THE KIT BAG
HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE
A weak position continues in the egg market. Hen eggs are bringing 1s 1d to 1s 2d a dozen; intermediate, 1s a dozen; and duck, 10d to 1s a dozen. All lines are in heavy supply. Supply and demand in the farmers’ butter market are moderate. It brings 1s to 1s 3d a lb. Firstgrade factory butter in the shops sells for cash up to 1s 8d a lb. In the shops, for cash, sirloin fetches 10d a lb; prime ribs, 7d a lb; corned round, 8d a lb; beefsteak, 7d a lb; rump steak, 1s 2d a lb; gravy beef, 6d a lb. On the market benches beans are realising 8d to 2s 8d a lb; green peas, 3d to 7d a lb; cabbages, 1s 6d to 5s 6d a dozen; cauliflowers, 3s to 10s a dozen; radish, 1s to 1s 6d a dozen bundles; asparagus, 1s to 1s 6d a bundle; leeks, 3d to 8d a bundle; rhubarb, 2s 6d to 4s 6d a dozen bundles; celery, 6d to 1s 6d a bundle; lettuce, 1s to 4s a case; spring onions, 2d to 9d a bundle; beet, turnips, carrots and parsnips, 1s to 2s a dozen bundles. Tho above-mentioned Kit-bag Is incomplete without a packet of “No Rubbing Laundry Help.” the scientific clothes-washer. 2 More cups of more delicious tea and assured with MAZAWATTEE. Save the •white ticket in each packet and get a canister of tea FREE.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 492, 23 October 1928, Page 12
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245Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 492, 23 October 1928, Page 12
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