SHOPPING GUIDE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12425, 20 April 1926, Page 8

SHOPPING GUIDE

WHAT TO PAY IN THE CITY These quotations apply to cash nrices over the counter, and, in most cases, do not include delivery. Salmon is 6d a tin, cooked ham 2s 6d lb, condensed milk may be bought for 6d a tin, jams are 8d for small tins, good tinned fruits are as cheap as i a 2d tin. good table butter Is 7d, cooking butter Is 5d lb, eggs 3s 2d dozen. Beans, peas, and artichokes are 3d lb, kumeraa 4d lb, lettuce 2d each, rabbages 2d to 6d each, cauliflowers 3d to Sd each, carrots and parsnips 3d bunch, pumpkin and marrow l|d lb, potatoes Blb For Is* Forequarters of mutton are 5d lb, legs 8d lb, loins 7d lb, best chops 9d lb. Beef: Sirloin Sd lb, ribs 6d lb. Corned silverside is 7d lb. Steak is 7d lb. Gravy beef is 4d lb. Flounders are Is lb, bake 9d lb, and smoked fish Is 3d lb. Oysters are Is dozen (opened). Canadian salmon is Ift 9d lb. Tomatoes 6d lb (eating) and Sib for Is (cooking), oranges 2s 6d a dozen, passion fruit Is a dozen, apples and pears 6d lb (eating) and 51b for Is (cooking), quinces 4d lb, bananas 12 and 16 for Is, egg fruit Is each.