A GLANCE AT THE WINDOWS

Northern Advocate, 12 August 1932, Page 2

A GLANCE AT THE WINDOWS

CURRENT WHANG ARE! PRICES. Fruit. Fruit is selling at the same prices as last week, with supplies still plentiful. A few .Teniton apples are in stock, and bring Id lb. Quotations are as follows: — Apples: Granny Smith, 3d and 4d lb; Ballarat. Seedling, 3d; Delicious, 3d; Stunners, 3d; Dougherty, lid to 2d; .Teniton, -Id lb; Brighton Dessert, 3d lb. Bears: Winter Cole, -Id lb; Beurre Bose, 3d per lb; Fiji bananas, 3d and 4d per lb. Oranges, Sydney Navel, .1/ to 1/0 dozen; Sydney Valencia, 10 for 1/; Island, 1/0 dozen; lemons, good quality, 0d to 1/ dozen; mandarins, Sd and Od dozen; tree tomatoes, 4d lb; pineapples, Sd to .1/(5 each; passions, (id to Sd dozen. Vegetables. Prices for vegetables show few alterations this week and all varieties are still abundant. Brussels sprouts are becoming scarce and now sell at 7d lb. A few new potatoes are in stock and bring 3d lb., while parsnips sell at lid lb. The following quotations are ruling: Cabbages, 3d to Sd each; cauliflowers, 4d to 1/3 each; pumpkin, marrow, garden swedes, beetroot, white turnips, picmclon and carrots, Id lb; parnsips, lid lb; silver beet, 2d and 3d bunch; kumaras, Slbs for 1/; southern potatoes, IDlbs for 1/; celery, 4d to Sd bunch; rhubarb, 4d to Gd bunch; chokes, 3 for 1/; onions, 3d and 4d lb; garlic, 9d to 1/3 lb; lettuce, 2d and 3d each; leeks, 3d bunch; Brussel sprouts, 7d lb; tomatoes, 1/3 lb.

Eggs, Butter and Cheese. The price of hen and duck eggs has declined to 1/ dozen. Butter, superfine, 1/2; second grade, 1/1; Farmers’ butter, lid lb. Cheese, mild, full cream, Sid to 1/ lb; medium matured, 1/ to 1/4 lb.

Bacon and Hams. Bacon in cuts, Gd to lid lb; rashers, lOd to 1/ lb; whole hams, lid.

Meat. (Cash at Shops.)

Beef.—Rump steak, 9d to lOd lb; fillet steak, lid and 1/; beef steak, 3d; skirt steak, 3d; tonderboy steak, 7d; sirloin, Gd and 7d; prime rib, od; wing rib, 3d and Gd; chuck rib, 3d to 3d; topside, 4d; bolar, 4d and 3d; corned beef, 4d to Gd; brisket, 3d and 4d; Hank, 2d; gravy beef, 3d; mince, and 3d; tripe, Gd; dripping, 4d; suet, 3d; beef sausages, 4d, 31bs 1/; shins beef, 1/G each; ox kidney, 9d lb; ox tongue, Gd lb; ox tail, Gd lb.

Mutton.—Whole leg, 6d lb; dialf leg. 7d; hind quarter, fid; fore quarter, 3d; shoulder, 4d; half shoulder, fid; neck, 4-Jd; loin, fid; log and loin chops, 7d; lb; stewing ckops, old; neck chops, fid; flaps, 3d; cutlet, 3 0d; sheep kidneys, 3d pair; sheep tongues, 2d each; sheep fry, -Id each; sheep brains, 2d each. . Pork. —Peg, 7d and 8d lb; loin, fid and 7d; loin chops, Sd and Od; pickled pork, 7d; pork sausages, fid and fid lb.

Veal. —"Rolled, fid and 7d lb; loin, fid and 7d; fillet, 7d; steak', Sd.

Small Goods. —Lnnrdioon sausage, fid and fid lb; brawn, fid and fid; pressed beef, Sd and fid; cooked corn round, lid and 1/; polonies, fid and fid.

Fish. The prices quoted locally are as follow: — Smoked schnapper, 7d lb, fresh fid, fillets Sd, skinned Kid and lid; mullet, fresh fid and fid, smoked Sd and fid; blue cod, fresh fid, smoked Sd; hapuka, fid and lOd; flounder, fid per lb; smoked tarakihi (large), fid and fid each; gurnard, Sd each; toheroas, lOd dozen; oysters, fid dozen in shells, 1/ dozen in bottles.