COST OF LIVING
A STRIKING COMPARISON NEW ZEALAND'S ENVIABLE. POSITION. In his address_ at the Town Hall last evening, the Prime Minister quoted the following interesting figures showing New v . Zealand's position in regard to the cost of living as compared with that in other countries:— . . , Percentage of increase in the cost of living, taken from the British Board df Trade Labour Gazette, Canadia.il Labour Gazette, Commonwealth Labour Bulletin, and the monthly .; abstract of statistics (Government Statistician, New Zealand): ;; —Austria, 211.6 ; Germany, 110.5; United Kingdom, 102.0 ; Norway, 144.0 ; Sweden, 77.0; Holland, 91.0; United States, 41.0; Canada, 44.0; Australia, 29.0.; . New Zealand, 27.4. , , Since the war commenced sugar has been dealt with by arrangement between '. the Government and the Colonial Sugar Company. This arrangement ensures the people of New Zealand getting sugar cheaper than any other country in the world, sxe the following quotations will show:—New Zealand, £21 per ton; Victoria, £29 7s 6d; South Australia, £29 17s 6d Western Australia, £31 j Great Britain, £41 12s 6d; New York, £29.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 8
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170COST OF LIVING Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 8
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