FOOD PRICES.
The near approach of <"_r____ has not _ l ? e prlce of e SSS. Supplies are still ample for the requirements of this market, and the retail rate remains 1/4 per dozen fro fresh hen and a penny less for duck eggs. Butter Is unchanged in price this week and is really selling under the parity of present London quotations. Supplies of hotter are large this season and now that the hot weather has T> e .L ln «5 tere _ IeBS locai consumption. f/o C l" s £__ we _ k are 1 / 10 f <"* superfine, 1/9 for first grade and 1/8 for second grade. Cheese is worth 1/2 to 1/8 per lb retail, according to maturity. Bacon and hams £_U£? W , air . Wi* 1 *- wrhole *""*■"» are quoted retail at 1/3 to 1/4 per lb and < rashers 1/8 to 1/10. Farmers butter,,l/5.2 i^■_S a i'i. on "2 "'t 8 ta qnote<3 at 10 ii to • 1/3 per lb, and rashers 1/4 to 1/6.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 8 December 1923, Page 8
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162FOOD PRICES. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 8 December 1923, Page 8
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