TO-DAY’S RETAIL PRICES The following list of cash retail prices gives a fair indication of what is being charged over the counter m the city The qu^ 110 " do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not Y° Ud - Vegetables—Cauliflowers range from 6d. to lOd., kumeras 4d lb ; cabbages, 4d. and IOd.; marrows, Id. lb.; carrots and turnips 3d. bunch, parsnips. 3d. bunch; beetroot 3d. bundle; ; onions. 3d lb - celery, 4d„ 6d., and 1/- head; potatoes. 81b. for 1/ . lettuce.’2d. and 3d. each; pumpkin 81b. for 1 /-; spinach Jd. bunch. Brussels sprouts. 1/- lb.: rhubarb. 1/- bundle, hothouse, 1/6 bundle, leeks, 3d. bundle; sweet turnips. I 2 d. lb.; artichok= s - ” cucumbers, 1/4 to 1/6; green peas (hothouse), I/- to 1/4 lb., new all round fish. 4d. lb.; flat fish. IOd.; smoked fish, lOd. to ./I, EaPU Fr’uit—Pears, 4d. and 6d. (eating), and 4d. lb. (cooking), mandarines, 1/6 doz.; Island tomatoes, 6d. to 1/- 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. 1/- lb., Californian grapes, I/- to 1/6 lb. , , o , ~ . „ r _„ v ' 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 lOd. lb., and mutton chops, 9d. lb. Tnpe, 6d. lb. mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages. 6d. lb.; pork sausages, Bd. and lOd lb.; corned beef. sd. and 7d. lb. Groceries—Best eggs, 1/8 doz.; 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 (dehvered) for 701 b. bag; bulk honey and clover honey, 9d lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca, all 3d. lb.; Spanish muscatels, 1/6 packet; Californian muscatels, lOd. packet; Turkish figs, /• •» new season’s French walnuts (shelled). 2/6 lb.; Cahforman prunes, 30-40’s. 8d lb.; mild Cheddar cheese, l/< lb.; matured Cheddar cheese, 1/4 lb, . . ,
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 289, 6 September 1928, Page 5
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