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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 79, 27 December 1928, Page 5

RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY The following list of cash retail prices gives a fa jf what is being charged over the counter in the ci y. ■ do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quo.-d. Fruit—Pears, 6d. (eating), and 4d. (cooking); hothouse tomatoes. I/- and 1/6 lb.; bananas I/- to 1/6 doz:.; pineapp es. fiV-fi '/ T/6 ! ’"T- a.Z 3/s California/grapes, 1/6 lb.; Island oranges. 3/- doz.; Sydney oranges, 1/6 to 3/- doz.: gooseberr.es, 4d. lb.; cherries, 1/6 to 2/ lb.; fresh strawberries. 1/6 to 2/- punnet; apricots, I Od. and 1/4 hx, passion fruit, 1/6 doz.; cocoanuts. 3d. and 4a.: raspberries. 1/6 and 2/-1 peaches, I/- to 1/4 lb.; plums, 4d. and Bd. lb.; grapefruit, 7/6 doz.; black currants, 1 Od. lb., or 1/- Punnet. Vegetables.—Asparagus. I Od. bundle; cauliflowers from 3d. t Bd.; cabbages. 3d. and 6d.; marrows. lOd. and 1/- each; carrots and turnips, 3d. bunch; parsnips. 3d. bunch; beetroot, 3d. bundle, onions, sd. lb.; potatoes, 51b for 1/-; lettuce. I|d. to 4d. each, spinach. 6d. bunch; rhubarb, 4d. bundle; sweet turnips Ind.. to 6d lb.; cucumbers, 1/- and 1/6; new potatoes. 3d and 4d. b., old potatoes, 2d. a lb.; broad beans. 6d. lb.; rhubarb (large bundle , 6d. to 1 /-; French beans, Bd. to I Od. lb.; green peas, 3d. and 4d. lb.; watermelon, 6d. lb. , , . , _ 1/7 n, . Groceries. —Best eggs, 1/8 doz.; good table butter. 1/7 lb., pure whey butter. 1/5 lb.; cooked ham, 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; P™™ 58 ’ 4d. lb.; mild cheese, 1/- lb.; matured cheese, 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese, 3/- lb.; condensed milk, 6d. and 1/- per tin; dates, sd. 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, 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. Fish.—Round fish. sd. lb.; flat fish, I/-; smoked fish, 1/2: hapuka, 6d. j i i J Meat.—Chops for stewing, Bd. lb.; corned pork, l Od. and I Id. lb.; gravy beef, sd. lb.; sirloin of beef, 1 Od. lb.; ribs of beef, '3~* lb.; legs of mutton, I Od. and 1 Id. lb.; mutton chops, lOd. and 1 Ig. lb.; tripe, 6d. lb.; mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages, sd. Ib., pork sr. usages, lOd. lb.; corned beef, s|d. and lb.; spring lamb, l/l to 1/2 lb.