IMPORTED GOODS
123 PER CENT. RISE IN COST SINCE 1913. In the course of a statement on the cost of living, made to a fi Times” representative yesterday, the Prime Minister stated that a section had been prepared for the Government by the Board of Trade, shoving the increase in the cost of imported goods since 1913. ■ . The return disclosed that, taking the price in 1913 as equalling .the index number of 1000, in 1915 the number rose to 1210; in 1917, to 1S89; and in 1819 to 2238. The statement is given in full elsewhere.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10560, 10 April 1920, Page 6
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96IMPORTED GOODS New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10560, 10 April 1920, Page 6
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