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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 88, 12 January 1928, Page 5

WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CUREFor Influenza Colds. —Advt. / There is a lake near Batt’caloa. on the East Capo of Ceylon, famous for its singing fish. The music heard on the surface of the water is said to be caused by the opening and closing of of bivalves. Emerson-Tennant mentions the instance in his famous book on Ceylon. Rheumo expels excess uric acid and vanquishes Rheumatism —Is, bd. large bottle. —Advt.

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE 4 MID-WEEK PRICES IN CITY The following list of cash retail prices gives a fair indication of what is being charged over the counter in the city. The quotations do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted:— ....... . Groceries.—New laid eggs are 1/10 per doz.; good table butter is still 1/0 lb., and pure whey butter 1/4 lb.; cooked ham is 2/2 and 2/6 lb-» prunes are 6d. ib.; salmon is> 6(1. to 1/8 tin; mild cheese is lid. and 1/lb-; matured cheese is 1/- and 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese is 3/- Ib.; condensed milk is 6d. and 1/- per tin; dates are Bd. packet, and 4d. lb. loose. Sugar is 16/6 for a 701 b. bag; bulk honey and clover honey sell at lOd. Ib.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca are all 3d. lb. Spanish muscatels are 1/6 -per packet, and Californian muscatels 1/10 per packet; Turkish flfis are V Round fish is Bd. and 9d. Ib.; flat flsh is 1/- lb.; smoked fish is 1/3 lb. . Meat.—Spring lamb is cheaper, forequarters being 9d. Ib.; chops for stewing are 7d. lb.: corned pork is 9d. lb.; gravy beef is sd. Ib.; sirloin of beef is 9d. lb., and ribs of beef are 7d. lb.; legs of mutton are 9d. and lOdlb.* and mutton chops sell at 9d. lb. Tripe, 6d. Ib.; mincemeat sd. lb.; corned beef 7d. and Bd. per Ib.; beef sausages are 6d. lb., and pork sausages Bd. and lOd. lb. _ ~ , Vegetables.—Marrows are 6d. and Bd. each; peas are 3d. lb-, and 61b. for 1/-; French beans are Bd. Ib.; broad beans are 3d. lb.; butter beans are 1/- lb.; cucumbers are 3d. to 1/- each; cabbages are 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. Ib.; carrots, parsnips and turnips are 3d. per bunch; spring onions are 2d. per bunch; onions are 3d. per Ib.; leeks are 3d. per bundle; swedes are 2d. per lb. Fruit. —Cherries are 2/4 and 2/6 lb.; tomatoes are 6d. to 1/- lb-; hothouse tomatoes are 1/6 lb.; plums are 6d. to lOd. (eating), and 3d. lb. (cooking); peaches are 8d to 1/- lb (eating), and Od. lb. (cooking); apricots are 1/- Ib.; American grapes are 1/4 lb., and locally-grown grapes 3/- lb.; Sydney passion fruit are 4/- doz-; grape fruit are 6d. and Bd. each; gooseberries are 4d. and 6d. Ib.; eating apples are 6d. and Bd. lb.; dessert pears are 4d., 6d. and Bd. lb.; lemons are 1/6 to 3/- doz.; oranges are 3/4 and 4/- doz.; pineapples are 2/- each.