Wages showed an average increase of 5/1 weekly. Industrial disputes caused the loss of tloG.tilT working days, with loss of wages totalling £757.000.—1 A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 191, 14 August 1922, Page 5
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91THE COST OF LIVING. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 191, 14 August 1922, Page 5
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