SOLDIERS' WIVES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9998, 15 June 1918, Page 8

SOLDIERS' WIVES

THEIR LIVING EXPENSES

AS ESTIMATED BY THE SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE.

Along with the letter to the Defence Minister (Sir James Allen), published in .Friday's ' -Times," the Second Division League forwarded a table showing expenditure of soldier's wife and boy of, say, eight years of age, based on .22 2s po-r week clear income for wife and 10s 6d for child, as given hereunder:—

Per week. Food— s d iMeat, 7lbs at 9d 5 3 Bread, 5 loaves at Milk, o quarts at si-d a 3i Butter, at Is 8d 2 6 Sugar, 3!b 3 at 3d .., 0 9 Jam., lib at Tid 0 71 Vegetables ;.... 2 0 Pi-nit 1 G Tea 1 0 Sundries (flour, oatmeal, salt, etc.; 3 7 Household— Fuel and lighting 5 0 .Newspapers i o Sundries (washing materials, unatchas, polish, etc., etc) 2 o Replacements (crockery, towels, kitchenware, linen, etc.) 2 6 Parcels to the front 2 6 Stationery, postages, etc 0 6 Tram fares 1 0 Per annum.

Clothing: Wife— iS s d Dresses (1 summer, 1 winter) 10 0 0 Blouses : 3 0 0 Skirt - 10 0 Aprons , 0 5 0 Stockings 1 10 0 Underciottiing— Corsets: n q Three singlets at 6s 6d '. 0 1-9 6 Combinations t 1 10 0 Underskirts .!._ 110 Boots and repairs 3 0 0 Hats (two) 2 5 0 Gloves _ 0 17 0 Overcoat (average) 1 10 0 Sundries (nightgowns, ihandkerohiefs, otc; 2 0 0 BoyTwo suits at 30s 3 0 0 Four ahirts at 05 10 0 Three singlets at 6s 0 18 0 i'our pairs tocks or stockings at 5s 10 0 Hats or caps (average) 0 5 0 Boots and repairs _ 1 10 0 Overcoat (average) 15 0 Sundries (handkerchiefs, nightwear, ties, braces, etc.) ... 10 0 Per-week. Summary— X s d Food „ 1 d gi Household .., 014 c 'Medicinal _,. 0 10 Clothing ..' ....'.'..'.'■'.'." 015 24 Total, per week £2 12 6