According to advices received from Russia by an Auckland resident the prices of produce and other things in the Soviet States are exceedingly high. Butter costs five roubles, or 10s, a pound, and eggs 2| roubles, or ss, for 10. Boots sell at £lO a pair. Sugar is 5s a pound and fowls cost 16s each. Meat is unobtainable and eowrf bring up to 1000 roubles, or £lOO each. This advice is a fairly recent one, being dated August 15.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3996, 14 October 1930, Page 67
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