BREAD PRICES UPO IN ENGLAND.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 4

BREAD PRICES UPO IN ENGLAND.

POTATOES SOAUCfE.ABUT PLKNTY OP OTHEIR- VR€ffiTABLE!S.

, LONDON, March 24.- j Beginning Monday, bread m England •will cost a shilling a four-pound. loaf, the highest, prieesinoe the* Crimean War, when it- sold 'for as > much as a -shilling and twopence, rThe new price represents an increase oi 120 per cent. Over ilie pre-war rprice. >< A* - Next week, . seveife *restrictions to pre-vent-tltfe- hoarding of food will go into effect by order of Lord, .Devenport, food controller. Though a condition approximating . -famine *" as regards ..- potatoes exists, thei'e seems to :<be,.an abundance of other .vegetables, such- as- ;cabbage> sprouts a turnips, onic-ns y., and carrots. 'Ths difficulties of regulation are largely nepsonsible for thfe"* 4 high cost of all ifoOds. . . . -, r ■ Fish and) meats,. .in some cases, have already doubled m! pric^ .since the begjnaiing of the war, but eirgs are- again coming . -n-itliin .the' reach of . modest, purses. Cheese 'and "butter, are exceptionally dear. The sugar problem, remains unsolved, but under the new order- -it .is now possible .to purchase a small > amount* without other oomniodities." ' '"*" " ' ' '

Noticeable changes are appearing, m the , restaurant menus, fewer dish es b eing served and all the prices increased. It is no longer jx>ssible tp .obtain,. a. •second .helping at any of the famous places. '"■ .-'A ....?' .- '•■ . <:>.■ * P