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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 121, 20 February 1928, Page 5

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint cuie.— Advt.

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE LIST OF CITY PRICES The following list of casli retail prices gives a fair indication of wlial is being charged over the counter in the city. The quotations do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted; — Groceries—New laid eggs are 2/2 doz.. and 1/(1 doz. (medium size). Good table butter is 1/6 lb., and pure whey butter is 1/4 lb. Cooked ham is 2/2 and 2/(1 lb.; prunes arc (Id. lb.; salmon is Gd. and 1/8 tin; mild cheese is lid and 1/- lb.; matured cheese is 1/- and t/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese is »/- lb.; condensed milk is Gd. and 1/- per tin; dates are Bd. packet and 4d lb. loose. Sugar is IG/6 for a 701 b. bag; bulk honey and clover'honey sell at lOd. Ib.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca arc all 3d. lb. Spanish muscatels are 1/6 per packet, and Californian muscatels are 1/10 per packet. Turkish figs are 1/- lb. Fruit.—Peaches are Gd. to 1/- lb.: greengages are Gd. to 10(1. lb.; apricots are 4d. lb.; hothouse grapes are 1/6 to 2/- lb.; plums are Id. to 8d lb.; passion fruit are 2/- and 3/- doz.; watermelons are Gd. lb.; tomatoes are 4d. to 1/- lb.; oranges are 3/- and 4/- doz.; pineapples are 1/6 to 2/6 each; eating apples are 4d. to 8(1. lb.; dessert pears 4d. to Bd. lb • lemons arc 1/6 to 3/- doz.; grape fruit are Gd. and Bd. each. Fish.—Round fish is Gd. and 7d.. lb.; flat fish is l()d. lb., and smoked fish tod. n 1/1 lb. , ~ „ Vegetables.—Marrows are 3d. to Gd. each, and pumpkins 2d. lb.: butter beans are 3d. and 4d. lb.; French beans arc 4d. to Gd. lb.; green peas are 3d. to Gd. Ib.: cucumbers arc 3d. to 1/- each; beetroot is 3d. per bundle; lettuce are fd. to 3d. each; carrots, parsnips and turnips are 3d. per bunch; spring onions are 2d. per bunch; onions arc 3d. per Ib.; lechs are 3d. per bundle; swedes are.2d. per Ib.; cabbages are 2d. to 6d. each; cauliflowers are 4d. to 1/- each. Meat.—Forequarters of lamb are Bd. and Od. lb.; chops for stewing are 7d. Ib.: corned pork is (id. Ib.; gravy beef is sd. lb.; sirloin of beef is Od. lb., and ribs of beef are 7d. Ib.; legs of mutton are Od. and 10dlb., and mutton chops sell at 9d. Ib. Tripe, Gd. Ib.: mincemeat sd. Ib.; corned beef 7d. and Bd. per lb.; beef sausages are Gd. lb., and pork sausages Bd. and 10d. lb.