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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 288, 5 September 1928, Page 5

MID-WEEK . RETAIL 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:— Fish.—Oysters, I/- doz. (opened), and Bd. doz., (in shell), all round fish, 4d. lb.; flat fish.’ I Od.; smoked fish, lOd. to 1/1; apu pruil.—Pears, 4d. and 6d. (eating), and 4d. lb. (cooking), mandarines, 1/6 doz.; Island tomatoes, 6d. to I/- lb.; grape fruit, Bd. each: bananas, lid. to 1/6 doz.; passion fruit, 3/- doz.; pineapples, 2/- each; oranges, 1/6 and 2/- doz ; Poorman oranges. 2/6 doz.; Seville oranges, 3/- doz.; tomatoes, 1/- lb.; N.Z. lemons, 2/- doz.: Californian lemons, 2/6 to 3/-; plums. I/- lb.; Californian grapes, I/- to 1/6 lb. Meat.—Chops for stewing, 7d. lb.; corned pork. 9d. lb.; gravy beef, sd. lb.; sirloin of beef, 9d. lb.: ribs of beef, 7d. lb.; legs of mutton, 9d. and I Od. lb., and mutton chops, 9d. lb. Tripe, 6d. lb. ; mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages. 6d. lb.; pork sausages, bo. and 10d. lb.; corned beef, sd. and 7d. lb. . /a Grocerics.— —Best eggs, 1/8 doz. t good table butter. /8 lb.; pure whey butter, 1/6 lb.; cooked ham, 2/2 and 2/b lb.; prunes. 4d. lb.; mild cheese, I/- lb.; matured cheese, 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese, 3/- lb.; condensed milk, 6d and I/- 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, all 3d. lb.; Spanish muscatels. /6 packet; Californian muscatels, lOd. packet; Turkish figs. 1/- 1., new season’s French walnuts (shelled), 2/6 lb.; Californian prunes, 30-40’s. Bd. lb.; mild Cheddar cheese, 1/- lb.; matured Cheddar Vegetables.—Cauliflowers range from 6d. to 1 0d.; kumeras, 4d. lb.’, cabbages, 4d. and I Od.; marrows, Id. lb.; carrots and turnips, 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. bunch; beetroot, 3d. bundle; onions. 3d. lb.; celery, 4d., 6d., and I/- head; potatoes, 81b. for I/-; lettuce, 2d. and 3d. each; pumpkin, 81b. for 1/-; spinach, 4d. bunch: Brussels sprouts, I/- lb.; rhubarb, I/- bundle, hothouse, 1/6 bl > ndl ® : leeks, 3d. bundle; sweet turnips, IJd. lb.; artichokes, 3d. lb.: cucumbers, I/4 to 1/6; green peas (hothouse), I/- to 1/4 lb.; no*" potatoes. 4d. to 6d. lb.