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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 56, 29 November 1929, Page 5

A GUIDE TO THE SHOPPER RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY No change in the retail prices of foodstuffs was recorded in city shops yesterday. Eggs are steady, 1/5 to 1/6 per dozen bemg obtained for best grades, and best factory butter :s quoted at 1/7 lb. Apples are rather dear, the last shipment of American varieties' being very small. Quotations for other commodities are 11Sted Groc°e7ies.—Best eggs, 1/5 and 1/6 doz.; fi l st ' Bra^ e j"’. 1/7 lb.; pure whey butter, 1/s'lb.; cooked ham. 2/2 and 2/6 lb prunes, 4d. lb.; mild cheese, 1/- lb.; matured cheese 1 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese, 3/- lb.; condensed P er L Jffk packet, and 3Jd. lb. 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. . , Meat.—Chops for stewing, Bd. lb.; corned pork, 10d, and lid. lb.; gravy beef. 6d. lb.; sirloin of beef. 10d. lb.; rib, of beef 7 d. lb.; legs of mutton, 10d. and lid. lb.; mutton chops, 10d. 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, 1/-; terakihi, 1/2, hake, 9d.; cod (fresh). 10d.; schnapper. 6d.; butterfish 10d.; hapuka, 9d. . , , Vegetables. Hot-house cucumbers, 1 Od.; spring cabbages, 3c. to 6d. each; carrots, turnips and parsnips. 3d. to 6d. bunch; beetroot, 3d. to 6d. bunch: potatoes 81b. 1/-; new Potatoes- best grade, 61b !/-■ peas 6d. to Bd.; Canterbury rhubarb, Bd. bunch; Hutt rhubarb,’6d. to 1/- bunch; lettuce, 2d. to 4d. each; white turnips, 6d. bunch; cauliflowers, 3d to 1/3 each; kumeras, 4d. >b.; mint and parsley, 3d. bunch; asparagus, Bd. to 1/9 bunch. Fruit.—Apples, first grade dessert, Bd. lb.; second grade. 6d. lb.; first grade cookers, 6d. lb.; pears (cooking), 4d. lb.; oranges 'Australian Valencias, 2/- to 3/- doz.; Californian. 2/6 to 3/6 doz.; gooseberries, 6d. lb.; cherry plums, 6d.; lemons, Californian, 3/- doz-; New Zealand 1/6 to 2/- doz.; Californian grapes, 1/- to 1/2 lb.; coconuts, 3d. and 6d. each; pineapples, 1/6 to 2/6 each; hot-houae tomatoes, best grades, 1/10 to 2/6 lb.; other grades, 1/4 to 1/8 lb.; Island tomatoes, 1/4 lb.; bananas, 1/3 and 1/6 doz. passion fruit, 2/6 to 3/- dozen; strawberries, 1/3; whole boxes, 2/- to 2/6: n-xt grade, |-boxes, 1/-; whole boxes, 1/6 to 2/-; new season American Jonathan apples, Bd. lb.; new seasons cherries, 1/6 to 1/8 lb.; extra choice N.Z, cherries, 2/-,