RECORD PRICES
FOR VEGETABLES IN WELLINGTON Vejfofcabf.es of every description aro in particularly short supply in tlio city. Probably tlioy have never been so dear in the history of Wellington. For the purpose of conveying what tlio public have to pay, it is a flittlo misleading to ouote .wholesalo prices, though tliesb reflect tho vegetablo famine that exists. The folF.owiug were prices quoted by a Chinese dealer in tho city yesterday afternoon Potatoes (old), 81b. for Is.; now, sd. per lb.; turnips, white, 3d. each; swedes, ljd. per lb.; carrots, Id. or 2d. (according to size) eacli; parsnips, Id. and 2d. each; leeks, 2d. each; onions (Califonn'an), sd. per lb.; cauliflowers, from Is. 3d. to 3s. each; cabbages, 4d. and Cd. each; Hettuce, 2d. or 3d. each (according to size); rhubarb, sd. to Bd. bundle (of five or fix stalks). According to those in the trade, the present conditions aro likoly to prevail for the remainder .of tho month. Tho new season's vegetables aro not_ likely to come in in any quantity until noxt month, owing to the cold weather which has prevailed during tho past month.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 14, 11 October 1919, Page 10
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187RECORD PRICES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 14, 11 October 1919, Page 10
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