HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 216, 9 June 1936, Page 2

HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE

Butter Rises Id. lb. A rise in the price of butter is the only variation in the Wellington retail prices of provisions in the last few days. Both first grade and unsalted butter is Id. II). dearer. Fish and meat are the same as last week, and greengrocery prices are also unaltered, though tomatoes are now nearly off the market. Prices in the city are: — Provisions. Eggs.—Large, 2/8 dozen : small, 2/4 dozen ; chilled eggs, 1/11 dozen. Butter.—Unsalted, 1/4.}; first grade, 1/3}. Bacon.—Cut rashers. !/• to 1/4 lb. Cheese. —Mild. 7}d. lb.; matured, 1/Ib. Ilonev.—Carton, S4d. lb. and lOjd.; bulk. 6}d. Sugar.—l6/2 7()lb. bag: 3d. Ih. Tea.—l/9 to 2/6 lb.: China tea. 3/- lb. FJour.- —3/9 251 b bag. Bread.—sd. Fish. Smoked cod, 1/- 11).; smoked filleted tcrakilii, 10d. lb.: smoked ling, 6d. lb.; terakihi. fresh, 4d, lb.; cod. (id. lb.; fillet. 1/- lb.; butterfish. fid. lb.: hapnkn, (id. lb.; flounders ami soles, I/- lb.: cut fish. Bd. lb. Meat. Beef.— Hump steak, lid. lb.; undercut steak, 1/1 lb.; beef steak. 7<l. lb.; sirloin. 9.) lb.: ribs. 7d lb.: topside, (id. and 7d. lb.; rolled beef. 74. lb.; corned, 6d. Il>.: sausages. 5d |l>.: sausage meal. 5d lb. Pork. —Legs. 8d nnd 9d. lb.; loin, 9d. lb.: chops. Sd nnd lOd Ih.: sausages. Id and Bd. lb. Mutton.— Legs. 7d to 9d. lb.; forequarters, 4d. ami (><l.; shoulders, 6<l. and 7d. lb.; loin. fid. nnd 7(1. lb.; loin chops. 9d. lb.; leg and rib chops, Bd. lb. Lamb. —Legs, 1/1 to 1/2 lb.: loins. 1/ to 1/2 lb.; forequarters, 9d. lb.; hind quarters, 1/• to 1/1 lb.: chops, 1/2 lb Fruit Apples, eating, 3d. and 4<l. lb., cooking 51b. 1/-; pears. 3d. and 4d.; Californian grapefruit, 4d. and 6d. each; oranges, Californian, 4 to 8 1/-: Jamaican. 4 (o 5 1/-: Island oranges 6 to 10 1/-; pineapples, 9(1. to 1/9 each; bananas, 8 to 14 1/-; lemons, New Zealand, 8, 10 and 12 1/-; Californian, 2d. and 3d. each ; grapes, 2/- lb.; Cape gooseberries. 8(1. lb.; persimmons, 2d. each. Vegetables. Cauliflowers, 4d. to 1/- each; cabbage, 4d. to Bd.; lettuce. Id. to 3d.: carrots 2d. and Bd bunch : parsnips 3d bunch: swedes. Id. lb.; onions, 1 }d. and 2d. lb.; spring. 2d. bunch ; potatoes, 8 lb. 1/-: piemelon. Id. lb.; silver beet, 2d. and 3d. stick; pumpkin. Id. lb.; marrows, Id. to 6(1 each; beetroot, 3(1. bunch; tomatoes. 1/4 lb.; tree tomatoes, fid. lb.; Island kuinoras, 3d. lb.; radishes, 2d. hunch ; rhubarb. 4d. bunch; spinach. 2d. bunch; red cabbage. 2<l. to 4<1.; celery, 3d. to 10(1.; white turnips, 3d. bunch; pickling onions, 81b. 1/-; leeks, 3d. lb.; sprouts, fid. lb.