FOOD PRICES
STILL RISING IN BRITAIN. B? Telegraph—Ptees Association-- Copjtiglit. Australian and X. 2, C.iblo Association, , LONDON, September 18. Omcial statistics show that; there has been 161 per cent increase in the cost of living compared with pre-war figures, and 161 per cent increase in the prices of foodstuffs. Mr C. A. M’Curdy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, speaking at the Grocers’ Exhibition, said that owing to tlio continued rise in food prices the average working-class family’s weCklv budget would be 9s (Id more at Christmas than at Christmas, 1910.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 20056, 20 September 1920, Page 4
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92FOOD PRICES Star (Christchurch), Issue 20056, 20 September 1920, Page 4
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