SHOPPING GUIDE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12608, 19 November 1926, Page 8

SHOPPING GUIDE

CASH PRICES IN CITY TJiete quotations apply to cash prices over the counter, and in most cases do not include delivery. New laid eggs are 2s dozen, good table butter is Is 4d lb, and pure wbey butter Is 2d lb, jams are .8d per lb tin and 3s 9d for 6lb tins, tinned fruits Is 2d per tin, bulk honey is lOd per lb, sardines may be bought for 4 tins for Is, and pure lard is Is 2d lb, bacon rashers are Is lb, and cooked bam 2s 6d lb. All Xmas figs, dates, etc., will be in by next week. Round fish is selling at 8d and 9d lb, flounders and soles are Is and Is 3d lb, smoked fish Is per lb, gurnets 6d lb, whitebait 4s per pint. Tomatoes are lOd per lb and 2s (hothouse), grapes Is 1 6d lb, oranges 2s to 3s dozen, mandarins Is dozen, Canadian apples Sd lb, New Zealand apples 6d lb, cooking apples 3d and 4d lb, eating pears 8d lb, cooking pears 4d lb, cooking plums 6d lb, pineapples lOd to Is each, strawberries Is 6d, 2s, and 2s 6d box. Hothouse grapes are Is lb. Cabbages are 2d to 4d each, cauliflowers 4d to Is each, onions 4d lb, swedes 2d lb, carrots and parsnips 4d bunch, lettuce 2d and 3d each, spring onions 2d bundle, rhubarb 6d bundle, asparagus 'Bd to Is bundle, new potatoes Sib for Is, green peas 6d lb, spinach Sd lb, cucumbers 6d to lOd each. Beef; Sirloin lOd lb, corned silverside 8d lb, undercut steak and rump stea* Is lb, soup meats 2d lb, corned brisket 7d lb, ribs 7d lb, suet 6d lb. Veal (filet) lOd lb, rolled 8d lb. Mutton: Legs lOd lb, chops lOd lb, fores 7d lb, mincemeat Sd lb, sausages (beef) 6d, pork 8d lb, tripe 6d lb, kidneys 2d each, brains Is 6d lb. Tongues: Sheep 2d each, ox 4s 6d.