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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 261, 31 July 1929, Page 5

GUIDE FOR THE SHOPPER

RETAIL PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS Housewives will find the ruling city prices of foodstuffs enumerated in the list below. Prices are at present very steady, no fluctuation having been recorded for some days past. M ea t. —Chops for stewing. Bd. fb.; corned pork. tOd. and lid. ‘ lb.; gravybeef, 6d. lb.; sirloin of beef. lOd. lb.; ribs of beef, 7Jd. lb.; legs of mutton. 10d and ltd lb.: mutton chops. lOd and lid. lb.; tripe, 6d; lb.; mincemeat, 6d. lb.; beef sausages, 6d. lb.; pork sausages, lOd. lb.; corned beef, 6d. and Bd. lb. - Fish.—-Smoked cod. 1/2 lb.; smoked ling, I/-; terakihi, 1/2; hake, 9d.; cod (fresh), 1 Od.; schnapper, 5d.; butterfish 10d.; ~ hapuka,. Bd.: oysters, Bd. dozen (in shell); 1/- dozen (opened). Fruit.—Pears 6d. lb. (eating), and 4d. (cooking), hothouse tomatoes, 2/6 lb.; bananas, 1/- to 1/6 doz.; N.Z. lemons '’l/6 to 2/- doz.; Californian lemons. 2/6 t0,3/-: grapefruit. 4d. to 6d. each; Australian Navel Oranges, 3/- doz.; Australian grape?, 1/4 lb.; Californian oranges, 2/6 to 3/6 doz.; Island oranges. 2/-. to 3/6 doz.; first grade dessert apples. 6d. lb.; first grade cookers, 4d. lb.; lower grades, 3d. to 4d. lb.; passion fruit, 2/- doz.; piemelon, Ud.; tree tonjatoes. 6d. lb.; quince pears, 4d. lb.; mandarins, I/- to 2/6, doz.;.cocoanuts, 4d. to 6d. each; pineapples, 2/-to 2/6 each. ’ , ' .. i., Vegetables.—Cabbages, 4d. to Bd.: marrows, • 4d. to I/each: carrots, turnips and parsnips, ■ 3d. bunch: beetroot, 3d. bundle; onions, 5 to 81b. I/-; potatoes; 81b. lettuce 4d. to 6d. each; white turnips, 3d. to 6d. bunch: rhubarb, large bundle, I/to 1/6; pumpkin IJd. lb.; leeks, 3d. and 6d. bunch: garlic, I/- lb.; • celery, 6d. to I/- head; Brussels sprouts, local 10d. lb.. South Island, 1/3 lb.; parsley. Id. to 3d. bunch: cauliflowers, 4d. to I/- each. Groceries.—Best eggs, 1/10 doz.; medium eggs, 1/8 doz.; good table butter, 1/7 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, 6d. and 1/- ' per tin; dates,. 6d. packet, and 3Jib. loose; sugar, 12/6 701 b. bag, ' or 2Jd. lb.; bulk honey and clover honey, 9d. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca, all 3d. lb.; Spanish muscatels, 1/6 pkt.; raisins, 3 pkts. 1 1 d.; sultanas, 3d. lb.; Californian muscatels, I Od. pkt.; Turkish figs, 1/- lb.; new season's French walnuts (shelled), 2/6 lb.; Cali- ’ • fornian prunes, 30-40's, Bd. lb.; mild Cheddar, cheese, 1./- lb.; 'matured Cheddar cheese, 1/4 lb.; prime poultry, 3/6 eachy prime rashers, 1/- lb.