SHOPPING GUIDE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12434, 30 April 1926, Page 8

SHOPPING GUIDE

A LIST OF CITY PRICES These quotation, apply to cash prices over' the counter, and, in most cases, do not include delivery. Mandarins are Is 6d and 2s dozen, as are also oranges, passion fruit Is a dozen, tomatoes sell at 31b for Is and 6d lb (hothouse), pears and apples are from 51b for Is to 6d lb, quinces 4d lb, and Cape gooseberries lOd lb. Eggs are 3s 9d-3s lOd a dozen, and there is every likelihood of their becoming dearer. . Jams are 8d per tin (small), tinned fruits Is 2d per tin, cooking butter- Is 5d per lb, and good table butter Is 7d per lb, bulk honey lOd lb, pure “whey” butter Is 6d lb. Kumeras are 3d lb, potatoes 81b for Is, cabbages 2d to 6d each, beans and peas 4d and 6d 2b, cauliflowers 2d to 6d each, pickle onions 3d lb, carrots and parsnips 3d bunch, colery 2d to 8d per bunch, lettuce 2d and 3d each, pumpkin l)d lb, and marrow Id lb. Flounders are Is lb, hake 9d ,Ib, and smoked fish Is 3d lb. Oysters are Is dozen (opened). Canadian salmon is Is 9d lb.