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Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 30, 25 July 1923, Page 15

i cred upon them long enough; priests, \ i>£<rsons, district v-sitors, w&lfare ! workers, law-makers and law-enfoic- > or:-; have heeiii)usy hi this ■ direction. I ev?r since thore were poor and so no !,i < onishmeut should be shown if the I poor, v/ith Uv.\ growth vi education, i start throwing back. Workers should know, and most of them do know, Lh.c': Buck to the Biblo and tlie>

TEACHINGS of Christ are not by; iialf as essential to them as they are; to pew-renters, office bearers, audi vestrymen. It is thes e true Chris-; :.'am<. wh u feel they are- assured their : oositions in another world as soundly! is they have assured their positions j in tl'.is, who need revival. j I do not eaivy any nVssioner tlnal job trying to get the average cap-j italist'c human to .-;.ct on the TEACH- j INGS of Christ, he'd get daily dim- j inishing congregations and would have ;o end by climbing down the -rich man's chimney to get to him. . | Those people do not like to hear | truths tliat are diametrically opposed to I'h'Jir principles and that is why fchey hcv:.r so 1 ttl e truth of any sort, size, s.iiap >, or description—that is why the heat thing ever seen in aj

"Reform" or ylib-slab paper is the jo'nt for Sunday's d"'nner. Just try to picture an old nte-mber of the Ilawke's T>ay Squatocracy being definitely inst,rucfe--.cl to sell all ne has, give to the poor ann follow Christ!—why wars have been caused by far less -drastic -propositions.

The TEACHINGS of Christ are admittedly ideal and constitute all the essentials of a perfect community, but they b|a.v ; e been so' corrupted, tfegrawod, and camouflaged by those in power, for the suppression and fooling of the world's toilers, as to have become a byword amongst the houghtful. As with' the laws so it is with the creeds, one reading for lb, s rich and another for the poor. Necessity compels many a poor woman. anu man to conform to at least some of Christ's TEACHINGS—poverty leaves them no alternative —the rich need only conform from choice and how many choose?. Revivals! Back to ttofl Bibl e ' business! These arei .needed badly but a thousand tiroes mora by sweaters of labour, gnsuspers o£ dividends, and acrobatic financiers', than by the poor and needy, tho toll-stettned and *Mbel*d, the-JaeaA and. ; ,

Butter (choice), per lb. 2 & (Average city price, 1/1 Ol per lb.}. • Bacons-Middles, per lb. 1 2 .{Shoulder, per .jo. 0 9 Blue, per dozen squares .; ...... 1 6 Candles, per lb. packet ._. © 8 . Cheese—(Choice, per lh. .... 15 Medium, per lb.. j„ 1 3 Cocoa, per Sib. tin . . 1 0 Coffee, per lb. „„.._.._ 2 2 Cornflour/, per lb. _. 0 8 Cream of Tazlar, per lb 1 9 Ctßromts, per lb. ___.■ 0 9 Eggs (special) per dozen 1 fjf Flour, per lb. 0 2 Hkm, per lb , 2 ft Jain, ordinary, per lb. tin . 0 $ Kerosene, per gallon 2 $< ■ Oatmeal, per lb. 0 3f Onions, per lb. :.. 0 1 Potatoes, per 141bs. " 2 4 (Potatoes and Onions.—Retail price must not exceed 25 per cent, on ae* .trial landed cost into store.) Raisins, per lb. 1 3 Rice, per lb 0 3 Sago, per lb. ._... 0 ft Salmon (Horseshoe), per lb. . tin '...: 1 8 Soap—Barilla (large) per bar <G 9< (Cutter's price 7ld. per bar.) Kerosene, per bar 0 8 Starch, per lb; 1 0 Tea, per lb 2 0 In all other parts of the State costef of transportation from place of puift chase to place of sale may be addel to fixed prices. The prices of numerous other lineiof groceries are fixed at a .niargiu of 25 per cent, on the landed cost tC retailer. Wholesale traders are al< lowed an average of 10 per cent, ofl cost. In Victoria the Federation o\ Retail Grocers' Association have fixes the marsin to retailers at 25. per .cent on sales, which is equivalent to 33 1-1 per cent on cost. COST OF LIVING.—FIRST QUARTER,'I923. Retail Prices.—'Amount necessary on the average to purchase in eacn .capital city what would have cost on the average £1 in 1.011 in the Australian capitals regarded as a whola FOOD AND GROCERIES (46 commodities). s. dL ! ~ Brisbane .".' .." 32 4 ' Melbourne 32 9 Adelaide ...:....... 34 1 Sydney ....... 34 2 Perth „ 34 » Hobart : 35 6 FOOD, GROCERIES AND HOUSING COMBINED. s. a. 1 Brisbane 29 2 * Perth 29 8 Adelaide ~_„ 31 10 Melbourne 32 <> Sydney , 33 2 .« ! Hobart 33 5 ; ! PRICE INDEXES. \ i Based upon the cost of food aa£ i groceries only—May, 1D23. .! Index-number for each of t_»' ; States in the Commonwealth for tag j months specified, the weighted aver- ; age cost in the six capital towns fa i 1011 heing taken as base.(1000). | ! .May Mar | Weighted average. 1922 192$ ; Queensland r ... 1505 1870 ■ Victoria :.... 1673 1905 j New South Wales 1691 181$' ! South Australia 1803 1835 I Tasmania , '. 1808 1837 i;West Australia ISB2 197S j HOUSING ACCOMMODATION i (Weighted average—all house.) I ■■ s. a.Brisbane 24 11 Perth 22 6 Adelaide .'. 28 6 '' Hobart 30 5 Sydney 31 8 Melbourne - 32 9 * COST OF FOOD AND GROCERIES —MAY, 1023. | The results of the investigation* j hnade under the direction of the-Mio-j ister for Home and Territories by tne. Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. Chasi H. Wickens) as to prices of food an&j groceries (46 commodities) have beea/ made available for the month of MayJ 1923. " ■ FOOD AND GROCERIES (46 '? commodities). Compared with the preceding. month (April) of this year, all tha States except Queensland show ia-, creases. i Increase, ] Victoria 4.0 per cenfi Western Australia .... 3.6 per cent*South Australia 3.0 per cenlS New South Wales ...... 1.5 per cent*! Tasmania 1.5 per cen£r Decrease. ' Queensland 0.4 per cea£j