HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 202, 24 May 1938, Page 2

HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE

Egg Prices Easing Though eggs are by not means plentiful in Wellington the prices are easing, and the following were the levels quoted yesterday :—zV grade, 3/-; B grade, 2/8 ; specials, 3/2. Fruit and vegetable prices remain steady. The banana shipment, which was expected yesterday in the n>arkets, did not arrive until last night from Auckland. Fruit and Vegetables. Apples—Sturm-ers, 3/- to 4/-; Delicious, 2/6 to 4/-; Cox's, 3/- to 6/-; Washington, 4/- to 5/-; Jonathan’s, 2/6 to 4/-; King David, 3/- to 3/6; lemons, 8/- to 13/-; three tomatoes, 4/6 to 6/-; Cape gooseberries, 5/- to 5/9. Vegetables.—Leeks, a dozen bunches, 3/- to 13/-; rhubarb, 6/- to 8/-; carrots, 3/- to 4/-; beetroot, 2/6 to 3/6; silver beet, cases, 2/9 to 3/6; beetroot, 2/- to 2/6; carrots, 3/- to 5/3; spinach, 6/- to 13/6; cauliflowers, 6/6; lettuces, 1/6 to 7/-; parsnips, 3/- to 6/-; leeks, 6/- to 8/9; marrows, 1/9; cabbages, 12/- to 14/3; swedes, 3/- to 3/6; pumpkins, sacks, 3/- to 4/-; swedes, 4/- to 5/-; cabbages, 17/- to 20/-; potatoes, 6/- to 7/-; onions, centals, 9/- to 14/-. Groceries and Provisions. Tile following quotations by the Wellington Master Grocers’ Association apply to Wellington city and suburbs only, for in country districts prices will probably be slightly affected by freights:— Jam. —Small tins, 81d. to 1/-.; 21bl tins, 1/3 to 2/-. Honey.—Bulk, Bd. to lOd. a lb.; cartons, first grade, 1/- to 1/1; 21b. cartons, 2/-. Bread. —Fixed prices, lid. for 41b. loaf; 51d. for 21b. loaf. This applies to Wellington city; Eastbourne, Lower Hut and Petone. Milk, small tinp, 5d.; large tins, 9d. to 10(1.; cream, 4Jd. to 9d.; currants, best 3 crown, 7-Jd.; sultanas, 2 crown, 71(1.; 3 crown, 8(1.: seeded raisins, Bd. to 9d. a pkt.; seedless, 9d.; cut peel, ilb.. 6(1. a pkt.; Mb., 10d.; dried apricots, 1/- to 1/3 a lb.: prunes, 4MI- to Bd.; cooking almonds, #lb., Bd.; assorted nuts, 1/- a lb.; Australian canned fruits, 16oz. tins. 1/-; 30oz. eans, 1/2 to 1/4; salmon, small tins, 4Jd. to 1/3; large tins, lid.to 2/3: jellies, 5 and 6 packets, 1/-; best quality, 6d.; asparagus tips, 1/4; sheep tongues, 1/4; meat and fish pastes, small jnrs. 6d.: large jars, 9d. to 1/-; preserved ginger, lid. a lb.; table ginger, 1/- a lb.; mixed fruits, 1/- to 1/2 a lb. Flour. —51b. for 1/-: 251 b. for 4/-, loose: 251 b. for 4/3 in calico bags. Bacon. —Retail prices from 1/: lb. for shoulder pieces with bone, to shoulder rashers 1/4 to 1/5, and middlecut rashers 1/7. Cooked ham, 2/6. . Cheese. —Mild, lOd.; matured, 1/4.. Sugar.—lA, -Jd. a lb.; brewer’s crystals, 4d.: 701 b. bags, IA, 18/9.