CITY RETAIL PRICES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 106, 29 January 1935, Page 2

CITY RETAIL PRICES

What to Pay for Foodstuffs Fruit and' vegetables are available in Wellington in u wide range still. Butter is selling at 11 Id. for the best brands, and the whey variety is priced at Old. Present pricey are as follow: — Provisions. Eggs—l/3 and 1/5 dozen. Butter —First grade, Hid.; whey. Old. lb. Bacon.—Price cut rashers, 7d. to 1/4 lb. Cheese.—Alild, 6!d. lb.; matured, ]/- lb. Honey.—Carton, 7-Jd. 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—sJd. Fruit. Apples, 3d. and 4d. lb.; cooking, 2d. and 3d.; pears, 3d. and 4d.; Californian grapefruit, sd. and 6d. each; oranges, Jamaica, 2/- to 3/6 a dozen, Californian. 4 to 5 1/-; pineapples, 1/- to 2/- each; bananas, 8 to 14 1/-; lemons, New Zealand, 6 to 12 1/-; Californian, 2d. and 3d. each ; peaches, 3d and 6d. Ib.; cooking, 51b. 1/-; apricots, 3d. and 6d. lb.; plums, 3d. to 6d. lb.; cooking, 5 to Sib. 1/-; blue diamond, 51b. .1/-; nectarines, 3d. and 6d. lb.; grapes, hothouse, 1/- to 1/2 lb. e Vegetables. Cabbage, 6d.; lettuces, Id. to 4d.; carrots, 2d. and 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. bunch; swedes, Id. bunch; onions, 2d. lb.; spring, 2d. bunch; pickling, 8 to 10 lb. 1/-; potatoes, S to 12 lb. l/-;.peas, 3d. and 4d. lb.; beans, 2d. to 6d. lb.; pumpkin, Id. lb.; marrows, Id. to 6d. each ; beetroot, 2d. to 3d.; cucumbers, hothouse, 2d. to Gd. each; outdoor, Id. to 3d. each; tomatoes, outdoor, 3d. and 4d. lb.; hothouse, 4d. to Gd. lb.; shallots, 51b. 1/-. Fish. Smoked cod, Bd. lb.; smoked fillet, Sd. lb.; smoked ling, Gd. lb.; terakihi, i'renh, 4<l. lb.; cod, Gd. lb.; fillet, 1/- lb.; butterfish, Gd. lb.; hapuka, Gd. lb.; flounders, and soles, 9d. lb. Meat. Beef.—Rump steak, lid. lb.; undercut steak, 1/1 lb.; beef steak, 7d. lb.; sirloin, 9d. lb.; ribs, 7d. lb.; topside, Gd. lb.; rolled 7d. lb.; corned, Gd. and 81b. lb. ;• mince, sd. lb.; tripe. 7<l. lb.; saugages, Gd. lb.; sausage meat, sd. lb. Pork. —Legs, Sd. and 9d. Ib.; loin, 9>i lb.; chops, lOd. lb.; sausages, 7d. lb. Mutton. —Legs, 7il. and Bd. Ib.; forequarters, 4d. and Gd.; shoulders, Gd. ntid 7d. lb.; loin, Gd. nnd 7d. Ib.; loin chops 9d. lb.; leg and rib chops, Bd. lb. Lamb.—Legs, 1/- lb.; loins. lOd. lb.; hinds, 10d.- lb.: forequarters. Sfl. lb.: chops, 1/- lb.; spring lamb, 1/2 to 1/G lb,