CURRENT RETAIL PRICES.

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 260, 3 August 1928, Page 5

CURRENT RETAIL PRICES.

The following list of cash retail prices gives a fair indication ,of what.is being charged over-the counter in the'eity. The-quotations do not include delivery. Suburban - prices are not quoted:— .- Fruit.——Pears. 4d. and 6d. (eating), and 3d. 1b... or bib. fcr-l/--(cooking); mandarines. 1/6 doz.; figs, 6d. lb.; Island tomatoes, Bd. Ib.: quinces. 6d. lb.; grape fruit, 6d.' each; bananas, Bd. to 1/6 doc.; oassion fruit, 3/ doz.; pineapples, I/- to I/6 each', oranges. I/-, 1/6 and 2/- doz.; Poorman oranges. 2/6 doz.; Seville oranges. 3/- doz.; tomatoes, I/- lb.; Island oranges, lOd. lb.; N.Z. lemons, 2/- doz.; Californian lemons. 2/6 to 3/-. Fish.—Oysters, 1/- doz. (opened), and Bd. doz. (in shell): all round fish. 4d. lb.; flat fish, lOd.; smoked fish, 10d. to. 1/1; .hapuka. 6d. Meat.—Chops for stewing, 7d. lb.; corned pork, 9d. lb.; gravy beet, -sd. lb., sirloin of beef, 9d. lb.; ribs of beef, 7d. lb.; legs of mutton. 9d. and 1 Od. lb., and mutton chops, 9d. lb. Tripe. 6d. lb.: mincemeat, sd. lb.- beef sausages, 6d. lb.; pork sausages, Bd. and I OH. lb.; corned beef. sd. and 7d. lb. Vegetables.—Cauliflowers range from 6d. to I Od.: kumeras, 4d. lb.; cabbages. 4d. and 10d.; marrows. Bd. each: carrots and turnips, 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. bunch; beetroot, 3d. bundle; onions, 3d. lb.; celery, 4d., 6d., and 1/- head; potatoes, 81b. for I/-; lettuce, 2d. and 3d. each; pumpkin- 81b. for 1/-; spinach. 3d. bunch; Brussels sprouts, 1/- lb.; rhubarb, 6d. bundle; leeks, 3d. bundle; sweet turnips. l|d. lb.; artichokes, 4d. lb.; pickling onions. 6d. lb.; cucumbers, 1/- to 1/4. Groceries.—Good table butter. 1/8 lb.; pure whey butter, 1/6 lb.; cooked ham. 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes, 4d-. lb.; mild cheese, 1/- lb.; matured cheese 1/4 lb.; .N.Z. -Stilton cheese. 3/- lb.; condensed milk. 6d apd 1/- per tin, dates. 6d. packet, and 4d. lb. loose, sugar, 14/9 (delivered) for 701 b bag. bulk honey and clover honey. 9d lb., . rice. sago, barley and tapioca, al) 3d. lb.; Spanish muscatels. 1/6 packet; Californian muscatels. lOd packet; Turkish figs, 1/- lb.; new season’s French walnuts (shelled). 2/6 lb.; Californian prunes. 30-40 s, Bd. lb.: mild Cheddar cheese, 1/- lb., matured Cheddar cheese, 1/4 lb.; eggs, 1/6 and 1/8 doz.