JHE B M HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE Hen eggs in the marts make 2s to 2s 1d a dozen; duck eggs, 1s 9d to 1s 10d a dozen. In the shops prices range around 3d a dozen dearer. Farmers’ butter sells under the hammer at 1s to 1s 2d a lb. Finest factory butter in the shops for cash sells at 1s 7d a lb., other grades, 1s 5d and 1s 6d a lb. Tomatoes in the marts make 1s 6d to 4s a case; grapes, 8d to 1s 4d a lb.; nectarines, for preserving, 6s to 12s 6d a case. Cauliflowers in the marts make 6d to 1s 4d each; rhubarb, 1s to 2s a dozen bundles; spinach, 1s a dozen bundles; cabbages, 3s to 6s a dozen; marrows, 2s to 10s a dozen; carrots, parsnips, beet, turnips, 1s 6d to 2s 6d a dozen; cucumbers, 6d to 2s a dozen; radishes, 6d to 1s a dozen bundles; pickling onions, 1d to I|d a lb. Rump steak for cash over the counter sells at 11d a lb.; skirt steak, 5d a lb.; tripe, 6d a lb.; a leg of pork, 11d a lb.; trimmed mutton cutlets, 1s a lb.; a hind-quarter of mutton, 8d a lb. Clever Mary will help you keep your home clean with less labour. Buy 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. 2 MAZAWATTEE TLA has a delicious flavour. Save the white ticket in each packet and obtain a canister of tea FREE. •
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 278, 14 February 1928, Page 13
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