CITY RETAIL PRICES FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Cash retail prices at present being charged over the counter in Wanganui for various commodities are as follows: Groceries: Good table butter Is 8d lb; cooked ham, is lid lb.; bacon (best cut) Is 6d; prunes 31bs for Is; mild cheese Is; matured cheese, Is 4d lb.; sugar, 16s 6d for 701 b bag; bulk honey and clover honey 8d lb; rice, sago, barley and tapioca all 3d lb; best eggs Is 6d doz. Vegetables: Cauliflowers range from 6d to lOd; kumeras 4d lb; cabbages 6d and 8d; spring cabbages 3d and 4d marrows 6d each; carrots and turnips 2d bunch; beetroot 3d bundle; onions 3d lb; celery 6d and Is head; potatoes 281bs 3s; new potatoes 8d lb.; lettuce 2d, 3d each; pumpkin 2d lb; spinach 3d bunch; rhubarb 4d and 6d bundle; sweet turnips 81bs for Is; artichokes 3d lb; pickling onions 41bs for Is; tomatoes 8d and lOd lb; radishes 2s doz. bundles.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 219, 15 September 1928, Page 9
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162CITY RETAIL PRICES FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 219, 15 September 1928, Page 9
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