THE MARKET BASKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20721, 14 November 1930, Page 7

THE MARKET BASKET.

RETAIL FOOD PRICES. A GUIDE TO HOUSEWIVES. Ample supplies of most foodstuffs are .'ivailablo this week, but owing to the recent unsettled weather only moderate stocks, of fish aro being offered. The prices for spring lamb have decreased by a penny to twopence a pound. In the dairy produce section both hen and duck eggs aro a penny a dozen dearer. There are no outstanding changes in the values for the other commodities. In the fruit section Captain Cook strawberries continue to realise 5s a chip, other lines bringing from Is 8d a chip upward. Following are yesterday's prices:— FliUlT. Strawberries: Captain Cook, 5s a chip; others, Is 8d upwards. Canadian Apples: Cox'b Orange, 0, 7 and 8 for la; Jonathan, Mackintosh, Grimes' Golden. 7, 8, 9 nnd 10 for Is; Delicious, local. 3d and 4d ner lb; Sturmer, 4d and fid per lb; cooking. 4d per lb; winter Nellis pears, (id per lb; cooking, id per lb; liothouso tomatoes. Is C.d to 2s (id per lb; Fiji Island tomatoes. Is 4d per lb; tree tomatoes. 8d to lOd per Hi; gooseberries, 8d per lb; passion fruit. Is to.ls Gd a dozen; bananas, id and 5d per lb; Australian Valencia oranges, C, 8 and 10 for Is; Australian Mandarines. 8 to 18 for Is; local lemons, Is to Is Gd a dozen: New Zealand grapefruit, C, 12 and 18 for Is: Californian grapefruit, Cd each; California)! grapes, white, lOd to Is Tier lb; Red Emperor, Is 'ld per lb; loqnats, 8d per lb; pines. Fiji, 8d to Is each; pines. Queensland, Is to 2s each; watermelon. 4d per lb. VEGETABLES. Potatoes, now, Id and 2d per lb; Southern. 101b to 12lb lor Is; swedes, 4lb for (id; onions, Californian, 3d and 4d per lb: kumaras, Tauranga, 2d per lb; kumaras, Fiji, 2d per lb, or 4lb for Cd; beans, hothouse. Is 4d to Is Gd per lb; green peas, fid and Gd por lb; pumpkin, 2<l and 3d per lb; cucumber, hothouse. 8d to Is each; cucumbers. Sydney, Cd to lOd each; lettuce, 2d and 3d each; cauliflower. 8(1 to Cd each; cabbago. 3d to Cd each: carrot, parsnip, radish, spinach, turnip, beetroot, leek, spring onions, ljd and 2d a bunch; asparagus, from 8d a bundlo; marrows, Sydney, Cd to Is each; rhubarb. 3d a bundlo. MEAT. Beef.—Sirloin, 9}d per lb; rump steak. Is Id: beef steak, 8(1; rolled chuck rib, 7d: primo rib, 7d; wing rib. Sid: corner round. 7d; tripe, 7d; dripping, Gd; suot and sausages, (id; sausugo meat, 6d: gravy beef and shin meat, Cd; topside and flank, 7d. Mutton.—Leg, 9u; shank end, 30d; hindQuarter, 9d; forequarter, Gd; forequarter. shank end, Gd; shoulder. 7d; neck, 7d; loin. 9d; neck and breast. Cd; leg and loin chops. 10(1; neck chops, 8d; flap, 4d; cutlets, trimmed, Is Id. Spring Lamb.—Leg and loin, Is 2d per lb; hindquarter. Is Id; foreauarter, lid. Veal.—Loin, 9d; shoulder. 7d; cutlets and veal steak, is; forequarter, Gd. Pork.—Leg and loin, lid; foreloin with blade, 9d; chops. Is; corned round, 8d; corned belly, 10d; sausages. Bd. FISH. Sclinappcr, vholo, fid per lb; trimmed, Gd; smoked, lOd; torakihi. whole, 4d; smoked. 7d; kippered fillets, Is; trevalli, whole. 2d: smoked, Gd; John Dory, whole, 8d; fillets, Is; mullet, whole, Cd; smoked, 9d; flounder. Is; extra large flounder. lOd; dabs, lOd; lemon fish, fillets, Cd; silver strip, smoked. 7d; hapuku, sKeuks, la; wings, unioked, Sd; moki steaks, Cd; kingtish steaks, Gd: cod. smoked, Is Gd; gurnard, whole, 3d; barracouta, whole, Cd; smoked, 8d; frostfish. whole. Id; liako. whole, Cd; kippers, Scotch. Is a pair; crayfish, up to 21b, lOd: 21b to 3Jlb, 8(1; 3J)V> to slb, Cd: over slb, 2s each; roes, smoked, 2s Cd per lb; mussels, fresh Is Cd a dozen; pickled. Is Gd a bottle; rabbits, Is each and Is lid a pair; hares. Is Gd each; mutton birds. Is; cod fillets. Scotch, Is Gd per lb; whiting. Is (id; findon haddock, Is Gd; salmon. Canadian, Is 9d. ISA CON AND HAMS. Bacon.—Shoulder rashers. Is per lb; best rib rashers. Is 4d; by pieces. Is 3d; shoulder culs, fid to lid. Hams.—Whole. Is 3d per lb; in rashers. Is 8d; cooked, 2s 3d; shoulders, cooked. Is 9d. BUTTER AND CHEESE. Butter.—-Factory, first grade. Is 2d per lb; second grade. Is 3d; /armors' butter, lid. Cheese, ordinary, Is; more matured. Is Id. EOCS. Hon, Is fid dozen; duck. Is 4d ft dozen. EMPIRE TRADE SENTIMENT. DEMAND FOR BRITISH GOODS. PROPAGANDA IN ENGLAND. [fKOM oru OWN' -CO RESPONDENT.] LONDON, Oct, 9. In connection with tho visit of 'bo Dominion Prime Ministers to London, seven of the largo provision stores in the city offered facilities for special displays of overseas produce. The idea is that the delegates to the Imperial Conference may find time to visit some or all of theso establishments. The High Commissioner for New Zealand arranged that tho Dominion should bo well represented and special displays were sot up at Whiteley's, Civil Service Stores (two branches). Army and Navy Stores, tho Hayinarket Stores, John Barker's, and Sclfridge's. At the Civil Service Stores, for instance, one branch of which is a few doors from New Zealand House, in tho Strand, one of tho main windows is devoted entirely to New Zealand produce. Inside a section is also arranged with Now Zealand produce, a centre-piece being a beautiful spray of foliage made of butter. A card the firm is offering to customers contains tho injunction: "We commend to your serious consideration tho following statement by Sir Thomas Wilford, K.C.M.G., Iv.C., High Commissioner for New Zealand:—'lf you spend £1 in buying overseas produce your money will bo used by your cousins in buying goods which you manufacture, and thus you will help to keep the mo.ney in the familyand the Civil Service Supply Association affirms that for quality and I price Empire produce is unbeatable." i Tho firm also invited its customers to afternoon tea during tho whole of tho week, the cost being partially borne by tho Dominions. The meal consisted of Indian tea, bread of Canadian flour, fruit from Australia, Empiro jams, Now Zealand honey, Cyprus marmalade and Canadian maple syrup. Visitors were also presented with souvenir samples of 15 different Empiro commodities, including New Zealand honey. "More and more," said Mr. Thomas W. King, C.8.E., general manager of tho stores, "the public aro insisting upon buying British Empiro products. If foreign goods aro offered shop assistants have often to explain why they aro not Empiro products. Wo liavo always favoured Empiro goods, because wo believe they represent tho business of the future, and wo shall be in a better position to tako advantage of that business than thoso competitors who havo not specialised in Empiro products. "We are finding it more and more easy to sell Empire produce, especially when it is marketed in tho way New Zealand produce is marketed. The difficulty is that tho producers of various Empire products havo no representatives in London as tho dairy, honey, meat, and fruit producers of Now Zealand havo. "If there are any New Zealand producers," added Mr. King, "who Qre interested enough to writ© to mo on any subject relating to the marketing of their produce I should bo glad to hear from them." Mr. King is a member of tho new Marketing Committeo of tho Empire Marketing Board. BORING FOR OIL. PROGRESS IN POVERTY BAY. Taranaki (New Zealand) Oil Fields reports for the week ended November 8 as follows:—Wnitangi No. 1 well: Derrick and power unit completed. Erection of other equipment, proceeding satisfactorily. Weather conditions favourable.