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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 198, 23 May 1928, Page 12

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE « MID-WEEK PRICES IN THE 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: — Vegetables. - French beaus are 1/- Ib.; butter beans are Bd. lb.; cauliflowers range from 6d. to 1/- each; kumeras aio • ■> cabbages are 3d.. 4d. and 6d, each; marrows are Cd. each; cm ms and turnips are 2d. bunch; parsnips are 3d. bunch; beetroot is ->d.J>unaic onions are 2d. lb.; pienielon is sold at 81b. for 1/-; celery is » ‘ -, • and 1/- a head: potatoes are Sib. for ,1/-: lettuce are 3d- and -Id. catn. pumpkin is 81b. for 1/-; spinach is 3d. a bunch; mushrooms are /- 1/6 lb.; Brussels sprouts are 1/-ib. ~ Fish.—Oysters are 1/- doz. (opened), and Sd- doz. (in she!), a round fish are 4d.; flat fish is 10d.; smoked fish lOd. to 1/1 b-I hapulta Cd. lb. . . . , r Meat.—Chops for stewing arc 7d. Ib.; corned pork is 9a. -b-> g ,al > beef is sd. Ib.; sirloin of beef is 9d. Ib., and ribs of beef arei 7d- ib.; legs of mutton are 9d. and l()d. Ib.. and mutton chops sell at fid. lb. iripe, fid. lb.; mincemeat sd. lb.; beef sausages are (id. lb., and pork sausages Bd. and lOd. lb.; corned beef is sd. and 7d. per Ib. _ Groceries. —Good table butter is 1/7 lb., and pure whey bn.ter 1 /.»J». cooked ham is 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes are 6d. lb.; mild cheese is 1/- lb., 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. lb. loose. Sugar is 15/9 (delivered) for a 701 b. bag; bulk honey and clover honey sell at 9d. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca are ail 3d. lb. bpamsh muscatels are 1/6 per packet, and Californian muscatels are lOd. per packet. Turkish figs are 1/- lb. New season’s French walnuts (shelled) are 2/6 lb. Californian prunes, 30-40’s, are Bd. lb. Fruit.—Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at Bd. Ib.; lemons are -d. and 3d. each; oranges are 3/- and 4/- doz-, Island oranges 2/- a doz.; pears are 4d. to 6d. (eating), and 3d. lb., or 51b for 1/- (cooking), quinces are fid. lb.; tomatoes are 4d. and 6d. lb.; grapes (Sydney) aie J/- to .1/4, (hothouse), 3/- lb.; Cape gooseberries are Bd. lb.