COST OF LIVING
FIGURES FOR CLOTHING
PRICE DOWN, BUT STILL HIGH.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.! (Received August 26, 11 a.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day.
At the Board of Trade inquiry into the cost of living, representatives of city firms gave evidence that though the cost of production has increased, there has been a solid drop in the price of women's apparel, in some lines' by 50 per cent., since last year; but prices are still 150 per cent, above the pre-war rates. In the Newcastle district, the price of groceries has fallen by 27J, per cent. Evidence given at the Victorian Basic Wage Inquiry shows that.the yearly cost of clothing a family consisting of husband, wife, and three children has fallen from £82 in 1920 to £64 per cent. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 49, 26 August 1921, Page 7
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127COST OF LIVING Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 49, 26 August 1921, Page 7
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