FALL IN PRICE OF EGGS
A drop of approximately Is 6d a dozen in the prico of eggs has been recorded in Auckland ''during tho past month. On 25th May' best grade eggs were selling at the Auckland City Markets for 3s 6d a dozen, and at the sales held yesterday larg^ quantities were sold at 2s a dozen, 'fhe "New Zealand Herald" states th^t increasing supplies have been largely responsible for thedrop, and the opening of the oyster season has also affiected the sales, the popular order of "steak and eggs" at restaurants giving place to "steak and oysters.' A somcjwaht unusual feature of the market is ,that duck eggs, which usually sell at a, slightly lower rate than, hen eggs, Oaavo not come forward in correspondingly increased quantities, and consequently have been realising the same p'fice as hen eggs for the past few week?/.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 4, 5 July 1927, Page 11
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146FALL IN PRICE OF EGGS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 4, 5 July 1927, Page 11
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