THE KIT BAG
HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE
Oysters are scarce and are retailed in Queen Street at 2s 6d an Enos Fruit Salt bottle. John dory, mullet and Hapuka are scarce and off the market. Kippered fillets make 1s a lb.; flounders, 1s 3d a lb.; schnapper, sgd a lb.; moki, 10d.; salmon, 1s 6d; smoked schnapper, 11d. Vegetables are over-supplied in the marts. Swedes bring Is to 1s 9d a bag; onions, 2s 6d to 3s 6d a bag; radishes, 6d to 9d a dozen bundles; pickling onions, Jd to 1d a lb.; celery, 9d to 4d a bundle; leeks, 2d to 4d a bundle; marrows, 2s to 3s a dozen; cabbages, 1s 6d to 4s a sack; cauliflowers, 3d to 8d each. Eggs are cheaper and bring 2s to 2s 1d a dozen in the marts. Farmers’ butter makes 1s 2d to 1s 4d a lb. Cash over the counter price for a leg of mutton in the shop is 8d a lb.; a loin of mutton, 9d a lb.; sheeps’ tongues, 3d each; rolled veal, 8d a lb. Clever Mary is In big demand and is selling at the usual price at oil grocers. 1. The above-mentioned Kit-bag is Incomplete without a Is packet of “No Rubbing Laundry Help,” the scientific clothes-washer. MAZAWATTEE TEA has a delicious flavour. Save the white ticket in each packet and obtain a canister
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 85, 1 July 1927, Page 9
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230THE KIT BAG Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 85, 1 July 1927, Page 9
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