HOUSEWIFE’S GUIDE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 255, 24 July 1936, Page 2

HOUSEWIFE’S GUIDE

Sugar and Flour Rising A slight rise in prices of sugar aud flour seems probable in the next lew days. The cost of kumeras has dropped receuuy. uinerwise mere is liutle caange 14 .me prices oil retail foodstuffs in WellingW“- . , . The following prices are reported by the Wellington Master Grocers Association :— Provisions. Butter. —The London price is .118/-per cwt. The local price is 1/4 ib. wholesale, and retail prices are l/o lor superuue aud 1/4 tor second grade. Third grade aud whey are practically unprocurtiuie. btigar aud Fiuur. —a.t a lueetjug of grocers' to he heid next Monday uigut, a nual decision will be reached reguruiug me new. prices to be charged lor hour and sugar. The proposed rises will he very t>mail indeed, a matter of {d. per lb. on sugar, mailing it 3ju. per lb., and only 3d. increase per bag, maimig it 16/9 fbr cash over counter to 17/6 booked and delivered. Flour will he subject to a 3d. per 251 b. paper bag increase, which is just euough to cover the recent wholesale rise. Any further increases will depend entirety ou how new legislation affects the retail trade. It is tetr at present that unless attcr-hour trud.ng is severely dealt with, the shorter hour legislation will adversely affect retail grocers, aud tend to increase prices to cover the loss of trade incurred. Island Oranges. —The Maunganui shipment fetched from 8/- for 126 oranges per case to 11/- for small sizes. No doubt the price received was affected by the knowledge that South Australian oranges are due in on Saturday. Retail prices will be from 8 for 1/- lor largest, to 1/- per dozen for smallest. Tea. —Colombo reports that good quality teas are firm. The lowest price quoted for No. 1 standard is 2/2 lb. Hijl-grown broken orange pekoe is 2/6 to 2/8 lb. Eggg.—To-day's wholesale prices are: A grade 1/5, B grade 1/4. Retail: 1/7 and 1/6. .Duck eggs are stall hard to obtain. , . . ' . Jams.—The retail price is now id. for lib. tins, and 1/1 for 21b. tins, for the lowest grade. Sundries. —.Sultanas, Bd. lb. for two crown, to for the best. 7u. and 81b, lb. Mjldura seeded raisins are dearer than Californian. Dried apricots from 1/2 to 1/6 lb. Dried peaches, 1/ib. for best grade. Australian rice, od., sago 3d. to Bid., barley 3d., tapioca Bid,, Fan Yong buds 3/- lb. Asparagus tips, small 1/1 tin. Bacon, shoulder, with bone, l(Jd. to 1/- lb.; shoulder rashers, 1/3; finest back rashers, 1/5 to 1/6 per lb- Frnit and Vegetables.—Cauliflowers are still high in price, ranging from about 13/per sack for first quality to i>/- tor second grade. Cabbages are up slightly, being now 10/- a suck. Leeks are up uO per cent. _ , , . • Potatoes. —The wholesale price is ib 10/- for reds, and the retail price 101 b. 1/-, or 2Slb. 2/6. . . Unions. —The present pnee is </- per cental bag (about 901 b.). . , . Apples.—Jonathans are nearly 6 n 'sh«d, but Stunners are plentiful. To-day s prices are: Sturmere, good, 4/6; Ballarats, Vegetables.—-Cauliflowers are still up in price, good quality fetching 11/6 to 14/- per sack. Cabbages bring 6/9 to 7/ J a sack. Parsnips are scarcer, bringing 5/bag Carrots are plentiful at 3/6 bag A small box of passion truif (about 14 doz.), costs 29/-. Spinach is at 3/6 case. Rhubarb maintains a high price, and ordinary bunches at 1/1 each. Turnips are Id. to 3d. bunch, according to flunOtJKumeras of inferior grade are 3/- per sugar-bag. Fruit and Vegetables. Prices for fruit and vegetables quoted in the fruit shops are Apples, eating, 3d. and 4d. tb.: cooking 51b. 1/-; Pears, 4d.; Californian grapefruit, 4d. and Gd. each: New Zea land grapefruit, 4 to 6 1/-1 oranges Californian, 4 to 6 1/-; Island °r«nge». 6 to 10 1/-; Australian oranges, 4, .> anrt 6 1/-: Pitcairn oranges, 4 and a 1/-; pineapples, 1/6 to 2/- each, bananas, 8 to 16 1/-; lemons, New Zea. land, 8 and 10 1/-; Californian, 2d. and 3d. each; grapes, 3/- lb.; mandarines, 10 Caiilifiowers. Bd. to V- > cabbage, 3d. to Bd.; lettuce, Id. to 3d.. earrots, 2d. and 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d bunch; swedes, Id. lb.; onions Id. and lid. lb.; spring, 2d. bunch; potatoes, .Olb. 1/-; pumpkin, lid. lb.; marrows, Id. to (Id. each; beetroot. 3d. bunch; Island kumeras, 2d. lb.; radishes, 2d bpnch; rhubarb,' 4d. bunch; spinach, 3<|. hqncn; red cabbage, 2d. to 4d,; celery, 3d to lOd.; white turnips, 3d. bunch; pickling onions, Sib. 1/-; leeks, 3d. lb.; sprouts. Gd. lb. Fish. Smoked cod. !/• lb,; s-moked filleted terakihi, IQd. lb.; smoked ling, lb.l terakihi, fresh, 4d. lb.; cod, 6d lb.; fillet. ]/- lb.; butterfish, 6d. lb.; hapuka, 6d lb.; flounders and soles, 1/- lb.; cut fish. Bd. lb. Meat. Beef.—Rump steak, 1/- lb.; undercut, 1/3 lb.; beef steak, 7d. lb.; sirloiti, 9d. lb.; ribs, Bd. lb.; topside, 7d. lb.; colled beef,7d. lb.; corned. sd. and 7d. lb.; sausages, sd. lb.; sausage meat, 4d. lb. Pork. —rLegs, 9d. and lOd. Ib.; loin, lOd. and 1/- lb.; chops, 9d. and 10J. lb.; sausages, 7d. and Bd. lb. Mutton. —Legs, Bd. and lOd. lb,; forequarters, 4d. and 6d. lb.' shoulders, 6d. and 7d. lb.; loin, 6d. and 7d. lb.; loin chops, 9d. lb.; leg and rib chops, Bd. lb. Lamb.—Legs, 1/- lb.; Join i/- |b,; 6W quarters, 9d. lb,; hindquarters, 1A lb.: chops, 1/- lb.