A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 84, 7 January 1928, Page 12

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE

CASH PRICES FOR THE WEEK-END The following list of cash retail prices gives a fair indication of what is beh'g charged over the counter in the city The quotations do not in elude delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted. for Meat—Spring lamb is cheaper, forequarters being 9d. lb., chops for stewJlg to 7d Iffi; corned pork is 9d. lb.; gravy beef is sd. lb.; sirloin of beef is 9d. lb., and ribs of beef are 7d. lb.; legs of mutton are Jd. and lOd lb and mutton chops sell at 9d. Ib. Tripe, 6d. lb.; nuncemeit o<l. lb., corned beef 7d. and Bd. per lb.; beef sausages are 6d. lb., and pork satis?g 8(1 Vegetables.—Manows are Bd. and lOd. each; peas are 3d. lb . and Gib fo/l/-; French beans are Bd. lb.; broad beans are 3d. lb., butter J ans are 1/- lb-: cucumbers are 3d. and 4d. each; cabbages «re 3d to 6d each and cauliflowers Bd. to lOd. each; beetroot is 3d. per bundle; lettuce are Id. to 3d. each; Taro potatoes are 4d. lb.; carrots, parsnipss and tuin f. are 3d per bunch; spring onions are 2d. per bunch; onions are 3d. per 1 ~ leeks are 3d. per bundle; swedes arc 2d. per Ib. . Fruit.—Cherries are 2/4 and 2/6 Ib.; tomatoes are 6d to 1/- Ib-, hothouse tomatoes are 1/6 lb-; plums are 6d. to lOd. (eating), and 3 . ib cooking); peaches are 8d to 1/- lb (eating), and 6d lb. (cooking); apricots are 1/- lb.; American grapes are 1/4 lb., and locally-grown grapes 3/- lb • Sydney passion fruit are 4/- doz-; grape fruit are 6d and Sdeach- gooseberries are 4d. and 6d. Ib.; eating apples are 6d. and Bd. Ib., Assert pears are 4d„ 6d., an Bd. lb.; lemons are 1/6 to 3/- doz.; oranges are 3/4 and 4/- doz.; pineapples are 2/- each. Groceries.—New laid eggs are 1/10 per doz.; good table butter-is still 1/6 lb., and pure whey butter 1/4 lb.; cooked barn is 2/2 and _/6 Ib-, prunes are 6d. lb: salmon is 6d. to 1/8 tin: mild cheese is lid. and 1/b.- matured cheese is 1/- and 1/4 lb.: N.Z. Stilton cheese is 3/- lb.; condensed milk is 6d. and 1/- per tin; dates are Bd. packet, and 4d.. l lb. loose. Sugar is 16/6 for a 701 b. bag: bulk honey and clover honey sell at lOd. lb., rice, sago, barley and tapioca are all 3d. lb. Spanish muscatels are 1/6 per packet, and Californian muscatels 1/10 per packet; Turkish figs aie 1/_ ’ir’ish.—Round fish is Bd. and 9d. lb.; flat fish is 1/- lb.; smoked fish is 1/3 lb,