PRICES 10 YEARS AGO

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 15, 23 August 1946, Page 5

PRICES 10 YEARS AGO

COMPARISON WITH TODAY Advertisements from a 10 year old provincial paper reveal the following contrasts in values:— Housing—Five roomed bungalow, just finished, £675, terms easy; seven roomed house, all conveniences, with garage and half acre, £750 cash; five roomed house, central, £460. Small deposit. To Let—Five-roomed home, £1 per week. A corner shop and fiveroomed house, main street, £1 15s per week. Six-roomed house 25s per week. Goods for the home—A 10ft. 6in. Oft. Axminster carpet, £9 15s. Wilton body carpets, plain colours 9s-' per yard. Congoleum floor coverings, 3s 3d per yard; Oak dining room suite, buffet, pullout table and four * chairs, £ls 15s. English white and. gold cups 2s 6d dozen; Saucers Is 2&dozen; Rotary egg beatei’s 6d; Bread knives lid and aluminium tea pots Is 3d. 3-point kettles 37s 6d; Toasters 17s 6d; Irons, guaranteed for five years, 15s 6d. In furnishings heavy quality fancy cotton weave was 2s lid per yard, silk cotton net Is lid yard; cotton curtain nets lid yard; silk nets Is yard; full down single quilts 21s, double 29s 6d; single blankets 29s 6d, double 44s 6d pair. Large bottles of beer 10s dozen; best Whisky 11s per bottle; the cheapest cigarettes 4d; plug tobacco Is' 3d; cigarette tobacco Is 9d; slide matches Is 6d dozen.

Morning teas from 4d; Apples dessert and cooking 2s to 3s a bushel; Oranges 5 for Is; Bananas 4d a lb:; 18 Lemons Is; Cooking figs 4d per lb.; bulk Dates 51b for Is; South Island potatoes 281 b. 2s 6d; Onions 91b for Is; Carrots 2s 6d sugar bag; Honey 2s 6d for 61bs.; Sago 61bs for Is; Sardines Is for five tins; Assorted biscuits 5d per packet. Advertised weekend special lib. of choice bacon rashes and lib. fine, clover honey Is 3d.

Fowl wheat 15s per sack; five to six month old W.L. pullets, some laying, 8s to 9s per pair. Prices per lb for,small goods were Pressed beef 9d; Ham and tongue Is; Stuffed' roast pork Is 8d; Savoloys Is dozen; Roast fowls from 2s 9d.

Firewood: 9in blocks dry pine 44s per cord; blue gum 545; walnut £2

per cord. Used Cars: Tourer, good'tyres and in good condition\ £l7 10s;-1926 model |-ton truck (10 years old at that time) £35; Roadster £5; Twodoor sedan £5; Saloon car £125.

Men’s Cycles: New £5 19s 6d with tyres guaarnteed. £8 19s 6d was;; charged for sports models. Cycle? tyres carrying a 12 months guarantee were sold at 4s 9d; first-grade tubes Is 9d each.

Pure silk fully fashioned Englishstockings 4s lid pair; Harris tweed 10s 6d a yard; Winceyette night dresses 4s lid to 8s lid; all wool vests 4s 9d; Worsted costumes 59s 6d; Woollen frocks 19s 6d to 39s 6d; Boys’ all wool shirts 6s 6d; Boys’ pyjamas 4s 6d, men’s 8s lid; School hose 2s 6d; Navy shorts 4s 6d; Girls’" flannel blazers 14s 6d; Sedge gymn' tunics 19s 6d; Raincoats 18s 6d to 32s 6d; Men’s tweed two-piece suits ' 39s 6d; Sports coats 255; Flannel trousers 10s 6d; Striped poplin shirts with two collars 4s lid; Wool working shirts 5s lid; all wool working ■-

sox lOd; Tweed overcoats 49s 6d; Rubber water bags 2s 6d.

Holidays: A leading Napier Hotel advertised tariff as 12s a day. The Taiipo boardinghouse £3 10s per week. Shipping fares to London, subject to exchange and tax, via Australia was First saloon £B7 single and £153 return; Tourist £4O single and £72 return while Third class was £39 single and £7O return 1 : Via Panama First class £Bs—£l4o, Cabin £67—£117 and Third class £37 —£66. A round trip of five weeks to Rabaul, Manila, Hongkong and five ports in Japan, was quoted at £9O for first class and £56 15s foi second class.—Te Puke Times.