LOCAL STORES.
TO THE EDITOR. Sib,- As I expend from £20 to £30 per mouth with the Palmerston storekeepers I was surprised at a leader m your issue, of the 20th instant. I take the* liberty of giving you a comparative liat of prices m Foxton and Palmerston. Comment is needless : —
Foxton Prices. s. d. s. d. Biscuits ... ... ... ... 0 4to 1 0 Candles ... 10 0 0 Currants ......'.. . ... 0 6 00 Coffee . ... ; 18 0 0 Bottled fruit ".. 14 o\o Kerosene ... ... ... ... ; 3 3. 0 0 Matches, per doz •,.. ... 0 9- Q 0 Rice ... ..." 0 4£- 0 0 White sugar ... 0 6 0 0. Yellow ditto ... ... ... 0 5. 0-0 Lea & Perrin's Sauce ... 10 .0 0, Sardines ... ... 0 8 1 0 , Starch, per 1b... ..."... 0 6 0 0 Palmebstoit Pbices. , ■'. .':■ -s. : d.' s. d. Biscuits ""...'. ... 1 4 to-2 0 Candles . ... ... ... ... 13 0 0 Currants ..; 0 9 0 0 Coffee ... 2 0 0 0 Bottled fruit ... ... ... 1 8 0 0 Kerosene ... 4 0 0 0 Matches, per doz . .... ... rl 0 ,0-- .0 Eice ... ... ... ... ... 0 6 0 0 White sugar ... 0 8 0 0 Yellow ditto ... 0. 6i 0 0 Lea &Perrin's Sauce ... 14 0 0 Sardines ...... ... ... 1. 0 1 . 3 Starch, per ib\...: ... ... 1 0 0 0 ". ,"■ -, I am, &c.,-— •' ■ .-.:■ j -■ ':'-■■■■ ' , Cttstomeb.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 72, 27 June 1877, Page 3
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207LOCAL STORES. Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 72, 27 June 1877, Page 3
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