OVERSEAS FRUIT IS PLENTIFUL AND VERY CHEAP AT PRESENT.
Week’s Heavy Weather Curtails Supplies of all Sorts of Fish.
Overseas fruits of all sorts are still remarkably cheap. Citrus fruits are especially plentiful, and the shops in the city are carrying large stocks which are being offered most reasonably. Vegetables are also plentiful and cheap. Meat prices are still reasonable, but there are signs that this market will harden further.
Fish has been dear during the week, and prices are still high. Supplies are short on account of the rough weather. Owing to rough seas in Foveaux Strait, there have been no oysters in the shops since Friday last. It is probable that a small stock will arrive to-day. Meat.
Quotations are:— Mutton— per lb. Shoulders 4^d Stewing chops 3d Rib chops 5d Legs Gd to 7d Loin chops 7d Lamb— Fores from Gd ITihds from Sid BeefFlanks from 3d Brisket from 4id * Gravy beef from 5d Skirt steak from 6d Stewing steak from 5d Ribs from 7d Beefsteak 7d Sirloin. from 8d Quotations are:— Eggs. Quotations are:— First grade Is 9d Second grade Is 6d
Fish. per lb. Groper Is 3d to Is 6d Ling 5d to Sd Cod 6d to 9d Soles Is Flounders I 9d to Is Terakihi .* 8d to Is Gurnet Sd.to Is Skate 4d Whiting (each) 9d to Is Blue Cod 10d Butterfish (each) Is 9d to 2s Fruit and Vegetables. Quotations are: Cauliflowers 4d to 8d Cabbages 3d to Gd Green peas (lb) Gd to 8d Hothouse beans (lb) Is 3d Lettuces 3d to 6d Root vegetables (bunch) 2 for 3d Swedes (lb) lrl Marrows (lb) lrl Pumpkins (lb) 2d Jam melons Slbs Is Pineapples Is to Is 6d Bananas (Is) 10 to 14 Island oranges (Is) G to 8 Mandarines (Is) 10 to 14 Australian lemons (Is) .. 12 to 15 American lemons (Is) 6 Grapefruit 4d Australian navel oranges (Is) S to 10 American oranges (Is) .. Bto 12 Passion fruit (Is) 10 and 14 Hothouse tomatoes (lb) Sd to Is Island tomatoes (lb) Is to Is 3d Pears 3d Apples 3d to 4d Sturmers 3d and 4d Grapes Is 6d to 3s Californian plums (lb) Is
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 173, 23 July 1931, Page 4
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363OVERSEAS FRUIT IS PLENTIFUL AND VERY CHEAP AT PRESENT. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 173, 23 July 1931, Page 4
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