COST OF LIVING.
iMI'ORTANT im'lVlAlUwkWAlt: NT. , (Per Ciilile—Vi-i'siiAwialion--(.'owriglitj (Australian iiinl I-' ','.. ('.'(il.li, A:.'rti'-iitiiJi'.) ' ........ Aiij;»m. ::;s, In Ihi' lliiiii.r ni'Voiiinjiiiia, Mr "I'!. 0: I'rrljiiian, ;ii'n-i ; |ai ; .- in llir l-nanl' of Traih', h-plyin:; in -lln- ib-bak on l'o'»l prii-i", :nid Hi'.' inall'T unild mil lie,, iiulali'il I'riwii 1 In- riniial ,-umlm-! of the war. It i\aa. nnly a pail of ihe war linibli'in, and mil uf I he. li'r-.i. importajii'i', II va:; Irriplv nm' of ami Ihi- i-laiiiifi uii 'ln' "hipping, many of wliii-li were i-unHiding, The. Hovrrnmi'iit waa daily iiegolialjiij' with llic dillVirnt in|i;ri.',.:l!i for Ihe purpoao of keeping down prices. 11, wan i-iih-u----laled' Unit a soldier \ consumption "wat lit) per cent, higher than Hint of civilian life. That wus'taitlieicnt to account for 11 considerable increase in prices. The evil had been increased by a simultaneous loworin'g of supplies by a .withdrawal ol: labour from the land. These were factors beyond the Government's control. The Government practically controlled'the shipping, Steps had been taken to prevent the cornering of commodities.
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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13656, 26 August 1916, Page 7
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168COST OF LIVING. North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13656, 26 August 1916, Page 7
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