HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 302, 22 December 1933, Page 9

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

WEEK-END PRICES IN SHOPS.

EGGS DROP ANOTHER TWOPENCE

BETTER DEMAND. FOR TOMATOES

Eggs are cheaper this Christmas than| for theiast 40 years. ._ This., is due to heavy supplies'having been sent in,' probably in the expectation of higher prices, owing to tlie demand for the Christmas trade. To prevent stocks accumulating, the price was dropped this morning to lOd per dozen for first grade lien eggs, and 9d per dozen for duck eggs. One Christmas many years, ago hen eggs sold as high as 4/3 per dozen. Local soft fruits are in good supply, plums increasing in both quantity and quality. Strawberries have not been in such good supply this week. Cherries and apricots are coming forward in fair quantities. Local new season's apples, still green, are being sent in, but of course are only fit for cooking. A few new season's figs are on sale. Supplies of vegetables have been very heavy this week, and on the average prices are low. Lettuce is almost a glut on the market, and green peas arc unusually plentiful. Cucumbers are in heavy supply, and new season's onions are being now sent in freely. Quotations are: — Eggs. Fresh hen eggs, lOd per dozen; duck eggs, 9d per dozen. Bacon and Hams. Bacon, in cuts, 8d to lid per lb; rashers, 1/1; whole hams, 1/ per lb; rashers, 1/3 per lb. Butter and Cheese. First grade factory butter, 1/ per lb, cash acrosß the counter, Id extra when booked; second grade, lOd 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. Meat. (Cash at shop.) Beef. —Rump steak, lOd per lb; undercut, 1/; beef steak, sd; sirloin, 6d; prime ribs, 4d; prime ribs (boned and rolled), Gel; 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, Od; corned round, Gd; coined brisket (boned), 4d; brisket and flat rib, 3d; thin Hank, Id; gravy beef or shin-meat, 4d; minced beef, 4d; tripe, 3d; dripping, id; suet, 4d; sausages, sd; sausage meat, 4d; whole shins or legs, VM; half shins or legs (thick end), 2d; half shins or legs (knuckle end), VAd; ox kidneys. lOd; ox tongues, 7d; ox tails, sd; whole loins, CVid; whole rumps, Bd. Mutton.—Sides, sdj whole leg, 6V4d; cut legs, 7d; leg shank end (61b or under), 7Vfed; hindquarter, s'Ad; forcquartcr, 4Vfed; shoulder, sV£d; 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; tongues, 2d each; sheep's head (dressed), 6d each: sheep's fry, 5d each; sheep's brains, 2d each. Spring Lamb.—Forequarters, 9d; hind, 1/; legs, 1/1; loins, 1/; sides, lid; chops, 1/2 per lb. - . 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, Od per lb; loin, 9d; foreloin with blade, 7d; pork chops, lOd; corned hand, 7d; corned belly, 9d; pork sausages, 7d. Fruit. Captain Cook strawberries, 1/ to 1/4 per chip; Marguerites, 9d to 1/; Stunner apples, Cd per lb; Winter iSTelis pears, Od per lb; Island oranges, 3/ dozen; South Australian, 2/ to 3/ per dozen; New Zealand grape fruit, 1/9 to, 2/ dozen; lemons, Gd to 1/ per dozen; bananas, 3d to 4d per lb; Californian grapes, 1/ per lb; local hothouse, 2/6 per lb; pines, 8d to 1/ each; hothouse tomatoes, lOd to 1/ per lb; outdoor tomatoes, 6d to Sd per lb; cherries, 1/2 to 1/8 per lb; plums, 4d per lb; loquats, 6d per lb; gooseberries, 4d per lb; loganberries, lOd per chip; apricots, 6d to 8d per lb; blackberries, lOd per chip; red currants, 1/ per chip; water melon, 3d per lb. Vegetables. New potatoes, Id per lb; kumaras, 2%1b for 6d; swedes, Id per lb; onions, Californian, 3d per lb; cabbage, 3d to 5d each; cauliflower, 4d to 6d each; marrows, new season's, 6d; cucumbers, 4d to Cd each; lettuce, 2d to 3d each; carrots, parsnips, beet, spinach, leeks, radish, spring onions, turnips, %<1 to 2d per bunch; rhubarb, 2d to 4d per bundle; apple cucumbers, 2d each; green peas, 2d per lb; beans, 2d per lb.