COST OF LIVING.
INCREASED IN" MARCH. The monthly abstract of statistics states that the index number ««.™ three foo.l groups at March 15 was loan increase of IS points over that for tw Tirevioe* month. «nd an increase of «J» per cent over that for July, 1014. Very little movement has been recorded in the groceries group, the fall of three points being mainly due to a iall in « c price of potatoes in sovaral towns. Con>iderable and all-round' increases m we prices of butter and c ? ?s have caused a ri-c of S2 points in the dairy products frroiip. Meat prims have remained practically stationary, a .lifferenee 01 only ono point bein K 'recorded in the index numbers for Kehr.mry and March. Whea the food, rent, fuel and light groups ior the March quarter. 102:1, arc taken together, the intii-x numbers for tne lour main .-entres oi population compare a> follow :-\Vellinjrton. !537; Auckland, 14(10: ChrUU-hurt-h, ljofi: Uunedin, 1«*
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 6
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159COST OF LIVING. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 6
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