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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 69, 15 December 1931, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS. DPPfriSjfr’ I J J—l | u » »•"*• THE BEST PICTURE \ I HAVE EVER A Regent t' With rntron. HAROLD HUTH JOAN BARRY CRIPPLED . . . HELPLESS . . HER VERY LIFE XN THE HANDS % OF A MEDICAL “OUTSIDER” % YET SHE TRUSTED HIM. Box Plans at the Theatre (44-144) and Bristol.

REGENT - FRIDAY K murdered twice tn g nerve tingling t out-horrors V on hare r read. J A LILLIAN ' TASHMAN U W WiHiam Boyd O Irving Piehel.

WANTED TO SELL. FANCY COSTUMES FOR HIRE? - ' Ilf ADAME FOLEY AND CO., Victoria " x Hall, ICO Adelaide Road. Wellington. Large assortment Ladies’. Children s, and Gents.’ Fancy Costumes. Dinner and Evening Suits. Ttl. 24—154.

GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE Eggs Jump 7d. Dozen: May Go Higher; Meat Cheaper As was predicted last week, several grades of meat have fallen in price, and e-gs have risen sharply. Last week they were quoted at 1/1 a dozen, but they nre now 1/8, and the indications arc that they will go still higher. Senile Ranges are out of season. Tomatoes have fallen from 1/- a lb. to bd. and lOd btraw berries have become more plentiful, and are now being sold at 1/3 to 1/10. liie new season’s Canadian apples are now in and selling at bd. a lb. Peaches and apricots arc making their appearance, the peaches being priced at 1/- and 1/b » lb., and the apricots at lOd. Prawns are coming into the fish shops, the prie< being 2/- a lb. The following range of prices, gathered from city shops, shouk offer a fairly accurate guide to retail prices:— ,/ Groceries.—Best eggs, 1/8 a dozen; first-grade butter, 1/1 lb.; whey butter, 1/Ib.; cooked ham, 1/10 lb.; prunes. Gd. to lOd. lb.: mild cheese Bd. lb.; matured cheese, 1/2 lb.; condensed milk, Gd..and 10d.. tin; loose apricots, Od. lb., figs, lOd--Ib.; dates. 6d. packet and 3d. lb. loose; sugar, 14/- a 701 b. bag, or Ud. lb.; bulk honey and clover honey, Bd. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca, all 3d. Ib., can tomia muscatels, 1/- packet. -ih Vegetables.—Cabbages, 3d. to (id. each; turnips, parsnips and carrots, -a. bunch; potatoes, best grade, 121 b. to lijlb. 1/-; new potatoes, -d. ’’J m lettuces, 3d. each; white turnips, 3d. bunch; onions, 3d lb., pumpkins. 2d lb.; cauliflowers, 4d. to 1/- each; beetroot, 3d. to «<i. bunch; locks, 3d. bunch, celery Gd. to 1/- head: kumeras, 4d lb.; marrow, 2d. lb.; spinach, vd. bunch, silver’beet. 4d. to Bd. bunch; rhubarb. 4d. to lid. and 1/- bunch:, table celery, Hid. to 1/4 stick; garlic, 1/G lb.; hot-house cucumbers, Bd. and 10d.; outdoorgrown cucumbers, Gd.; asparagus, 4d. to lOd. bunch: peas, 3d. and 4d. lb., o and Gib. 1/-; French beans, Bd. to Bd. lb.; broad beans, 3d. lb. , Fruit.—Apples, first-grade dessert, 4d. to Cd. lb ; cooking apples, ou. ana 4a. lb.: pineapples, 1/- to 1/8 each; Californian grapefruit, 6d. 8(1. each; Californian lemons and oranges. 2/- and 3/- dozen; Island oranges. I/O to 3/dozen. New Zealand lemons, 1/6 to 2/- dozen: bananas, !/• to 1/6 dozen; pears# 4d. to Gd. lb.; tomatoes, Bd. to lOd. lb.; hothouse tomatoes, 1/4 to 1/8 lb.; mandi rlns, 1/- to 1/G dozen; cooking pears. 4d. lb.; passionfruit, 2/- to 3/- dozen; Australian grapes, 1/4 lb.; loquats, lOd. lb.; American grapes, 1/4 lb.; Cherries, lOd. to 1/8 lb.; gooseberries, 4d. lb.; strawberies, 1/3 to 1/1Q punnet; cooking plums, 4d. to Gd. lb.; dessert peaches. 1/- to 1/6 lb.; cooking peaches, Gd. lb.; Canadian apricots. lOd. lb.; cooking apricots, Gd. lb. ■ Meat. —Mutton legs, Gd. and 7d lb.; chops, Gd. to Sd. lb.; shoulders. 4jd. Ib.; dripping, sd. lb.; beef: sirloin, Bd. lb.: ribs, sd. lb.; rump steak, lid. lb.; stewing steak, 3d. lb.; beef steak, Gd. lb.; tripe, 3d. lb.; mince, fid. lb.: sausages, 4d. lb.: pork sausages, Bd. lb.; corned beef, Gd. and Bd. lb.; stewing chops,. 6d. lb.l pickled pork, Sd. to lOd. lb.; pork chops, lid. lb.; gravy beef,.4d. lb. Fish.—Smoked cod, 1/2 lb.; smoked ling, 1/-; smoked roefish, 1/-; terakthi, 1/2 lb.; hake, lOd.: cod (fresh), 10(1.; schnapper, Gd.; fillet, 9d.; butterfish, Nd.; hapuka, od.; warehoused.; flounders and soles, 1/-; rabbits, 1/-; kippers, 1/pair; crayfish, 6d.; prawns, 2/- lb.