m/Q BAQ& I HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE Farmers’ butter in the marts makes 1s to 1s 2d a lb. Ir» the fchops, for cash over the counter, finest grade factory butter sells at 1s 7d a lb, with the lower grades at 1s 5d and 1s 6d. Hen eggs still make up to 2s a dozen in the marts, and sell around 2s 3d a dozen in the shops. Duck eggs are 2d a dozen cheaper. Hothouse grapes in the marts sell at 10d to 1s 5d a lb; tomatoes, at 1s 6d to 3s 'a box; best bottling peaches* from 5s to 5s 9d a case; nectarines, 4s 6d to 8s 6d a case; Cape gooseberries, to a lb. Kumeras in the city marts make 3d to a lb; rhubarb, 2s to 3s a dozen bundles; spinach, 1s to 1s 3d a dozen bundles; cabbages. 2s 6d to 5s 6d a dozen; marrows, 3s to 10s a dozen; carrots, parsnips. beet, and turnips, 1s 6d to 2s 6d a dozen bundles; cucum bers, 6d to 1s 6d a dozen; pickling onions, lld to I£d a lb. Rump steak, for cash over the counter in the shops, costs 11d a lb; corned brisket, 5d a lb; a forequarter of lamb, 9d a lb; lorn mutton chops, 10d a lb. Clever Mary will help you keep vour home clean with less labour. Bay a tin to-day and try it. Obtainable everywhere. 1 The above-mentioned Kit-bag Is incomplete without a packet of “No Rubbing Laundry Help.” the scientific clothes-washer. 4 * MAZAWATTEE TEA has a delicious flavour. Save the white ticket in each packet and obtain a canister of tea FREE 3 (By special arrangement Reuter's World iervice, in addition to other special ources of information, is used In the ompilation of the overseas intelligence >ub!ished In this issue, and ail rights herein in Australia and New Zealand ire reserved ■»
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 272, 7 February 1928, Page 13
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