SHOPPING GUIDE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12465, 5 June 1926, Page 6

SHOPPING GUIDE

WEEK-END PRICES IN CITY These quotations apply to cAsh prices over the counter, end, in most cases, do not include delivery. New laid eggs are down to 2s lOd per dozen; 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, sardines may be bought for 4 tins for Is, and pure lard is Is 2d lb. Flounders are Is lb, hake 9d lb, and smoked fish is Is 3d. Oysters are Is dozen (opened). Canadian salmon is Is 9d lb. Cabbages are 3d to 6d each, cauliflowers 6d to Is, kumeras 3d lb, French beans Is to Is 6d lb, Brussels sprouts 6d lb, lettuces 2d and 3d each, spinach 2d bunch, celery 6d to Is 6d bundle, rhubarb 4d and 8d bundle, marrow and pumpkin Id lb. Oranges are Is 6d dozen and 16 for Is, pears 4d and 6d ib, apples 51b for Is and 4d and 6d lb, tomatoes 8d lb and 2s lb (hothouse), pineapples 2s and 2s 6d each, lemons 10 for Is, grapes 2s to 3s per lb.