RETAIL PRICES

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 August 1920, Page 5

RETAIL PRICES

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

GREY BELOW AVERAGE.

CHEAPEST MEAT CENTRE.

A perusal of the retail prices charged in various boroughs 01 the Dominion for various articles of food, etc., contained in the current issue of ttte Abstract of Statistics, shows that La the majority of cases the prices chaiged in (jrieymouth as at June 15th, compared favourably witir tuose made jn other places. The price of milk is on a par with the hignest charged anywhere in the Dominion, but bread at sid is on tire lowest scale. With one exception, namely Gore, the piice of eating apples is the highest at 7d per lb., but conking apples are about the same all over the Dominion. Excluding Ashburton, the price of gas, 8/4 per WOO cubic feet for cooking and lighting purposes is well above the average. bacon ;s cheaper at Is 7 3-4 d. ~ Eggs show a great difference in price, being as low as 2/8 in Ashburton and as high as 4s per dozen in Taihape. Palmerston North Was the next highest at 3/11, and Greymouth followed next at 3/3- Potatoes also show a big variation, being 1/2 in Ashburton and Oamaru, 1/9 in Greymouth, and 2s in Taihape ior 14 lbs." Flour, oatmeal and rolled oats are below the average price in Greymoutly'whilst cornflour, rice, sago and tapioca are about normal. Biscuits, however, are approximately dearer in Greymouth than elsewhere, but in condensed milk, tea, coffee and coffee essence, this district is considerably cheaper than the average borough in tiie country,- whilst in jam it also rinks as one of the least expensive. Tinned fruits are much on a par alt over the country "ind Greymouth is slightly under the highest'rate. Greymcuth is, according to the Statistics, still the cheapest place, speaking in a general sense for meat in the Dominion.