HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 70, 23 March 1940, Page 12

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

RETAIL SHOP PRICES. FRUIT LINES SCARCER. VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL. A number of fruit lines have now (lisAppeared from shops. There arc few peaches and not many tomatoes, while blackberries arc finished. All vegetables, with the exception of cauliflowers, are in full supply. Current prices in city shops are:— Fruit. Apples: Cox*? Orange Pippin, 3d; Ividd\s ! Orange, 3d lb. Pears: Paekham, 4*l; Louis Bon. Sd. Peaches, 2/G per dozen. Toma- i iocs, Od and Sd lb. Lemons: 0 to 1- for 1/. Bananas: sd. Grapes: Hothouse, Colman, 2/0 to 3/; Hamburg, 1/G 2/; To Kauwhata, outdoor. 1/ to 1/4. Coconuts: 4d to (id caeh. Oranges: Jamaican. 2/ to 3/ dozen. Grapefruit: Jamaican, 3d to 4d each. Vegetables. Silver beet, 2c| bunch; celery, Od to Od ytiok; carrot*?, 3d lb; cauliflowers, 6d to 1/ each; cabbages, 3d to lOil each; cucumbeits Id and 3d each; apple cucumbers, 1 Vud to 2d; beans, 3d and 4d; green peas. 4d to G<l lb; kumaras, fresh. local, 4d lb; lettuce, 4d and 3d; marrows, 4d to Sd each: onions, green, 2d lb: potatoes. Id to ll£d lb: pumpkins, red. 2d lb; parsnips, 4d lb; spinach, 3d and 4d bundle; onions, 2*l lb; sprinjs; onions. 2d a bunch: sweet corn, 3d and Id; turnips, white, 2d a bunch; swedes. 2d lb. Bacon and Ham. Bacon.—Shoulder rashers. 1/4 lb: rashers. 1/7: piece, shoulder cut. lOd to 1/2. Ham.—Slices (cooked). 2/6 lb; whole hams, 1/4; half hams, 1/3. Butter and Cheese. Butter. —Factory, first grade, 1/OVs lb; second grade, 1/0; farm butter, 1/4. Cheese.—Mild, 1/2; tasty, 1/9. Eons. Tien: A grade. 2 S a dozen: B grade, 2/3. Duck: A grade, 2/3; B grade, 2/.

SUCCESSFUL YEAR. SECRETARIES' INSTITUTE. The second annua] report of the K Cff Zealand branch of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries leflrcis a successful year Income of Hie branch was not large, but a sin.nl] surplus, was revealed. At the annual general meeting the retiring councillor*, Messrs. ,1. Allison T. h. Haines and T. Anton, were r".' elected. The retiring auditor, Mr. W. j liouch, was reappointed.