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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 172, 21 April 1928, Page 15

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE WEEK-END PRICES 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. Fruit Passion fruit are !/• doz.; tomatoes are 2d., 3d. and 4d. lb., hothouse tomatoes are quoted at Bd. lb., and 3/- case; egg fruit are Bd. and lOd. each; quinces are 6d. lb.; Cape gooseberries are Bd. lb.; lemons are 2d. and 3d. each; oranges are 3/- and 4/- doz.; pears are 4d. to 6d. (eating), and 3d. lb., or stb. for 1/- (cooking); peaches (eating) are 1/Ib.; bread fruit arc lOd. each; grapes (Sydney) 1/4 lb., (other) 2/6 to »/- lb. X T egetables.French beans are 6d. and Bd. lb.; cauliflowers range from lOd. to 1/4 each; kumeras are 4d. Ib.; cucumbers are 2d- and 3d. each; cabbages arc sd„ 6d and Bd. each; marrows are 3d. to 6d. each; carrots and turnips are 2d. bunch; parsnips are 3d. bunch; beetroot is 3d. bundle; onions arc 2d. Ib.; piemclon is 81b. for 1/-; celery is 4d.. 6d. and 1/- a head; potatoes are 81b. for 1/-; green peas are 6d. and Bd. lb.; lettuce are 3d.. 4d„ and 6d. each; pumpkin is 81b. for 1/-; spinach is 3d. a bunch; mushrooms are 1/- to 1/6 lb. Groceries.—New laid eggs are 2/8 doz.; pullets’ eggs arc 2/2 doz. Good table butter is 1/7 lb., and pure whey butter 1/5 Ib. Cooked ham is 2/2 and 2/6 Ib.; prunes are 6d. lb.; 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; hulk honey and clover honey sell at 10(1. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca are all 3d. lb. Spanish muscatels are 1/6 per packet, and Californian muscatels are 1/10 per packet. Turkish figs are !/• Ib, New season’s French walnuts (shelled) are 2/6 Ib. Meat,—Chops for stewing are 7d, lb.; corned pork is 9d- lb.; gravy beef is 5(1. Ib.; sirloin of beef is 9(1. Ib., and ribs of beef aro 7d. lb.: legs of mutton are 9d. and lOd. Ib. and mutton chops sell at 9d. lb. Tripe. 6(1. Ib.; mincemeat sd. lb.; beef sausages are 6d. Ib., and pork sausages Bd. and Iod. lb.; corned beef is 5(1. and 7d. per lb. Fish.—Oysters are 1/- doz. (opened), and Bd. doz. (in shell); all round fish are 4d.; flat fish is 10d.: smoked fish lOd. to 1/1 lb.; liapuka 6d. lb.

J TARPAULINS : ZlpQT'll' year delivery trucks with one of our Waterproof Tarpaulins. and assure; s-* J yourself that your goods will roach their destination dry in spite of winter? Zrain storms. We can supply a tarpaulin for any vehicle, and the materials we use; lare the best procurable. See us about that cover to-day, nnd be prepared for the? ?rainy season. . ? - Our low prices warrant your inquiry before purchasing elsewhere. * | Hutcheson, Wilson and Co., Ltd., | " JERVOIS QUAY, WELLINGTON. | 5 P.O. Box 488. ’PHONE 48—184. |