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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 130, 1 March 1928, Page 5

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE EGGS ARE DEARER 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: — Groceries.—New laid eggs are now 2/3 doz.; pullets eggs are sti.l 1/B doz: good table blitter is 1/B lb., and pure whey butter 1/4 lb. Cooked ham is 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes are (Id. lb.: salmon is (id. and 1/8 tin; mild cheese is ltd. and !/• lb.; matured cheese is 1/- and 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese is 3/- lb.: condensed milk is (id. and !/• per tin; dates are Bd. packet, and 4d. lb. loose. Sugar is 16/6 for a 70lb. bag; bulk honey and clover honey sell at lOd. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca are a l 3d. 111. Spanish muscatels are 1/6 per packet, and Californian muscatels are 1/10 per packet. Turkish figs are !/• lb. , Vegetables. — Cauliflowers are lid. to 1/- each; cabbages are 4d. to 6d. each; marrows are 3d. and 4d. each; cucumbers are 2d. to Id- each; pumpkin is 2d. lb.; beetroot is 3d. per bundle; carrots, parsnips and turnips are 3d. per bunch; spring onions are 2d per bunch; onions are 3d. per lb.; swedes are 2d. per lb-; green peas are 3d. lb.; French beans and butter beans arc 3d. lb. Fish. —Round fish is (id. and 7d. lb.; flat fish is lOd. lb., and smoked fish lOd. to 1/1 lb. Meat.—Forequarters of lamb are 9d. lb.: chops for stewing are 7d. lb.; corned pork is (Id. lb.; gravy beef is sd. lb.: sirloin of beef is Oil. lb., and ribs of beef are 7d. lb.; legs of mutton arc (Id. and tod. Ib„ and mutton chops sell at 9d. lb. Tripe, 6d. lb.; mincemeat sd. lb.; corned beef 7d. and Sd per lb.; beef sausages arc 6d. lb., and pork sausages Bd. and lOd. Ib. Fruit.—Rockmelons are 1/6 to 2/6 each; watermelons are Od. Ih. Grapes are 1/6 to 3/- lb.; grape fruit are 6d- and Bd. each; pears are 3d. to 6d. Ib.; blackberries are (id. lb.: peaches are 6d. to 1/- lb.: bananas are priced at from 8 for !/• to 18 for 1/-; apricots are (id. to lOd. Ib.: plums are 3d. to Bd. lb.: tomatoes are 4d. and 6d. lb.; eating apples are 4d. and 6d. lb»; lemons are 3d. each, and oranges 3/- and 4/- doz.