LIVING COSTS
Slight Decline In Food Figure (Rec. 9.41 pm.) RUGBY, June 18. The official cost of living figure on May 31 was 100 points above the level of July, 1914. but showing no change compared with May 1. For food alone the index figure was 70 points above the level of July, 1914, compared with 71 points on May 1, the decline being owing mainly to decreases in the prices of fish. Amons items other than food there was a slight increase in the prices of clothing and clothing materials, partly owing to the effects of the purchase tax. Since this tax came into operation on October 31, the resulting increases in prices have raised the cost of living Index figure by approximately five points.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 5
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126LIVING COSTS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 5
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