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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 305, 16 March 1928, Page 13

THE HOUSEWIVES' GUIDE. Hen eggs in the city marts seli at 2s 6d to 2s 7d a dozen; duck eggs, 2s 4d to 2s sd. In the shops hen eggs sell around 2s 10d a dozen. Farmers' butter sells under the hammer at 1s 1d to 1s 3d a lb. Best factory butter is retailed at 1s 7d a lb; other grades sell at 1s 5d and 1s 6d a lb. A forequarter of lamb for cash over the counter in the shops costs 9d a lb; a hindquarter of mutton. 8d a lb; leg and loin chops, 10d a lb; gravy beef, 3d a lb; corned round of beef, 6d a lb. Best smoked terekihi in the shops sells for 6d each; schnapper, smail. 9d each; trevalli, €d a lb. Grapes are plentiful in the city marts and sell at 10d to 1s 9d a lb, according to quality; preserving and dessert peaches can be bought for 3s to 6s a case; tomatoes, 2s to 5s a case. Cucumbers in the city marts sell at 1s to 3s a dozen; marrows. 3s to 7s a dozen; watermelons, 6d to 1s 6d each; rock melons, 3d to 9d each; cabbages, 2s to 6s a dozen; celery, 1s 6d to 4-3 a bundle; rhubarb, 2s to 3s a dozen bundles; spinach. 1s 3d to 2s a dozen; pumpkins. 4d to 1c 9d each; carrots, parsnips, beet and turnips, 1s to 2s a dozen bundles. Clever Mary will help you keep youj home clean with less labour. Buy a tin to-day and try it. Obtainable everywhere. 3 Tho above-mentioned Kit-bag is Incomplete without a packet of “N"f Rubbing Laundry Help/' the scientific clothes-washer. * MAZATFATTEE TEA has a dch.i ous flavour. Save the white ticket ii each packet and obtain a canister o tea FREE.