RETAIL PRICES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 186, 6 August 1923, Page 4

RETAIL PRICES.

■ ■ SLIGHT DECREASE FOR THE .MONTH. _ ! (5r Te:egr_ii_ — Own t:orrespor.den:.:> | W'KLL-INGTOX. this day. - i The monthly abstract of statistics for ,i j last month shows that the index ■t I number for the three food groups as at -I j dune 1-. was 1.._1. a decrease of 4 points .j as compared with that for the previous I month 11,-25). and an increase of 42.1S v ! I per cent over that for duly. 1014. The .-j index number for the groceries group has risen 27 points, due mainly to an ! increase in most towns in the price of y I potatoes. A considerable decrease in the y price of eggs in all towns has been the n cause of the fall of 47 points in the ,-j dairy products group. A full of 14 ,1; points has been recorded ,'„ the meat p | group. Decreases in the prices of beef ,1 : . joints in several towns has been the j main cause of this fall. (1 I The latest available figures for the I principal countries publishing statistics lot' retail prices of food are a"s shown in ■ the following table:-- ---| I'nmparison. Increase ' | , Let ween July. per «= ' i-untry inn. an ,i' .Lit | 5...H1, Africa Marc',. pVj.. "7 , I nH.-.l state. April. 10j:> ..,. giS-cv, Zealand Inne. 11__ " v 1 « anmla April, p..:; ," • ! llellaiicl lAinsterrlnun I-'eh.. Iff':; 4c !Iml in il'.i.ntl.iivi May l'l'i is y I I'uite.l Kliißiioin lun'e', 1l>".'l ,-', ? ! Australia 1, m ,.. _i,.. : . " i ..en'mark p" rU ' 'I!. 3 '* o. Norway ..'.'.'.'.'.'.....; Apr,!.'...:. ,?, i.lj , „..,.. Mar., li. I!.-,-:; :;T < , I'.uihniil Keh.. 10-.-', ~-. ! ' -onnaiiy .March. 10-i; 3.1.4^