THIS WEEK’S 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. Fruit.—Pears, 6d. (eating), and 4d. (cooking); hothouse tomatoes, 2/- lb.; Island tomatoes, I/- lb.; bananas, 1/6 to 2/- doz.; pineapples, 1/3 and 1/6 each; oranges, 1/6 and 2/- doz.; tomatoes, 1/6 lb.; N.Z. lemons, 1/6 to 2/- doz.; Californian lemons, 2/6 to 3/-; Californian grapes, 1/4 lb.; Island oranges 3/- doz.; Sydney oranges, 1/6 to 3/- doz.; gooseberries, 4d. lb.; cherries, 1/4 to 2/lb.; fresh strawberries, 1/6 to 2/- punnet; apricots, !/• and 1/4 lb., passion fruit, 1/6 doz.; cocoanuts, 3d. and 4d.; raspberries, 1/6 and 2/-; peaches, I/- lb.; plums, 6d. and 1 Od. lb. , Vegetables.—Asparagus, 10d. bundle; cauliflowers from 3d. to Bd.; cabbages, 3d. and 6d.; marrows, 1 Od. and 1/- each; carrots and turnips, 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. bunch; beetroot, 3d. bundle; onions, 4d. lb.; potatoes, 51b for 1/-; lettuce, IJd. to 4d. each; spinach, 6d. bunch; rhubarb, 4d. bundle; sweet turnips, Hd. to 6d. lb.; cucumbers, I/- and 1/2; new potatoes, 3d. and 4d. lb.; old potatoes, 2d. a lb.; broad beans, 6a. lb.; rhubarb (large bundle), 6d. to I/-; French beans, 1/- lb.; green peas, 6d. lb.; watermelon, 6d. lb. Groceries. —Best eggs, 1/3 doz.; good table butter, 1/7 lb.; pure whey butter, 1/5 lb.; cooked ham, 'l-l'L 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. and I/- per tin; dates, 6d. 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, 1 Od. packet; Turkish figs, I/- 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. Fish.—Round fish, sd. lb.; flat fish. I/-; smoked fish, 1/2; hapuka, Bd. Meat.—Chops for stewing, Bd. lb.; corned pork, lOd. and I Id. lb.; gravy beef, sd. lb.; sirloin of beef, lOd. lb.; ribs of beef, 7£d. lb.; legs of mutton, I Od. and I Id. lb.; mutton chops, I Od. and 1 Id. lb.; tripe. 6d. lb.; mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages, sd. lb., pork sausages, 1 Od. lb.; corned beef. and 7|d. lb.; spring lamb, 1/1 to 1/2 lb.
A, . <. For Christmas ! w? A ' uj Just what I wanted! A ‘Kodak’! A gift that means lasting fun—perpetual joy—intimate friendships. Make this a ‘Kodak’ Christmas. a /WJ’xTVTV A VJF, No - 1 Pocket ‘K° dak ’ 50;L Get a AK£ No. 1 ‘Kodak’ Juniors 63/6 Give a fLw vanity ’ Kodaks ’ £B/17/6 Modern‘Kodaks’from 30/-; Brownies from 10/6. Catalogue ree. KODAK (Australasia) PTY., LTD. 294 LAMBTON QUAY (Trocadero B Hiding),
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 73, 19 December 1928, Page 5
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