LOWEST SINCE 1916
COST OF LIVING" IN BRITAIN"
British Official Wireless,
KUGBY, 18th May
At Ist May the average level of retail prices of commodities was approximately. 55 per cent, above that of July, IDI4, as compared with 57 per cent, a month ago and 61 per cent, a year ago.
Tho fall in the general percentage inereaso" since Ist April was largely due to reductions in the prices of butter, milk, and- coal. The cost of living is shown by this figure to be lower now than at any time since October, 1910.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1930, Page 9
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94LOWEST SINCE 1916 Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1930, Page 9
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