ST. MARY'S GUILD.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1909, Page 2

ST. MARY'S GUILD.

Tn the absence of Mrs. Wallis from „ the monthly meeting of St. Mary's Guild, held at Bishopscourt yesterday, Mrs. John Duncan took the chair. Reports from the matrons of the Karori Homes were read. Gifts of £1 Is and £1 respectively were received from Mrs. Russell's girls' Bible-class at Petone, and the Rev. H. J. Deane, of Matarawa. Tt is intended to hold a sale of work in August, for the purpose of raising funds towards the cost of extending the main building.

A good example of a local depreciation of gold, by reason of the ease with which it is extracted from the earth, is afforded by Da-wson City during tho Klondike rush, when the commodities of life were relatively, and momentarily^ scarcer than gold-dust. Sugar fetched 4s 2d per pound ; flour a £2 Is 8d per sack of 501b ; potatoes, 3s per lb ; a pick was worth lOdwt of gold, and a keg of nails could be exchanged for soz. Labour was worth 4s 2d per hour, and champagne £3 per pint. "" These high prices were due in part to the distance from a source of supply and the great cost of transport ; but when men pay 2s for on.c dance, and £3 for a pint of champagne, it may be assumed that money is coming easily.