THE COST OF LIVING
STEADY INCREASE IN BRITAIN. (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 5.5 x p.m.) Rugby, February 13. The Board of Trade index of wholesale prices for January shows an increase in the average of 0.4 per cent, as compared with December and of 4 per cent, as compared with a year ago. This is the sixth successive month of increase, and the rise since July last is nearly 4.5 per cent. Food prices show an advance of only about 2 per cent., but the January index numbers for all articles and for industrial materials and manufactures are the highest recorded for any month since December' and November, 1930, respectively.
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Southland Times, Issue 22816, 15 February 1936, Page 5
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110THE COST OF LIVING Southland Times, Issue 22816, 15 February 1936, Page 5
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