HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 281, 27 November 1931, Page 4

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

WEEK-END PRICES IN SHOPS.

EGGS ADVANCE ONE PENNY.

BIG SUPPLIES OF STRAWBERRIES. ISLAND FRUIT PLENTIFUL. Eggs firmed one penny per dozen this week, but within one month of Christmas 1/2 per dozen is still a low figure. Butter, cheese, hams and bacon are all unaltered in price. Welcome rain fell since last report, which should ensure plenty of strawberries for Christmas time. Supplies of this fruit have been heavy this week, and prices rule easier, ranging from 1/ to 1/6 per chip, while for Captain Cooks 1/6 to 1/9 is asked. Raspberries are now offered at 1/6 to 1/8 per chip, and Sydney cherries at 1/6 to 2/ per lb. Pines are in good supply, and range in price from 6d to 1/ each. Lemons appear to be plentiful, and fruit, not cured, can be got at from 12 to 16 for one shilling. Oranges are cheap just now, Island selling at from 1/ to 1/6 per dozen, and Sydney up to 2/ per dozen. Watermelon is marked 3d per lb, English gooseberries being now more plentiful sell from 3d to 5d per lb, according to quality and ripeness. Hothouse tomatoes are olfered at 10d to 1/ per lb, and for Stunner apples the price is now 6d per lb. A large shipment of Fiji and Samoan bananas arrived by the Tofua, but not in time to ripen for the coming week-end. Vegetables are being sent in freely, the new potatoes being particularly _ fine this season. Celery is still plentiful, and asparagus is now offered at 9d per bundle, an advance on the price last week. Supplies of fish were scarce this week. Quotations to-day are as follow: — Eggs. Fresh hen eggs, 1/2 per dozen; duck eggs, 1/2 per dozen. Bacon and Hams. Bacon, in cuts, 8d to 1/ per lb; rashers, 1/2; whole hams, 1/ per lb; rashers, 1/5 per lb. Butter and Cheese. First grade factory butter, 1/3 per lb, cash across the counter, Id o»-tra when booked; second grade, 1/2 per lb. Farmers butter, lid per lb. Cheese, mild, full cream, 9d to 1/ per lb; medium matured, 1/2 to 1/4 per lb; extra old port, 1/6 per lb. Meat. (Cash at Shops.) Beef. —Hump steak, lid per lb; undercut, 1/2; all beef steak, 6d; skirt steak, 6d; sirloin, 7d; prime ribs, sd; prime ribs (boned and rolled), 7d: wing ribs (3 chine bones), (3d; topside (41b and over), sd; thick flank, sd; bolars, sd; double top rib, sd; chuck rib, 3d; rolled back rib, 6d; corned round, 7d; corned brisket (boned), sd; brisket and flat rib, 3d; thin flank, 2d; gravy beef or shin meat, 3d; minced beef, 4d; tripe, 6d; dripping, sd; suet, 4d; sausages, sd; sausage meat, 4d; whole shins or legs, Id; half shins or legs (thick end), 2d; half shins or legs (knuckle end). Id; ox kidneys, 1/; ox tongues, 7d; ox tails, 6d; whole loins, 6d; whole rumps, 9d. Mutton.—Whole leg, 6d; leg, shank end (61b or under), 7d: hindquarter, sMjd; forequarter, 3d; shoulder, 4V&d; shank end of forequarter, 4d; necks, sd; loin, 6d; neck and breast, 3d; leg and loin chops, 7d; neck chops, sd; flaps, 2d; cutlets, (trimmed), lOd; side, 3%d; kidneys, 2d each; tongues, 2d; sheep's head (dressed), 6d; sheep's fry, 6d; sheep's brains, 3d. Veal.—Fillets, Sd; loins, 6d; shoulder, 4d; outlets and veal steak, 10d; chops, 7d; forequarters, 3d; rolled veal, 6d. Pork.—Leg, 8d; loin, 8d; foreloin with blade, 6d; pork chops, 9d; corned hand, 6d; corned belly, 9d; pork sausages, 7d. Fish. Snapper, whole, Cd per lb; trimmed, 8d; smoked, 9d; skinned fillets, lOd; tarakihi, I whole, 3d; smoked, 7d; kippered fillets, 1/; trevalli, whole, 2d; smoked, (3d; John Dory, whole, 8d; fillets, 1/; mullet, whole, 6d; smoked, lOd; flounder, 8d to lOd; dabs, 9d; lemon fish fillets, 6d; silver strip, smoked, 8d; hapuka steaks, lid; wings, smoked, Sd; moki steaks, sd; smoked steaks, 6d; kingfish steaks, od; smoked steaks, 7d; cod, smoked, 1/3; gurnard, whole, 3d; barracouta, whole, sd; smoked, 7d; frostfish, whole, 4d; hake, whole, 6d; kippers, Scotch, 1/; crayfish, up to 21b, lOd; 21b to 3 J /2lb, 8d; 3Valb to slb, 6d; over 51b, 2/ each; mussels, fresh, 1/6 a dozen; pickled, 1/6 a bottle; rabbits, 9d cach; hares, 1/6 each; mutton birds, 1/; cod fillets, Scotch, 1/6 a lb; Findon haddock. 1/3; rock oysters, Cd a dozen or 1/6, 2/ and 2/6 a bottle, according to size; whitebait, 4d a glass. Fruit. Strawberries, Captain Cook, 1/6 to 2/ per chip; Marguerite and Helenslea Surprise, 1/ to 1/6 per chip; apples, Canadian, 6 and 8 for 1/; Delicious, 4d and 5d per lb; Sturmer, 4d and 5d per lb; Granny Smith, 5d per lb; cooking, 4d per lb; pears, Winter Nelis, 5d per lb; cooking, Peter Barry, 4d per lb; passion' fruit, l/ to 1/6 per dozen; gooseberries, 4d and 5d per lb; hothouse tomatoes, lOd to 1/ per lb; Californian Red Emperor grapes, 1/4 per lb; Californian grapefruit, 5d each; Californian pomegranates, 6d to lOd cach; bananas. 3d and 4d per lb; Australian Valcncias, 0 to 12 for 1/; lemons. 1/ to 1/6 per dozen; Fiji pineapples, 6d to 1/ each; Queensland pineapples, lOd to 1/ cach; Australian mandarins, 30d to 1/6 per dozen; NewZealand cherries. 1/6 to 2/ per lb; Sydney cherries, 1/6 to 2/ per lb. Vegetables. Potatoes, new, large, 2d per lb; new, | small, Id per lb; pumpkin, 4d per lb; marrow, 8d to 1/ each; kumaras, 41b for 6d, 2d per lb; onions, 3d per lb; cucumbers, hothouse, 8d to 1/ each; cucumbers. Sydncjr, 6d to lOd each; lettucc, 2d and 3d each; cabbage, 3d to 6d each; cauliflower, 3d to 6d each; carrot, parsnip, turnip, radish, leeks and spring onions, IV2d per bunch; beetroot, 2d per bunch; spinach, lMsd per bunch; asparagus, 4d to lOd per bundle, green peas, 51b for 1/; hothouse beans, 1/ per lb.