T.H? DM D THE HOUSEWIFE’S GUIDE RASTIC reductions in egg prices were reported on the City Markets to-day. At present, the supplies of eggs are far in excess of the demand. Hen eggs are bringing only 1s 2d a dozen; intermediate, 1s 1d a dozen; and duck, 11id to 1s a dozen. For farmers' butter there is a fair demand for moderate supplies. It brings 1s 2d to 1s 3d a lb. Firstgrade factory butter in the shops sells for cash up to 1s 8d a lb; second grade, 1s 6d and 1s 7d. In the shops, for cash, sirloin fetches 10d a lb; prime ribs, 7d a lb; corned round, 8d a lb; beefsteak, 7d a lb; rump steak, 1s 2d a lb; gravy beef, 6d a lb. Cabbages bring 1s to 4s a dozen on the market benches; cauliflower, 2s to 7s a dozen; new potatoes, 2d to 3id a lb; green peas, 4d to 6d a !b; beans, 1s to 1s 9d a lb; lettuce, 1s to 3s a case;, cucumbers, 3s to 6s a dozen; celery, 6d to 1s 6d a bundle; rhubarb, 2s 6d to 4s 6d a dozen bundles; spinach, 1s to 1s 6H a dozen bundles; pumpkins, 2s 6d to 4s 6d each; spring onions, 2d to 6d a bundle; radish, 6d a dozen bundles; carrots, turnips, parsnips and beet, 9d to 1s 6d a dozen bundles; asparagus, 6d to 1s a bundle. The above-mentioned Kit-bag la incomplete without a packet of "No Rubbing Laundry Help/’ the scientific clothes-washer f Your meals are more thoroughly enjoyed when MAZAWATTEE tea graces the table. Save the white ticket in each packet and get a canister of tea FREE.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 483, 12 October 1928, Page 12
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