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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 12

RETAIL 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 quotat.o do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not Fruit.—Pears, 6d. (eating), and 4d. lb. (cooking), mandarines, |/6 doz.; Island tomatoes, 1/8 lb.; bananas, 1/- doz.;■P’^PP l ”’ ?/- each- oranges, 1/6 and 2/- doz.; tomatoes, 2/6 lb.; N.Z. lemons, 2 \/6 doz ’; Californian lemons. 2/6 to 3/-. Californian grapes, 1/6 lb.; Island oranges, 3A doz.; Sydney oranges, 2/- to 3.A doz., gooseberries, 4d. and 6d. lb.; cherries, 1/6 to 1/8 lb., fresh straw bem Veg^ablef.—Asparagus, I/- bundle; cauliflowers from 3d. to fid.; cabbages, 3d. and 6d.; marrow,, 1/4 each; carrots an turnips, 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. bunch; beet.oot, 3d bundle: onions, sd. lb.; potatoes, for l/'i > ett “ c ®- and 3d. each; pumpkin, 3d. lb.; spinach, 6d. bunch; rhubarb; 4d - bu leeks, 3d. bundle; sweet turmps, Ijd. lb.; cucumbers, 1/2. green peas (hothouse), 4d. lb.; new potatoes, 4d. lb.; old potatoes, 2d. a lb.; broad beans, 6d. lb.; rhubarb (large bundle), 9d.; French beans, Groceries. —Best eggs, 1/4 doz.; good table butter, 1/7 lb.; pure wh e ; butter. 1/5 lb.; cooked ham 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prune. 4d. lb.; mild cheese, 1/- lb.; matured cheese, 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton rheese 3/- lb.; condensed milk, 6d. and 1/- per tin; packet’, and 4d. lb. loose; sugar, 14/3 (delivered) 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, 10d. packet; Turkish figs, I/- lb.; new season'. French walnut, •(shelled), 2/6 lb.; Californian prunes, 30-40 s , Bd. lb.; mild Cheddar cheese, 1/- lb.; matured Cheddar cheese. 1/4 lb - Fish.—Round fish, sd. lb.; flat fish, 1/-; smoked fish, 1/2; P Meat.—Chops for stewing, Bd. lb.; corned pork, lOd. and lid. lb.; gravy beef, sd. lb.; sirloin of beef, 10d. lb.; ribs of beef, 7|d. lb.; legs of mutton. 10d. and 1 Id. lb.; mutton chops, lOd. and I Id. lb •' tripe, 6d. lb.; mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages, 6d. lb.; pork sausages, lOd. lb.; corned beef, sd. and 7d. lb.; spring lamb, 1/1 to