COST OF LIVING
A RI£E LAST MONTH The index number for the. three food groups' as at February 15 is 1496, an increase of 13 points over that for the previous month (1-183), and an increase of 39.81 pe? cent, over that for July, 1914, states the latest “Monthly Abstract of Statistics.” A fall of 26 points in the groceries group is due mainly to a, fall in the prices of potatoes and onions. Increases in the prices, of butter and eggs have been responsible for an increase of 33 points in the dairy products group. . In the meat group a rise ot . 48 points has been recorded,, due mainly Io an all-round increase in the price of mutton.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 169, 5 April 1923, Page 6
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119COST OF LIVING Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 169, 5 April 1923, Page 6
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