THE COST OF LIVING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 80, 6 April 1910, Page 3

THE COST OF LIVING.

f»I TELEGRAPH — SPECIAL TO IHB FO3T.) DUNEDIN, This Day.. In view of statements which have been made locally regarding the increased price of living, the following facts may ?rove interesting : Housewives have to ace the u?ual rise in the price of milk. It is up to 2d per pint, the same taie as at this time last year. Butter haa risen to Is 2d per lb, or Id above the rate in Apirl of 1903; this is. owing to tlw high prices ruling in the outside markets, and the rate may drop at any time. There is no alteration in cream, and has -been none for about two years, the price remaining at Is per pint. Enquiries as to other lines bring assuring statements from leading shopkeepers. The grocers say that none of their commodities have gone up lately. Sugar has risen to the •wholesolo men by two or three 'ittle advances of 5s and 10s per ton, but the retailers are still selling at 2sd, and though they fear that any further advance may neces«itato an increase to tbo shop price, tfa« most that is likely to happen is a rise of Jd per lb. Bread is at the same price as for a long time past, and the butchers report that meat is as cheap as at any time during the past seven or eight years, and there v no likelihood of an "immediate rise.