CITY RETAIL PRICES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 247, 16 July 1935, Page 2

CITY RETAIL PRICES

What to Pay For Foodstuffs

Butter and egg prices, along with those of other provisions, remain steady iu Wellington at the moment. Little movement is shown in any qther of the foodstuff markets, although a few paw paws have made their appearance in the fruit shops a: from B<l. to 1/6 each. Present prices are as follow: —

Provisions. Eggs—l/6 to 1/10 dozen. Butter —First grade. 1/11 lb.; creamery, lb.; whey, lid. lb. Bacon.—Price cut rashers. 7d. to 1/4 lb. Cheese.—Mild. 6Jd. lb.; matured, !/• lb. Honey.—Carton 71d. lb. Sugar—l6/2 701 b. bag; 3d. lb. Tea—2/- to 2/6 II).: China tea, 3/- lb. Flour—3/5 251 b. bag. Bread —s}d. Fruit. Apples. 3 to 8 lb. 1/-: cooking,- 4 to 61b., 1/-; penis, 4d. and 6d.; Californian grapefruit. 4d. and 6d. each; oranges Californian, 4to 6 1/-; Island. 4to 8 1/-; navel, 4 to 12 1/-; marmalade, 6 to 12, 1/-; mandarins. S to 14 1/-; pineaplcs, 1/3 to 2/- each; bananas, 8 to 14 1/-; lemons, New Zealand, 8 to 24 1/-; Californan. 2d. and 3d. eijeh; cherries, Californian, 1/- lb.; coconuts. 2d. and 3d. each; paw paws, Bd. to 1/6 each. Vegetables. Cauliflowers, 4d. to 1/- eacli: cabbage. 4d. to 1/-; lettuce, Id. to 3d.; carrots. 2d. and 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. Lunch ; swedes, Id. lb.; onions, s!b. 1/-; spring. 2d. bunch ; pickling, 81b. 1/-; pota. toes, 2d and 3d. lb.; Bto 121 b. 1/-; beans, 1/- to 1/6 lb.; pumpkin, Id lb.; marrows, Id. to dti. each; beetroot, 2d to 3d. ; tomatoes, hothouse, 1/- to 1/6 lb.; Island, ]/- ll> ; tree, sd. and 6d. lb.; Island kiimeras, -hi. lb.; silver beet, 2d. and 4d. bunch; spinach, Id. to 2d. bunch; celery. 2d. to Gd. n stick: brussels sprouts, lid. lb.; artichokes, 2d. lb.; leeks, 2d. and 3d. lb. Fish. Smoked cod, bd. lb.; smoked fillet, Bd. lb.; smoked ling, 6d. lb.; terakihi, fresh 4d. Ih.; cod, 6d. 11).; fillet, 1/- lb.; butterfish. (id. Ih.; hanukn Gd. lb.: flounders and soles, 9d. ib.; whitebait. 1/6 and 2/6 pot. Meat. Beef.—Rump sneak, lid. lb.; undercut steak, 1/1 lb.; beef steak, 7d. lb.; sirloin, 9d. lb.; ribs, 7d. lb.; topside, 6d. lb.; rolled 7d. lb.; corned. 6d. and 81b. lb.; mince. sd. lb.; tripe. 7d. lb.; saugnges. (Id. Ib. ; sausage meat, sd. lb. Pork.—Legs, Bd. and 9d. lb.; loin, 9a lb.; chops. 10d. lb.; sausages, 7d. lb. Mutton. — Legs, 7d. and Bd. lb.; tore quarters, 4d. and fid..; shoulders, 6d. and 7<l. lb.; loin, Gd. and 7d. lb.; loin chops 9d. Ib.: leg and rib chops, Bd. lb. Lamb.—Legs. 1/- lb.; loins, lid, lb.; hinds, lid. lb.; forequarters, Sd. Ib.; chops. 1/- lb.