RETAIL PRICES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 253, 23 July 1935, Page 2

RETAIL PRICES

What to Pay For Foodstuffs In Wellington

Eggs arc slightly cheaper in Wellington retail shops and are selling at 1/6 to 1/8 a dozen. Carton honey has risen a penny a pound to BJd. Island tomatoes in the lust few days have halved in price, and are' now 6<i. a pound. Present prices are as follow: — Provisions.

Eggs—l/6 to 1/8 a dozen. Butter—First grade, 1/1} lb.; creamery. 1/01 lb.; whey, lid. lb. Bacon. —Price cut rashers. 7d. to 1/4 lb. Cheese. —Mild. 6}d. lb.; matured, !/• lb. Honey.—Carton, BJI. lb. Sugar—l6/2 701 b. bag; 3d. lb. Tea—2/- to 2/6 lb.: 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/-: peats, 4d. and 6d.; Californian grapefruit, 4d. and 6d. each: oranges Californian, 4 to 6 1/-: Island. 4 to S 1/-; navel, 4 to 12 1/-; marmalade, G to 12, 1/-; mandarins. 8 to 14 1/-; pineaples, 1/3 tc 2/- each ; bananas, 8 to 14 1/-; lemons, New Zealand, 8 to 24 1/-; Califoinan. 2d. and 3d. each; cherries, Californium 1/- lb.; coconuts. 2d. and 3d. each; paw paws, Bd. to 1/6 each. Vegetables. Cauliflowers, 4d. to 1/- each; cabbage, 4d. to 1/-; lettuce, Id. to 3d.; carrots. 2d. and 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. bunch; swedes, Id. lb.; onions, 51b. 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 (id. each; beetroot, 2d to 3d; tomatoes, bouthnuse, 1/ -to 1/6 lb.; Island, 6d. lb.; tree, sd. and (id. lb.; Island kumeras, 4ti. lb.; silver beet, 2d. and 4d. bunch; spinach, Id. to 2d. bunch; celery, 2d. to Gtk a stick; brussels sprouts, 6d. Ib.; artichokes, 2d. lb.; leeks. 2d. and 3d. lb. Fish. Smoked cod, Bd. lb.; smoked fillet, 8d lb.; smoked ling, 6d. lb.; terakihi, fresh 4xl. lb.; cod. (id. lb.; fillet. 1/- lb. ; butter fish, (id. Ib.; hamika C>d lb.; flounders and soles, 9d. ib.; whitebait. 1/6 and 2/6 pot. Meat. Beef. —Rump steak, fid. Ib.; undercut steak, 1/1 lb.; beef steak, 7d. lb.; sirloin, 9d. lb.; ribs, 7d. lb.; topside, Gd. lb.; rolled 7(1 lb.; corned, (id. and 81b. lb.; mince, sd. lb.; tripe, 7d. Ib.; saugages, 6d. lb.; sausage meat, od. lb. Pork.— Legs, B<l. and 9d. lb ; loin. Un Ib.; chops. 10d lb.; sausages. 7d. lb. Mutton. —Legs, 7d. and 8d Ib.; fore quarters, 4d and (kl.; shoulders, 6d. and 7d. lb.; loin, (id and 7d Ib , loin chops 9d Ib., leg and rib chops, 8d lb Lamb.—Legs. 1/- lb.; loins, lid Ib.; hinds, lid. lb.; forequarters, Bd. Ib.; chops, !/• Hu