HOUSE RENTS.
AN INTERESTING COMPARISON. On the Ist of March last, recording to tho anmn! renorp of the Secretary of Labour, psople living in Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin were far better off in tHo rents charged them than wcire the residents of Wellington. The following table will show the difference in the four cities, tho fiffur-PS heino- Anlraiiß.t.Pir! r\n tii*» twwvn.
The Secretary proceeds: If we consider the hoiisa rents and b^-ar in miad the other high rates of payrr'onfc made by Wellington, for h-c.r focd sucpl : e« and other commodities, we can understand that the rents oaici in the Empire City ere r.ot only fatal to thrift among the town workers, but add to the lot of those who toil a burden; to be endured almost without hope.
A delegate who attended the annual conference cf Societies for the Health of • Women and Children, held recently in Wellington, informed n Christchurch reporter that there was a consensus ot opinion amon 1^ the delegates that an urgent protest should be made against the use of push-carts, and several members gave striking instances of eerioas harm due to the use of them.
tago syefcem : — WeilingRoome. ton. 4 100 5 100 6 100 7 100 Aticklsnd 73.8 62.1 64.3 65.6 Christchurch. 82 69 71.3 87 Dunedin. 78.7 70.1 ' 79.2 76.5
HOUSE RENTS.
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 9
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