HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 133, 7 June 1929, Page 10

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

TOMATOES DEARER.

AUSTRALIAN ORANGES AVAILABLE.

FISH SUPPLIES GOOD

Prices of foodstuffs show little alteration from last week, except in fruit and vegetables, which are affected by the changing season. Outdoor tomatoes are now lOd per ib, with the hothouse varieties 2d dearer. Supplies of American oranges are practically exhausted, but have been replaced by the Australian fruit from Sydney at the same price, 3/ per dozen. The passion fruit season is nearly over, and the best grades are now fetching 2/6 per dozen. Supplies of fish during the week have been good, and there is still an increasing demand for it. Prices have remained steady, and it is hoped that present rates will hold for the winter months. To-day's quotations are: — Eggs. Fresh hen ects, 2/10 to 3/ per'doz.; preserved eggs, 2/4 to 2/6 per dozen; duck eggs, 2/8 per dozen. Butter and Cheese. Superfine factory butter, 1/8 per lb, cash across the counter; Id extra when booked. First grade factory butter, 1/7 per lb; second grade, 1/6; farmers' butter, 1/3 to 1/5 per lb, according to quality. Cheese, mild, 1/2 to 1/4 per lb; extra matured, 1/6 per lb; old port, 1/8 per lb. Pixie-Uno cheese, 6oz cartons 1/ each, or cuts from 61b loaves, 1/6 per lb. Bacon and Hams. Bacon, in cuts, B%d to 1/1 per lb; prime cuts, 1/3 to 1/5 per Ib; rashers, 1/5 to 1/6 per lb; whole hams, 1/2 per lb; rashers, 1/7 per lb; whole, boneless ham, 1/4 per lb. Fruit. Apples, dessert, 3d to 4d per lb; cookers, 3d to 4d; pears, dessert, 4d; coolers, 51b 1/; tomatoes, outdoor, lOd per lb; hothouse, 1/ per lb; bananas, sd; lemons, 1/ to 2/ per dozen; mandarins, 1/ to 2/ dozen; oranges, Australian, 3/ per dozen; Island, 1/6 to 2/6 per dozen; Poorman, 1/6 per dozen; Cape gooseberries, finished; rhubarb, 2d bundle; passion fruit, 1/ to 2/6 per dozen; grapes, Sydney lOd, hothouse 3/ lb; persimmons, 1/6 dozen. Vegetables.

Potatoes, local 91b for 1/; southern, 101b for 1/; swedes, 121b for 1/; onions, 101b for 1/; kuniaras, 101b for 1/; cabbages, 4d to 8d; cauliflowers, 8d to 1/6; pumpkins, 41b for 6d; cucumbers, finished; carrots Id per bunch; parsnips, Id per bunch; beet, Id to lVad per bunch; turnips, Id per bunch; green peas, finished; beans, hothouse, Sd; lettuce, Id to 3d; celery, desert, Sd per head, cooking 2d. Meat. Rump steak, 1/2; undercut, 1/4; all beef steak, 8d; skirt steak, Sd; sirloin. lOd; prime ribs, 7d; wing ribs (three chine bones), 9d; topside (4lb and over), 7d; thick flank, 7d; bolars, 7d; double top rib, 6d; chuck rib, sd; rolled chuck rib, 7d; corned round, 8d; corned brisket (boned), 7d; brisket and flat rib, sd; thin flank, 3d; gravy beef or shin meat, 8d; minced beef, 6d; tripe, 7d; dripping, 7d; suet, 6d; sausages, 6d; sausage meat, sd; whole shins or legs, 3d; hitlf shins or legs (thick end), 4d; half shins or legs (knuckle sad), 3d; ox kidneys, 1/; ox tongues, lOd; ox tails, 8d; whole loins, 9^d. Mutton—Leg, 9d per lb; leg (shanfc end), 61b or under, lOd; hindquarter, 9d; forequarter, 7d; shoulder, 7d; shank end of forequarter, 7d; necks, 7%d; loin chops, 9d; forequarters. sd; rolled veal, trimmed, 1/1; side, 8d; kidneys, 2d each; tongues, 3d; sheep's head (dressfd), 6d; sheep's fry, 8d: sheep's brains, 3d. Lamb. —Forequarters, 0d per lb; hindquarters, 1/; leg, 1/1; loin, 1/; sides, lOd; shoulders, lOd. Veal.—Fillets, lid per lb; loins, 9d; shoulders, 7d; cutlets and veal steak, 1/; chops, lOd; forequarters, 6d; rolled veal, 9d. Pork.—Leg, lOd per lb; loin, lid; foreloin, with blade, 9d; pork chops, 1/; corned hand, 8d; corned belly, lOd; pork sausages, Sd. Fish.

Retail prices at Auckland: Fresh fillets, tarakihi, 3 and 4 per 1/; schnapper, 3 and 4 per 1/; trevalli, 5 and 6 per 1/; John Dory, 1/2 per lb; kingfish, 6d; kippered fillets, 1/2; lemon fish, 8d; roe, 2/6; gurnet and cream fish, 6 and 8 per 1/; mussels, 1/6 per dozen; fresh schnapper, 4&d per lb; fresh tarakihi, 3Msd; trevalli, 3%d; mullet, 6d; flounder, 1/ to 1/3; hapuka steaks, 1/2;' hapuka wings, 6d; kingfish steaks, 6d; smoked tarakihi, 8d; smoked schnapper, lOd; smoked roes, 2/6; smoked mullet, lOd; smoked trevalli, 7d; silver strip, 8d; crayfish, 6d to 1/ per lb; and fresh rabbits, lOd each.