SALARIES AND PRICES IN U.S.A.
Figures taken at random from Los Angeles and- San Francisco news papers give an interesting indication of salaries and the cost of living in Califoria. In the following tables dollar values are shown at Gs New Zealand:
SALARIES PER ANNUM. Stenographers £ 660 Secretary (male or female) 900 Typist . 660 Bookkeeper - Buyer (coats and suits) 660 2100 Buyer (infants wear) Buyer’s assistant (furniture) . 1200 950 Insurance clerk 750 Nurse 750 Shipping clerk 720 Cook (nil found' 540 Housekeeper (all found) 450 RET An. FOOD PRICES. Potatoes, 101b. S. d. 2 10 Soai> (Lifebuoy), per bar . Pears. 21b. 0 7 1 3 Peas. 21b. 1 3 Corn. 21b. 1 3 Old Dutch cleanser. 3 cans 1 7 Evaporated milk. .1 cans .....— 1 It Prime beef, per lb. 3 5 Pork loin, per lb. 4 0 Porterhouse, per lb. - 4 4 Boiling beef, per lb - 1 3 Chicken, per lb. 4 3 Fish, varied, per lb.. 2s 10d to 3 6 Cocoa, lib can 1 Coffee. 11b can f ” Crackers, 11b. — 1 Houses for sale in Los Angeles: From £3450 to £5350 (live to seven 1 rooms. 2 baths. 2 garages, and maids 1 quarters). Rents vary from lie £45 per month.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 16 October 1947, Page 6
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204SALARIES AND PRICES IN U.S.A. Wanganui Chronicle, 16 October 1947, Page 6
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