DIFFERENT PRICES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 70, 22 November 1913, Page 4

DIFFERENT PRICES.

I he current number of the “Labour i Journal” contains an interesting table i snowing the prices charged for com- ' moditu's in common use in the four 1 ‘‘hiel centres of the Dominion from 1 " hicii ilie “Lyttelton Times” draws! the following comparison;—Some of the ditlerences are striking, and to t the uninitiated layman quite inexplie- *■ •bh*. Butter, lor instance, is dearer j ' 111 (’hnstehiiivh than it is in any of the • dlii'i cities, tin) price hero hoi no Ist 1

3d per pound, while in W ellingtou md Dunedin it is Is 4d and in Auckland Is del. The tuu-pouml loaf in i Auckland is hi. in Wellington and (_ hristehurch did and u Dunedin dd. Oatmeal is Is dd per 7lh in Welhngtoji and Christchurch. and Is Ai in Auckland and Dunedin. Macon muddle cut) shows a wider ranee, the price in (dirisichurch being lO.ld per pound, in Dunedin Is Id, in -vuckland Is did and in Wellington Is 2d. Milk is did per quart in Auckland and -Id per quart in the other three centres. (las shows the greatest varum tiou of all, the price being Is dd pen 1000 feet in Auckland, os in Dunedin.l os 5d in Wellington and os 9d in, Christchurch. Aleat generally Cj cheaper in Christchurch than in thej other centres and vegeta’nles as well, while fruit is dear everywhere at thisj season of the year. House rents arc highest in Wellington, where Ids toj ]Ss a week is charged for a tourroomed cottage and 21s to dOs lor aj six-roomed house, while in Auckland} the charges are 10s to 15s and IS.s to--27s 6d respectively, in Christchurch Bs| to 15s and 15s to 22s 6d, and in Dune-} din Ss to 15s and 15s to 2ds. Altoge-j tlier, Christchurch and Dunedin seem] to he rather cheaper places to live in than Auckland is, and considerably cheaper than Wellington. The capital city makes a heavy levy upon its people for the privilege of living under the shelter of Parliament House in the company of Ministers of the Crown and distinguished public servants.