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A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE • ' ♦ PREVAILING PRICES IN THE CITY Whitebait is now selling at 5/- per pint. Oysters are still B<l. floz. (in shell), and 1/- doz. (opened). Flat fish is 1/- per lb., and round fish Bd. and Od. pfer lb. Smoked fish is 1/3 lb. Crayfish are from 6d. upwards (according to size). Green peas are 1/3 and 2/- lb. Asparagus is lOd. and 1/- per bundle. Cauliflowers are 3d. to 9d. each, and cabbages 2d. to Od. each; new pota-. toes are 4d. and 6d. lb.; onions are 3d. lb., or 51b. for 1/-.; cucumbers are lOd. to 1/3 each; lettuce arc 2d. to Od. each, and celery 4d. to 1/- per stick; leeks are 3d. per bundle; carrots, parsnips and turnips are 3d. per bundle. Spinach is Od. per bundle, and swedes 3d. Ib. Gravy beef is sd. per lb.; sirloin ot beef is Od. lb., and ribs ot beet are 7d. lb.; legs of mutton are Od. and lOd. lb., and mutton chops sell at Od. lb. Tripe, Od. per lb.; mincemeat sd. lb.; corned beef 7d. and Bd. per lb.; beef sausages are Od. lb., and pork sausages Bd. and lOd. Ib. , Grape fruit are Bd. and lOd. each; Sydney grapes are now 1/2 and 1/6 lb.; pineapples are 1/6 to 2/3 each; rhubarb is 4d. to Od. per bundle. Passion fruit arc 2/6 doz.; eating apples are 4d. and Od. lb., and'cooking apples sd. lb.; dessert pears are Od. and Bd. lb., and cooking pears 4d. lb.; mandarines are 1/6 to 3/- doz.; tomatoes are 1/4 to 1/10 lb., and tree tomatoes are Bd. Ib.; lemons are 2/- to 3/- doz., and oranges are 2/- to 4/doz. t Good table butter is 1/8 lb., and pure whey butter is 1/6 lb. Condensed milk is 6d. and 1/- per tin; dates are Bd. per packet, and 4d. lb. (loose). Sugar is 16/6 for a 701 b. bag., or 3d. lb. Bulk honey and clover honey sell at lOd. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca are all 3d. lb. Cooked ham is 2/6 lb. Prunes are 6d. lb.; salmon is Od. to 1/8 per tin. New laid eggs are still 1/9 doz. Mild cheese is lid. and 1/- lb.; matured cheese is 1/- and 1/4 lb. N.Z. Stilton cheese' is 3/- lb. These quotations apply io casii prices over the counter in tho city, and, in most cases, do not include delivery.

DISTURBANCE ON “LIMITED” EXPRESS. On the north-bound Limited the other evening, when passengers were trying to get a little sleep, a lady broke out coughing. A fellow-passen-ger passed his tin of Pulmonas to the sufferer. Relief was instantaneous. In the morning, in thanks, the lady said her throat was ever so much better. Pulmonas for coughs, colds, bronchitis, influenza. Is. fid. end 2s. fid.—Advt. (4)

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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 11, 7 October 1927, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 11, 7 October 1927, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 11, 7 October 1927, Page 5

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