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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 34, 3 November 1933, Page 2

RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY What to Pay for Foodstuffs qinoe Tuesday tho price o? spring lamb in the city has fallen, and buttei also ffi “heaje? There have b/en Several variations in the prices of fruit and vegetables Canadian onions have come on the market at 3d. a lb. In the following list, which shows the present prices of the various commodities in city shops no charges for delivery or booking are taken into account:Groceries.—Eggs, IOJd to 1/- doz; butter, first-grade, lid lb; whey butter m■ rnokml ham 1/10 lb; bacon, prime cuts, 7d lb; bacon rashers, 8d to gl b! prunes, 4Td to 7d lb; cheeU, mild. 8d lb; cheese matured, 1/2 lb; condensed milk, 7Jd, BJd, 9jd tin ;■ apricots, loose 9d lb; dates, loose, 3d b dates 4MI to 9d packet; flour. 3/6 251 b bag; sugar, 16/9 iffib bag; sugar, 3d lb honev, dover. 6d lb: rice, sago, barley, and tapioca, 3d lb; jams tinned, 6J; lb 21b 1/-; tinned apricots and peaches, lid; tinned tongues, 9£d, tinned salmon 7M 9d and 1/-; tinned beans, 4id, 6}d, and 9Jd; tinned tomato soup, Ria and Old• sna''hetti 4Jd, 64d, and 9id; sultanas, 4}d lb; currants, GJd lb: oataeaf 2d lb Trolled oats. 3d 1b: tea. 2/-.’2/6 lb: China tea, 3/-; coffee, 2/6; 100S Vfege°tablem—Spring cabbage, 2d to 4d: parsnips 3d and 4d btineb; carroto 2d ami 3d bunch; turnips, 2d and 3d bunch; new potatoes, 3d lb a b 1/-; 2d lb and 71b 1/-; potatoes, I/- 10lb; lettuces, 2d to 4d each.; onions 2d and 3d lb; cauliflowers, 4<l to lOd; beetroot, 2d and 3d bunch: spinach, 3d bunch; spring rhubarb, 3d to Gd bunch; forced rhubarb, 8d to 1/4 bunch; mai’l’ows, Id to 8d each; pumpkins, IJd lb; swede turnips, Id lb; garlic, fad lb, leeks, 3d bunch; kumeras, 3d lb; green peas, 3d to fad lb; asparagus, 4d to 8d a bunch; hothouse cucumbers’, 6<l to lOd each. , , „ Fruit.—Apples, eating, 4d to 6d lb; apples cooking, 3d and 4d lb; pears, eating, 4d and 6d lb; Californian grapefruit, 4d and 6d each; N.Z. grapefruit, 6 and 12 for 1/-; Californian oranges, 3d each and 5 a 1/-; South Australian oranges 4 to 8 for 1/-; New Zealand lemons, 8 to 16 1/-; Island lemons, 1/6 to 2/- n dozen; bananas, 12 to S 1/-; passionfruit, 2/6 to 3/- a dozen; plums, 1/lb • pineapples, 8d to 1/6 each; Californian grapes. 8d to 1/- lb; Island coconuts, 4d and 6d each; Californian tomatoes, lOd to 1/2 lb; gooseberries, 7d to 8d lb. Meat.—Mutton, legs, 6d, 7d (b; mutton, chops, 6a, 8d lb; mutton, shoulders, 5d 5Jd lb; dripping, 4d lb; lamb, 6d to lOd lb; spring lamb, from lOd lb; beef, sirloin, 7d lb; beef, ribs. 5d lb; rump steak, lOd lb; mince, 4d lb; sausages, 4d lb; sausages, pork, 6d lb; corned beef, 4d, 6d lb; stewing steak, 5d lb; beef steak, 6d lb; tripe, 5d lb; stewing chops, 4d; pickled pork, 6Jd to 8d lb: pork chops, 8d to lOd lb; gravy beef, 4d lb. Fish.—Smoked cod, 8d lb; smoked fillet, fid lb; smoked ling, fid lb; ternkihi, fresh, 4d lb; cod, 6d lb; fillet, 1/- lb; butterfish, 6d lb; hapuka, fid lb; flounders and aolcs, 8d lb; kippers, 1/- pair.