PUBLIC ENJOY CHEAPER LAMB.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18960, 6 January 1930, Page 10

PUBLIC ENJOY CHEAPER LAMB.

SUPPLIES OF FISH ARE SCARCE TO-DAY. Generally speaking, the Christmas and New Year trade has been good among the butchers. No changes in prices have taken place recently, there having been no market at Addington for three weeks. It is anticipated that by Wednesday the butchers will be looking forward to the market to replenish their killing stocks. Owing to lamb being lower in price this year than usual, the public have availed themselves of the opportunity for purchasing lamb. It is expected that the lower prices for lamb will continue, enabling the public to enjoy this commodity at a reasonable figure for the remainder of the season. Fish. Supplies of fish are scarce as a result of the rough weather. Present retail prices are as follow, the prices in parentheses being the prices for cutlets: Groper, Is 3d (Is 6d); Ling, 7d; barracouta, Cd (8d) ; cod, 6d (lOd); moki (frozen). _.*d; herrings, 4d and 6c each; soles and flounders, Is 3d. Fruit. Hothouse tomatoes are available in excellent quality at Is, Is 3d and Is 3d per lb. The cherry season is drawing towards a close, but good quality cherries are to be had at Is 6d and 2s a lb. Peaches are coming onto the market in good quantities and are retailing at from Is down to 6d a lb according to quality. Ressert plums are selling at Sd a lb and cooking plums at 4d and 6d. Bananas are very scarce, being practiclly off the market. Raspberries are selling at Is 3d and Is 6d a punnet. Red currents are priced at 6d and Sd a lb and black currents at 6d. Apples are Sd a lb or three pounds for Is 9d. Sunkist oranges are selling at 3 and 4 for Is and grapefruit at three for Is 3d. Local new potatoes are selling at 41bs for a shilling and old potatoes at I2lbs a shilling. Peas are 4d and 5d a lb, French and scarlet runner beans Sd and Is per lm, and broad beans 4d a lb. Lettuces are 2d and 3d each and

cabbages 6d and Sd each. The Christmas trade was very heavy in the fruit business, but the New Year trade was rather disappointing.