HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1932, Page 10

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

WEEK-END PRICES IN SHOPS. EGGS ADVANCE AGAIN. ALSO QUEENSLAND PINES.

Supplies of eggs have not been heavy this week, and in consequence the retail price for first grade has increased since last report. Quotations (to-day range from 2/6 to 2/7 per dozen for hen eggs, and 2/3 per dozen for duck. Butter, cheese, hams and bacon all remain unaltered in price. Supplies of oranges, mandarins, Californian. grapefruit, and Queensland pines all came to hand this week. Lemons are offered at 1/ per dozen. Naval oranges are offered at 1/6 to 2/ per dozen, and for Sunkist as high as 3/ is asked. Island oranges are selling at eight for 1/. Sydney mandarins can be got at 1/ per dozen. Queensland pines sell at 1/3 to 1/6 each. Notwithstanding the cold snap there are still some mushrooms about, for which 1/4 to 1/6 per lb is asked. Hothouse tomatoes are offered at 8d per lb, and hothouse grapes 6ell from 1/6 to 2/ per lb. White grapes are marked 8d to 10c! per lb, but Te Kauwhata are done. Ripe persimmons are offered at 1/6 per dozen. Quotations are as follow:— Eggs. Fresh hen eggs, 2/6 to 2/7 per dozen; duck eggs, 2/3 per dozen. Bacon and Hams. Bacon, in cuts, 6%d to lOd per lb; rashers, 9d to 1/; whole hams, lid per lb; rashers, 1/ per lb. Butter and Cheese. First grade factory butter, 1/ per lb, cash across the counter, Id extra when booked; second grade, lid per lb. Farmers' butter, 10d per lb. Cheese, mild, full cream, lOd to 1/ per lb; medium matured, 1/2 to 1/3 per lb. Meat (Cash at Shops.)

Beef.—Rump steak, lOd per lb; undercut, 1/1; all beef steak, sd; skirt steak. sd; sirloin, 7d; prime ribs, sd; prime ribs (boned and rolled), 7d; wing ribs (3 chine bones), Gd; topside (41b and over), 4%d; thick flank, 4V6d; bolars, 4%d; double top rib, sd; chuck rib, 3d; rolled back rib, 6d; corned round, G%d; corned brisket (boned), 4%d; brisket and flat rib, 3d; thin flank, 2d; gravy beef or shin meat, 3d; minced beef, 4d; tripe, Cd; dripping, Gd; 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, Cd; whole loins, Gd; whole rumps, Bd.

Mutton.—Whole leg, Gd; leg, shank end (61b or under), 7d; hindquarter, 5%d; forequarter, 3d; shoulder, 4%d; shank end of forequarter, 4d; necks, 3d; loin, 6d; neck and breast, 3d; leg and loin chops. 7d; neck chops, sd; flaps, 2d; cutlets (trimmed), lOd; side, SMsd; kidneys, 2d each; tongues, 2d; sheep's head (dressedJ. 6d; sheep's fry, Cd; sheep's brains, 3d".

Veal.—Fillets, 7d; loins, sd; shoulder, 4d; cutlets and veal steak, 8d; chops, 6d; forequarters, 3a; rolled veal, 6d.

Pork.—Leg, 8d; loin, 8d; foreloin with blade, 6d; pork chops, 9d; corned hand, 6d; corned belly, 9d; pork sausages, 7d. Lamb. —Leg, lid per lb; loin, 9d; hindquarters, 9d; forequarters, 7d; cliops, lid. Fish. Snapper: Whole, 4Vid per lb; trimmed. sd; smoked, 8d; skinned fillet's, Bd. Tarakihi; Whole, 5d and 7d each; smoked, (id and Sd; kippered fillets, lid. Tiv alii: Whole, 3d, 4d, Gd and 8d each; smoked. 4d and Gd. John Dory: Whole, sd; fillets, 9d. Mullet: Whole, Kaipara,. 4d each; whole, Auckland, Cd per lb; smoked, Kaipara, Gd each; smoked, Auckland, 8d per lb. Flounder: Od and Bd. Lemon fish: Fillets, 4d. Silver strip: Snioked, Gd. Hapuka; Steaks, 8d; wings, smoked, 7d. Mold: Steaks, sd; snioked, Cd. Kingfish: Steaks. sd; smoked, 7d. Cod: Fresh. lOd per lb; smoked, 1/. Gurnard: Whole, l%d each. Barracouta: Whole, 4d; smoked, (id. Frost fish: Whole, 9d each. Hake: Whole, sd; smoked, Cd. Kippers: Scotch, 1/ per pair. Crayfish: Up to 31b, lOd; 31b to 51b, 2/ each; over slb. 2/6 each. Rocs: Smoked, 2/; fresh, 1/. Mussels: Fresh, 1/6 per dozen; pickled, 1/6 per bottle. Rabbits: 7d each; 1/2 per pair. Cod fillets: Scotch, 1/6 per lb. Fruit.

Apples: Dessert, 3d to 4d per lb; cooking, 2d. Pears: 2d to 4d per lb. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 8d per lb. Grapes: Hothouse, 1/6 to 2/ per lb; white grapes, lOd per lb. Bananas: 3d per lb. Oranges: Australian, 6 for 1/; Califprnian Sunkist, 4 and 5 for 1/; Island. 6 and 8 for 1/. Island mandarins: 2/ per dozen. California!) grapefruit: 5d to Get each. Lemons: 9d to 1/6 per dozen. Figs: 4d per dozen. Cape gooseberries: 5d per lb. Tree toma'toes: 6d per lb. Vegetables. Potatoes, 121b to 141b for 1/; pumpkin. Id to V&d per lb; kumaras, l%d to 2d per lb; onions, 2d per lb; lettuce, 2d and 3d each; cabbage, 3d to 6d eacn; cauliflower, 6d to 1/ each; carrot, parsnip, turnip, radish, spinach, beet, leeks, spring onions, l%d per bunch; scarlet runners or French beans. 2d per lb; rhubarb, 2d to 6d per bunch; celery, 2d to 6d per head; citron! melons, Id per lb. j