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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 149, 23 March 1928, Page 14

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE

CURRENT PRICES IN THE CITY The following list of cash retail prices gives a (air indication of what is being charged over the counter in the city. The quotations do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted:— Vegetables.—French beans and butter beans are 4d. and Gd. 10.. green peas are 4d. and 6d- lb.: kumeras are 4d. lb; cucumbers are Id. and 2nd each; cabbages are 2d , 3d-, and 4d. each; cauliflowers are still scarce; marrows are 3d. to 6d. each: pumpkin is 2d. lb.; red cabbages are Sd. and 4d. each; lettuce are 2d. to Id each; celery is Gd. to 1/3 per stick. carrots, turnips and parsnips are 3d. per bunch; beetroot is 3d. per bundle; onions are 3d. lb.; swedes are 2d. lb. Fish,—Oysters are 1/- doz. (opened), and Bd. doz. (in sliel ), all round fish are Id.; flat llsli is 10d.; smoked flsli lOd. to 1/1 Ib.; hapuka Meat.—Chops for stewing are 7d. lb.: corned pork is 9d. lb.; graiy beei is sd. lb.: sirloin of beef is »d. lb., and ribs of beef are .<. lb.; legs of mutton are 9d. and Hid. lb. and mutton chops sell at Od. lb. Irlpe. (id. lb.: mincemeat r»d. lb-: corned beef 7d. and Bd. per lb.: beef sausages are Gd. lb., and pork sausages 8d and Hid. lb. Fruit. —Egg fruit arc 9d. to 1/- each; passion fruit are 1/6 and 2/doz.: tomatoes arc 3/- per case, and 3d. to 1/- lb.; quinces are Gd. lb.: peaches are Bd. to 1/- lb. (eating), and Gd. lb. (cooking); plums are Gd. lb.: greengages are Gd. and Bd. lb.: Cape gooseberries are Bd. lb-; grapes are 1/8 to 2/6 lb : grape fruit are Gd. and Bd. each; blackberries are Gd. Ib.: lemons are 2d. and 3d. each; rockmelons are 1/- and 1/6 each: oranges are 3/- and 4/- doz,: pears are 3d. to Gd. lb. Groceries.—New laid eggs are 3/2 doz.; pullets’ eggs are ./4 doz. Good table butter Is 1/7 lb., and pure whey butter l/o Ib. Cooked ham is 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes are Gd. lb.; salmon is Gd. and 1/8 tin: mild cheese is ltd. and 1/- lb.: matured cheese is !/• and f/4 Ib.; N.Z Stilton cheese is 3/- Ib.; condensed milk is Gd. and !/• per tin; dates arc Bd. packet, and 4(1. Ib. loose. Sugar is 16/6 for a 70 Ib. bag; bulk honey and clover honey sell at lOd Ib.: rice. sago, barley and tapioca lire all 3d. Ib Spanish muscatels are 1/6 per packet, and Californian muscatels are t/!<> per packet. Turkish flgs are 1/- lb. New season’s French walnuts (shelled)' are 2/6 lb.