HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1933, Page 9

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

WEEK-END PRICES IN SHOPS.

EGGS STILL AT LOW RATES

VALENCIA ORANGES CHEAP

Supplies of Valencia oranges have come to hand, the price being 1/ per dozen. Californian cherries came to hand in good condition, and are selling at 2/ per lb, while plums are quoted from 1/ to 1/4 per lb. Coconuts can be Rot for 3d each. Some Josephine pears, are offered at 3d per lb. Supplies of lemons are very heavy now, and the price is 1/ per dozen. Limes from the Islands are offered at ten for 1/. Vegetables are in heavy supply. The mildness of the season is shown by the fact that asparagus grown at Whangarei has reached the market, a month earlier than usual. Brussels sprouts have firmed to 9d per lb. New potatoes are now coming in more freely. Eggs are still 1/ per dozen. The price should firm shortly, as the export season is about to open. Butter, cheese, hams and bacon remain at last week's prices. Quotations are:— Eggs. Fresh hen and duck eggs, 1/ per dozen. Bacon and Hams. Bacon, in cuts, 6%d to lOd per lb; rashers, 9d to 1/; whole hams, 1/ per lb; rashers, 1/2 per lb. Butter and Cheese. First grade factory butter, 1/1 per lb, cash across the counter, Id extra when booked; second grade, lid per lb; farmers' butter, 9d per lb. Cheese, mild, full cream, 9d to 1/ per lb; medium, matured, 1/2 to 1/3 per. lb. Fish. Snapper: Whole, 5d per lb; trimmed, 8d; smoked, lOd; skinned fillets, 9d. Tarakihi: Whole, 4%d; smoked, 6d per lb; kippered fillets, 1/. Trevalli: Whole, 3d, 4d, 6d and 8d each; smoked, 4d and Cd. John Dory: Whole, 6d; fillets, 1/. Mullet: Whole, Kaipara, 4d to 6d each; whole, Auckland, 5d per lb; smoked, Kaipara, 6d each; smoked, Auckland, 8d per lb. Flounder: 8d to 9d per lb. Lemon fish: Fillets, 4d. Silver strip: Smoked,-6d. Hapuka: Steaks, 9d; wings, smoked, Bd. Moki: Steaks, sd; smoked, 6d. Kingfish: Steaks, sd; smoked, 7d. Cod: Fresh, lOd per lb; smoked, 1/. Gurnard: Whole, l%d each. Barracouta: Whole, 4d; smoked, 6d. Frost fish: Whole, 9d each. Hake: Whole, sd; smoked, 6d. Kippers: Scotch, 1/ per pair. Crayfish: 6'd per lb. Roes: Smoked, 2/; fresh, 1/. Mussels: Fresh, 1/6 per dozen; pickled, 1/0 per bottle. Rabbits: 7d each; 1/2 per pair. Cod fillets: Scotch, 1/6 per lb. Rock oysters: 1/3 to 2/ per bottle.

Meat. (Cash at shop.) Beef.—Rump steak, lOd per lb; undercut, l/.J beef steak, sd; sirloin, 6d; prime ribs, 4d; prime ribs (boned and rolled), 6d; wing ribs (three chine bones), sd; topside (41b and over), 4d; thick flank, 4d; bolars, 4d; double top rib, 4d; chuck rib, 3d; rolled back rib, sd; corned round, 6d; corned brisket (boned), 4d; brisket and flat rib, 3d; thin flank, Id; gravy beef or shin meat, 4d; minced beef, 4d; tripe, sd; dripping, 4d; suet, 4d; sausages, sd; sausage meat, 4d; whole shins or legs, l%d; half shins or legs (thick end), 2d; half shins or legs (knuckle end), l%d; ox kidneys, 10d; ox tongues, 7d; ox tails, sd; whole loins, 5%d; whole-rumps, Bd.

r Mutton.—Sides, sd; whole leg, 6%d; cut t legs, 7d; leg shank.end (61b or under), \ 7%d; hindquarter, 5%d; forequarter, j 4 ] /fcd; shoulder, s}4d; shank end of forequarter, sd; necks, sd; loin, 6d; leg and ' loin chops, 7d; neck chops, ,sd; flaps, 2d; ' cutlets (trimmed), 9d; kidneys, 2d each; 1 tongues, 2d each; sheep's head (dressed), 1 6d each; sheep's fry, 5d each; 6heeps 1 brains, 2d each. Veal. —Fillets, 7d per lb; loins, 5d per _ lb; shoulder, 4d; cutlets and veal steak, 8d; chops, 6d; forequarters, 3d; rolled veal, ' sd. . ■ { Pork.—Leg, 8d; loin, 8d; foreloin with i blade, 6d; pork chops, 9d; corned hand, I 6d; corned belly, 8d; pork sausages, 7d. 5 Fruit. Apples, dessert, 3d to 4d per lb; cook- ' ers, 2d; Island oranges, 1/6 to 2/ per dozen; , mandarins, 1/6 per dozen; Valencia ; oranges, 1/ per dozen; Californian t oranges, 3/ per dozen; lemons,' 1/ per dozen; tomatoes, hothouse, 1/6; Island tomatoes, lOd to 1/ per lb; tree tomatoes, 5d '' per lb; bananas, 3d per lb; pears, 3d to 1 4ci per lb; cookers, 3d per lb; Calif ornian ' grape fruit, 5d each; New Zealand grape . fruit, 1/ per dozen; Californian plums, 1/ [ to 1/4 per lb; Californian cherries, 2/ per ; ib. Vegetables. Potatoes, new, 2d to 3d per lb; Southern, : 101b to 121b for 1/; swedes, Id per lb; pumpkins, Id per lb; onions, Id per lb; kumaras, 2d per lb; rhubarb, 3d to 4d ■ bundle; lettuce, lV&d to 3d each; cabbage, 4d to 7d; cauliflower, 3d to 8d each; Brussels sprouts, 9d per lb; carrots, parsnips, ; turnips, radish, beetroot, leeks and spring onions, Id per bundle; celery, 6d to 8d per head.