CITY RETAIL PRICES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 85, 4 January 1935, Page 4

CITY RETAIL PRICES

What to Pay for Foodstuffs

Eggs are still very cheap in Wellington retail shops. The best quality bacon has risen to 1/4 a pound. 'There are no recent changes in the prices of fruit and vegetables, with the'exeeption of oranges; practically all chat are being sold are Jamaica oranges at 2d. to 3Jd. each. Present prices are as follow;—

Provisions. Eggs—ll,}d. to 1/2 dozen. Butter —First grade, 10-Jd.; whey, Bid. lb. Bacon.—Price cut rashers, 7d. to 1/4 lb. Cheese.--Mild, old. lb.; matured, 1/Ib. Honey.—Clover, bulk, Old. lb.; carton, 7jd. lb. Flour—3/5 251 b. bag. Sugar—ls/6 701 b. bag; 3d. lb. Tea—2/- to 2/6 lb.; China tea, 3/- lb. Bread —ajd. Fruit. Apples, 3d. to 4d. lb.; cooking, 3d. lb; pears, 3d, to. 4d. lb., cooking 3d. to 4d.; grapefruit, Californian, sd. to 6d. each; oranges, Jamaica, 2/- to 3/6 doz.; pineapples, lOd. to 2/- each; bananas, 8 to 12 1/-; lemons, New Zealand, 6 to 16 1/- Californian, 2d. to ,3d. each; grapes, Californian, lOd. to 1/3 lb.; passion fruit, 1/6 to 2/ -a dozen; gooseberries, 51b ■!/-; bronze plums, 3d. and 4d. lb.; cherry plums, 3d and 4d lb.; cherries, lOcl. to 1/6 lb.; strawberries, lOd. to 2/6 punnet; pomegranates, 3d. to sd. each; peaches, 6d and Sd. lb.;' cooking, 3d. and 4d. lb.; apricots, 6d, lb.; plums, 6d. lb.; red currants, 86. ,Ib/. Vegetables. Spring cabbage, 2d. to 4d. each; cauliflowers, 3d. to lOd. each; lettuces, Id. to 4d. each; carrots, 2d. to 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. bunch; turnips, 2d. and 3d. bunch; onions, 4d. and 5d lb.; beetroot, 3d. bunclij swede turnips, 2d. and 3d. bunch ; garlic, ,6d. lb.; rhubarb, 3d. to 6d. bunch; potatoes,- -8 to 121 b. 1/-; silver fleet, 2d. to 3d. bunch; green peas, 4 to 10lb. 1/-; beans, broad, 2d. to 3d. lb.; French beans, 6d. and 7d. lb.; hothouse, Bd. to 1/- lb.; hothouse tomatoes, Od. to 1/- lb.; cucumbers. 4d. to 6d. each; hothouse, 6d. to 1/- each; marrows, 4d. to 1/- each. Meat. Beef.—Rump steak, lid. lb.; undercut steak, 1/1 lb.; beef steak, 7d. lb.; sirloin, 9d. lb.; ribs, 7d. lb.; topside, 6d. lb.; rolled 7d, lb.; corned, Gd. and 81b. lb.; mince, sd. lb.; tripe, 7d. lb.; saugages, 6d. lb.; sausage meat, sd. lb. Pork. —Legs, Bd. and 9d. lb.; loin, 9d lb.; chops, 10d. lb.; sausages, 7d. lb. Mutton. —Legs, 7d. and Bd. lb.; forequarters, 4d. and Gd.; shoulders, 6d, and 7d. lb.; loin, 6d. and 7d. lb.; loin chops 9d. lb.; leg and rib chops, Bd. lb. Lamb.—Legs, 1/- lb.; loins, lOd. lb.; hinds, lOd. lb.: forequarters. Bd. lb.: chops, 1/- lb.; spring lamb, 1/2 to 1/6 lb. Fish. Smoked cod, Bd. lb.: smoked fillet, Gd. lb.; smoked ling. 6d. lb.; terakibi, fresh, 4d. lb.; cod, 6d. lb.: fillet. 1/- lb.: butterfish, 6d. Ib.; hapuka, sd. lb.; flounders and soles, Bd. lb.