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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 7, 3 October 1929, Page 5

RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY A GUIDE FOR THE SHOPPER I ittle variation has been recorded in the prices of foodstuffs G = creasing, and first grades are still obtainablea /4 doxen Quotations for other commodit.es are enumerated in the following 1,5 t cucumbers, 10d. to 1/3 each: hot-house rhubarb 1/6 bunch: cabbages, 6d. to I/- each: spring caUages, 4d to Bd. each: carrots, turnips and parsnips 3d. I b^ tr aot Bcb bunch: potatoes, 71b. 1/-; new potatoes 6d. to Bd. lb. lettuce, Jd t 6d. each: white turnips, 3d. to 6d. bunch: bub " b - Bd ' ' V bundle: pumpkin, 1 id. lb.; leeks. 3d. and 6d. bunch, celery. 6d to 1/3 head; brussels sprouts, local 1/- lb -; cauliflowers, 6 . / padi* kumeras, 4d. lb.« artichokes, 3d. lb. Fruit-Apples, first grade dessert 6d lb.; first grade cookers, 5d lb • lower grades, 4d. lb.; pears, 6d. lb. (eating) and 4d. lb. (cooking): oranges. Australian Navel. 3/- to 4/- doz.;; Californian. 2/6 to 3/6 doz.; Seville. 2/- and 4/-; Island. 2/6 to 4/- doz.. Poorman. 1/6 to 2/- doz.; Lemons, Californian 3/- doz.. New Zealand, 1/6 to 2/- doz.; Californian grapes 1/6 to 1/10 lb., grapefruit. 4d. to 6d. each; mandarins. 1/- to 2/6 doz., coconuts, 4d. to 6d. each: pineapples, 1/6 to 2/6 each; cape-goosebernes, lOd. lb.; Island tomatoes, Bd. to 1/- lb.; bananas, 1/- to 1/6 doz.. passion fruit, 1/6 to 2/6 doz. , . 1/a Ik - Groceries—Best eggs, 1/4 doz.; first grade butter 1/8 lb pure whey butter, 1/6 lb.; cooked ham, 2/2 and 2/6 lb.: prunes, 4d. lb.; mil*d 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 3Jd. lb. loose; sugar, 12/6 701 b. bag, or 2|d. lb.; bulk honey and clover honey, 9d. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca, all 3d. lb.; Spanish muscatels, 1/6 pkt. Meat—Chops for stewing. Bd. lb.; corned pork I 0 d and lid. Ib.; gravy beef, 6d. lb.; sirloin of beef. lOd. lb.; ribs of beef, 7Jd. lb.; legs of mutton. lOd. and lid. lb.; mutton chops. lOd. and lid. lb.; tripe, 6d. lb.; mincemeat, 6d. lb.; beef sausages, 6d. lb.; pork sausages, 10d. lb.; corned beef, 6d. and Bd. lb. ._ Fi,h.—Smoked cod, 1/2 Ib.t smoked ling, I/-; terakihi, 1/2; hake, 9d.; cod (fresh). lOdT; schnapper, 6d.; butterfish 1 Od.; hapuka. 9d.; oysters, Bd, dozen (in shell); I/- do?ep (opened).