COST OF LIVING.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13653, 22 August 1916, Page 1

COST OF LIVING.

INCREASES IN BRITAIN. VIGOROUS PROTESTS. (P«r Cable —Fran Association —Copyright.) (Australian and W.z! Cable Association.) ■WASHINGTON, August 20. The Lond'on correspondent 'of. the New York World says: Mass meetings ivill bo held in thcilargecjtios of England on Sunday'to .'demand Government measures ltd reduce- the price of foodstuffs! It.is said'that the'cost of living is 65 per cent, higher than before the war.' .The "American'Beef'.Trust and wheat speculators 1 aro blamed, but British' wheat' gamblers and' German jnorchantshavo helped the inflation 'of prices. f . :;■■ ..LONDON, August 20, The increases in food prices are: Beef 61 per .cent., bacon 4.1 percent, (the highest .price over known),' potatoes , ill per.: cent, • Other foodstuffs have appreciated ;to the same ■extent. Butter wtttshprtly be 2s <M per lb. ' /The now/regulations' arc', expected. to beneficially, affect wheat, 'bacon,. ,airl meal.- '.•'. \ ''■' ,■■■';' Sir'.G. Askwith is hearing a deputation from''all the" shipyard worker-, asking for advances in-wages for boiler: makers'of 6s'weekly and'ls per cent, for .piecowork. The allied trades are asking for a.rise,of 15 per cent, allround.;. '.■■.'■■■''.■•