LOCAL MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13909, 12 March 1909, Page 5

LOCAL MARKETS.

NEW PLYMOUTH, MARCH 12.

• RETAIL PRICES. Butchers' Meat— Beef: Sirloin, 6d; prime ribs, sd; rump steak, 8d: taef, from 3d to 4d; corned beef , from 4d and 5d lb. Legs 7d, chops Bd, loin 7d, shoulders 6d, nocks 4d lb. Pork: Fiesh 6d lb. Veal 3d to 5d lb. Sausages, Beef, 4d ; pork, Bd. Lamb, 5s and 6s quarter. Reduction in mutton for cash. Fowls, 6s per pair. These prices are for cash only; $d # per lb. for booking over ■one week. Groceries, Grain, etc. — Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers :— Flour, 100's 13s, Js&'s & 9d, 25's 3s 9d. Sugars •- No. lA, 8s 9d ; No. 2, 8s 6d. Kerosene, 10s per case. Rolled oats and oatina, Is per bag; oatmeal. 3s 251b.' bag; sharps, los 6d per 2001 b. bag; fowls* wheat 5& bushfl; bran, 6s per lOOlbs. ; oats, 2s 6d bushel ; maize, "6s. Dairy Produce, etp.— Butter : Factory, Is 2<\£ dairy, 10d- best separator butter 1/. Cheese, 9d lb.; eggs, Is Gd; lard,. 9d lb. ; bacon, 100 lb. ; hams, BJd lb. j rashers, lOd ; miHc, 4d quart. ' , Fruit — Bananas 3d^per lb; lemons, Is to Is 6d per doz; apples, 2d per lb. ; oranges, Is 6d to 2s dozen ; walnuts. Is; dried figs, 3d box; peaches, 6d lb; grapes Is to Is 6d. Vegetables — Cabbages 2d to 3d each, carrots 2d per bunch, turnips 2d lb. BUYING PRICES.

Butter — Dairy 9d, factory rolled Is Jd lb.. best separator butter 10d: eggs Is 4d per doz. ; bacon, 7%d per lb. > hams, 8d per lb; lard, 7d; fungus, 4d per lb.

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