Turn Back The Clock: Meat Was Cheaper
An Otaki business man, having purchased a dwelling reported to be one of the first, if not the actual first, 'houses built in Levin, is haviilg it altered to suit the requirements of the present age. Found among papers to be removed was. a price list * dated August 1, 1894, over the signature of two Otaki, one Manakau, two Levin and two Shannon butchers, setting out the following:— "We,the undersigned butchers of the Horowhenua County, beg to announce our prices as follows. — "Beef, at per pound: Sirloiris and prime ribs, 4M; back ribs, 3£d; fresh brisket, 3£df corned round, 4d; corned briskets, 3-id; legs and shins, ld. "Mutton, at per pound: Hind quarters, 3-A-d; fore, 3d; legs, 4£cl; loins, 3id and 4-^d; neck and breast, 3d; chops, 5d; sides of mutton, 3 d. "Pork, at per pound: All joints, 5d; chops, 6d. "Sundries: Ox tails, 6d; ox tongues, 2s; sheep tongues, ld; ox kidneys, 6d; sheep kidneys, ld." Yes, those were the days — sides and fores of mutton 3d per lb! All pork 5di But that was half a cen'tury and more ago.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19491215.2.4.4
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 15 December 1949, Page 2
Word Count
190Turn Back The Clock: Meat Was Cheaper Chronicle (Levin), 15 December 1949, Page 2
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in