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INCREASED COST OF LIVING.
,NEW SOUTH WALES INQUIRY.
EFFECT OF HIGHER WAGES
Sydney, Feb. 19,
Before the Wages Board Inquiry witnesses gave evidence that since 1910 the ~»eni of houses had advanced 20 per cent., and the price of groceries 15 per •cent. Thero was also a great increase an the cost of clothing. All witnesses attributed the increase to the greater cost of labour, the result of the Wages Board awards.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13654, 20 February 1913, Page 5
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72INCREASED COST OF LIVING. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13654, 20 February 1913, Page 5
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