A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE 4 NO CHANGE IN PRICES The following list of cash retail prices gives a fair indication of what is being chargid over the counter in the city The quotat.ons do not melude delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted Fruit.—Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at Bd. lb., lemons aie -a. and 3d. each; oranges are 3/- and 4/- doz., Island oranges -/■ a doz., pears arc 4d. to 6d. (eating), and 3d. lb., or 51b for 1/- (coolu g) , quinces are 4d. lb.; tomatoes are 4d. and Gd- lb.; grapes (Sydney) . 1/- to 1/4 (hothouse), 2/6 lb.; Cape gooseberries are Bd. Jb. 7 Vegetables.—French beans are Gd. and Bd. lb.; butter beans’ 6d ; lb.; cauliflowers range from Gd. to 1/- each; kumeras are 3d.; and 4d. lb., calibac’es are 3d., 4d„ and 6d. each; marrows are 3d. to Gd each, carrots and turnips are 2d. bunch; parsnips are 3d. bunch; beetroot is 3d. bun e, onions are 2d. lb.; piemelon is sold at 81b. for 1/-; celery is 4d, Gd. and 1/- a head; potatoes are 81b. for 1/-; lettuce are 3d. andl pumpkin is 81b. for 1/-; spinach is 3d. a bunch; mushrooms 10d. to 1/6 lb.; Brussels sprouts are Cd. to 1/- lb.; asparagus is 8d to 1/- lb., cucumbers arc 3d. to 4d. each, (hothouse) Gd., Bd. and 1/- ®“ cll ’ . j Fish—Oysters are 1/- doz. (opened), and-Bd. doz. (m shpll), au round fish are 4d..; flat fish is 10d.; smoked ilsli lOd. to 1/1 lb.; hapuka Cd 'bieat.—Chops for stewing are 7d. lb.; corned pork is 9d. lb.; gravy beef is sd. lb.; sirloin of beef is 9d. lb., and ribs ol beef are 7d. lb., legs of mutton are 9d. and lOd. lb., and mutton chops sell at 9d. Ib. Tope, Gd. Ib.; mincemeat sd. lb.; beef sausages are Gd. lb., and pork sausages Bd. and lOd. lb.; corned beef is sd. and 7d. per lb. . Groceries.—New laid eggs are 3/G doz.; pullets eggs are 3/- doz. Good tabic butter is 1/7 lb., and pure whey butter l/o lb. Cooked am is 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes are Gd. lb.; mild cheese is lid. and 1/- Ib., matured cheese is 1/- and 1/4 Ib.; N.Z. Stilton cheese is 3/- lb.; milk is 6d. and 1/- per tin; dates are Bd. packet, and 4d. lb. loose. Sugai 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 are 1/10 per packet. Tin Kish figs are 1/- lb. New season’s Frencli walnuts (shelled) are 2/6 lb. Californian prunes, 30-40’s, arc Bd. lb.; egg prices are not expected to change for a day or two.
fHave you got Your Kodak yet? It’s fun to Kodak and there’s lasting pleasure in the pictures themselves. Those snapshots will mean more to you every time you open the album. You can learn to use a Kodak in half-an-hour. Kodaks from 30/- Brownies from 10/6 CAMERA LIST Free of all Kodak Dealers, and KODAK (Australasia) PTY., LTD. Note New Address: 294 Lambton Quay, Trocadero Building, Wellington, 2
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 191, 15 May 1928, Page 5
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