THE COST OF LIVING.
—<£» FURTHER INCREASES CERTAIN. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, May 7. Following the advance that has occurred during the last year or two in tho prices of articles and lines in every-day use and consumption, further increases in prices of general groceries are probable, and in some instances certain. A reporter during the course of inquiries learned from one of the largest wholesale distributors fin the city that prices on fine-ly-cut ’grocery lines are bound to advance very shortly. After careful calculation, it lias been ascertained that a wholesale importer’s business costs at least I.' per cent, more to run now than was tho ease two or three years ago.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3518, 8 May 1912, Page 2
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112THE COST OF LIVING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3518, 8 May 1912, Page 2
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