WEEK-END RETAIL PRICES. The following list of cash retail prices gives a of what is being charged over the counter in the city. e quo a do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted. Fruit.—Pears, 4d. (eating), and 4d. (cooking); 4d. to 6d. lb.; bananas, 1/- to 1/6 doz.; N.Z. lemons, 2/- doz., Californian lemons. 2/6 to 3/-; Sydney oranges, 2/- to 3/- doz.; cocoanuts, 4d. and 6d.; raspberries, 1/6; peaches, to 1 Od. lb.; plums 3d. to Bd. lb.; grapefruit 6/- doz.; hothouse grapes, 1/6 to 1/8 lb.; Californian oranges, 2/- to 3/6 d°z. ; nectarines, 6d. to lOd. lb.) new season’s apples (cooking), s!b. I /-, I (de ssert), 4d. to 6d. lb.: William pears, 4d. lb.; cape gooseberries, 1 Ud. to I/lb.; blackberries, 6d. lb.: passion fruit, 1/- to 1/6 lb. Vegetables.—Cabbages, 4d. and Bd.; marrows. 4d. and I/each; carrots, turnips and parsnips. 3d. bunch; beetroo , 3d. bundle; onions. 3d. lb.; potatoes. sto 81b. for I/-; lett “ ce ’ sd ' to 4d. each; rhubarb, 4d. bundle; sweet turnips, 3d. to (b., cucumbers, Id. to 4d.; apple cucumbers, 2d. and 3d.; rl ’ubar , large bundle. 6d. to 1/-; French beans, sd. lb.; green peas, 4d. lb., butter beans, 6d. lb.; pumpkins, 2d. lb. Groceries. Best eggs, 2/6 doz.; good table U 7 lb.; pure whey butter. 1/5 lb.; cooked ham, 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes. 4d. lb.; mild cheese, 1/- lb.; matured cheese, 1/4 lb.; N.Z.. Stilton cheese, 3/- lb.; condensed milk, 6cl. and 1/- 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, 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, 1/-; smoked fish, 1/2; hapuka, 6d. Meat.—Chops for stewing, Bd. lb.; corned pork, 1 Od. and 11c lb.; gravy beef, sd. lb.; sirloin of beef, 1 Od. lb.; ribs of beef, lb.; legs of mutton, 1 od. and 1 Id. lb.; mutton chops, lOd. and 1 Id. lb.; tripe. 6d. lb.; mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages, sd. lb.; pork sausages, lOd, lb.: corned beef, 5Jd. and 7Jd. lb.; spring lamb, 1/1 $9 IZZ fe
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 134, 2 March 1929, Page 12
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390Page 12 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 134, 2 March 1929, Page 12
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