Comparisons.

Waikato Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1401, 20 January 1914, Page 6

Comparisons.

A writer in the Hawera Star

makes, the following. interesting comparisons ; —A six-rbpmed house in the N.E. or S.E, suburbs of London costs 10s to 12s 6d per

week. In New Zealand owns! rental for the same accommoda-' lion in wooden houses costs 18s to_ 22s 6d. City tailors at Home sup ply suits to measure for 40s to 45 s : identical with those supplied her e at £5 to £5 ss. Visit your docto r at Home, 2s 6d, here 7s 6d. Purchase eggs in London, 12 to 20 per shilling, and smaller 24 for the same sum. All tobacconists supply Virginian tobacco ai ,1-kl to 2id; here we pay Is for two ounces. The next item I write in fear and trembling. A glass of beer is Id and l|d (or 2d for the swells) ; whisky, 2d or 3d per measured glass. Boots 8s to 12s 6d; good hard felt hats, mostly 3s 11 cl; . iUti about one-third*the price of New Zealand. As a householder in a neighbouring town, my wife lincls it harder to keep house on £3 a week than in London on £2 I could name at random a score of other commodities that are incomparably cheaper. «.