BRITISH COST OF LIVING.
COMPARATIVE PRICES. Mr Runeiman (President of the Board of Trade), replying to a ques- ■ tion by Mr C. AVason (R-, Orkney and ■Shetland), in the House of Commons, gave the following table of the average prices paid bv the working classes for articles of food in March, 1914, and March of this year. The figures relate to the average of retail prices m 80 of the principal towns.of:./the United;
Kingdom : — 1914: 1915. . s. d. s. d: Bread, per 41b loaf ... \> 54 0 7$ Butter, fresh, per lb ... 1; 3r| 1 44 Butter, salt 1 3 1 3} Jam. per lb .;. r ; 0 , . 5 : . 0 57Cheese . ... -. = ) 0 8jf 0 104. Bacon • ... 0 11 " 1 0 . Beef. English - ribs, per lb o .95 0 11 Beef, '■■-. English thin flank. p;'r lb ... O': 64 ''0 ' 77Beef, chilled or frozen. ribs b' 7;[ ; - 0 87 Beef, chilled iliiii Ihnk 0 0 0 64 Mutton. English lejj ... o'lOi 0 Hi Mutton, English brensi 0 ~ Hi 0 74 Mutton, frozen leg '••■' ' 0 "670 .8:1 Mutton, frozen breast.. 0 4it .0' 54 Tea, 'per lb l 6 1 9 1 , Siiffar granulated, per 'lb * ■:•• 0 9. "•()■ 3-4 Oatmeal, Scotch :• •2d.: L'id. ■2d, 2Jd
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12538, 8 May 1915, Page 7
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200BRITISH COST OF LIVING. Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12538, 8 May 1915, Page 7
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