THE PROBLEM OF LIVING.
" IT TAKES ME ALL MY TIME." No. wonder a North Auckland surfaceman, in submitting to the editor of the " Railway Review " a list of prices ho pays for his stores, writes to say: " It takes mo all my time to live." The details compare the prices of necessaries in Auckland with the prices paid at Te Hana: Auckland. To Hana. s. d. Flour, 6s lid for 501b . . r,t 9 fi Sugar, 13s 7(Tfor 701b . . „ ](5 0 Kerosene, 12? 7d case . . ~ ]n 0 Candles, 6Ad lb Of) Condensed milk, 32s Gd case „ 36 0 Potatoes, 8s lid cv.-t . . ~ 11 0 Butter, from factory, Is od lb ~17 Allenbury's food, is 7d tin ~ 10 Almost every small it-em is from Id to 3d dearer at- To Hana than in Auckland.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11764, 31 July 1916, Page 2
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132THE PROBLEM OF LIVING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11764, 31 July 1916, Page 2
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