HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE Hen eggs in the City Marts today were quoted at 2s 11d to 3s a dozen for large sized; intermediate sized, 2s 7d to 2s 8d a dozen; pullets, 2s 3d to 2s sd; large ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 5d a dozen; small ducks, 2s 1d to 2s 2d a dozen; in the shops prices should range around 3d a dozen dearer. Farmers’ butter in the marts sells at 1s to 1s 3d a lb. Finest factory butter in the shops sells for cash at 1s 8d a lb; lower grades sell at 1s 7d a lb. A sirloin of beef in the shops for cash over the counter sells at 9d a lb; tripe, dripping, suet, 6d a lb; gravy beef, 4d a, lb; a leg of pork, 10d a lb; hindquarter of mutton, 8d a lb; leg of lamb, 1s 2d a lb. Cucumbers in the City Marts soli at 1s to 4s a dozen; vegetable marrows, 2s 6d to 5s 6d a dozen; water melons, 3d to 6d each; cabbages, 3s to 8s a dozen; cauliflowers, 3d to 1s 3d each; celery, 3d to 1s 6d a bundle; rhubarb, 1s 6d to 2s 6d a dozen bundles; spinach, 6d to 1s 2d a bundle; pumpkins, 3d to 1s each; spring onions, 3d to | 6d a bundle; radish. 6d to 9d a dozen bundles carrots, parsnips, beet and turnips, 6d to 1s a dozen bundles; leeks, 6d to 9d a bundle. The above-mentioned Kit-bag ia Incomplete without a packet of 'No Rubbing Laundry Help,” the scientific clothes-washer. 1 MAZAWATTEE TEA has a delicious flavour. Save the white ticket in. | each packet and obtain a canister of 1 tea FREE. •
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 357, 18 May 1928, Page 13
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284Page 13 Advertisements Column 3 Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 357, 18 May 1928, Page 13
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