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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 111, 8 February 1928, Page 5

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE LIST OF CITY PRICES. The following list of cash retail prices gives a fair indication of what is being charged over the counter in the city. The quotations do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted:— Fish.—Round fish is 6<l. and 7(1. lb.; flat fish is lOd. lb., and smoked fish lOd. to 1/1 lb. Fruit.—Nectarines are 1/- lb. (eating), and lOd. Ib. (cooking); Cape gooseberries are 1/- Ib.; greengages are Sd. and lOd. lb.; plums are 4d. to fid. lb. (eating), and 4(1. lb. (cooking); apricots are sd. and (Id. lb. (cooking), and 8(1. and 1/- lb. (eating); tomatoes are 4d., (Id., 1/- Ib.; peaches Bd. to 1/- lb. (eating), and sd. and (Id. Ib. (cooking); cherries are 1/6 to 2/lb.; pineapples are 1/6 to 2/6 each; grape fruit are 6d. and Bd. each, eating apples are 6d. and Bd. lb.; dessert pears are 4d., 6d„ and Bd. lb.; lemons are 1/6 to 3/- doz.; oranges are 3/- and 4/- doz.; raspberries are 2/6 per box: passion fruit are 2/- doz. N.Z. grapes are 1/8 to 3/- Ib.; watermelons 6d. lb. Groceries.—New laid eggs are now 2/2 dozen; good table butter is 1/6 lb., and pure whey butter is 1/3 lb. Cooked ham is 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes are 6d. lb.; salmon is 6d. and 1/8 tin; mild cheese is lid. and 1/ib.; matured cheese is 1/- and 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese is 3/- Ib.; condensed milk is (Id. and 1/- per tin; dates are Bd. packet, and 4d. Ib. loose. Sugar is 16/6 for a 701 b. bag: bulk honey and clover honey sell at lOd. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca are all 3d. Ib. Spanish muscatels are 1/6 per packet, and Californian muscatels 1/10 per packet. Turkish figs are 1/- lb. Vegetables.—Scarlet runners are 4d. and 6d. lb.; marrows are 4d. to Bd. each: peas are 3d. lb., and 61b. for 1/-; cucumbers arc 3d. to 1/each; beetroot is 3d. per bundle: lettuce are Id. to 3d. each; carrots, parsnips and turnips are 3d. per bunch; spring onions arc 2d. per bunch; onions are 3d. per Ib.; leeks arc 3d. per bundle; swedes arc 2d. per lb.; cabbages arc 2d. to 6d. each; cauliflowers are 4d. to 1/- each; butter beans are 4d. and (id. Ib. Meat.—Forequarters of spring lamb are Bd. and 9d. Ib.; chops for stewing are 7d. Ib.: corned pork is fid. lb.; gravy beef is sd. Ib.; sirloin of beef is Od- Ib., and ribs of beef are 7d. Ib.; legs of mutton are 9(1. and Hidlb., and mutton chops sell at 9d. lb. Tripe, 6d. Ib.: mincemeat sd. Ib.: corned beef 7d. and Bd, per Ib.; beef sausages are 6d. lb., and pork sausages Bd, and lOd. Ib.