THE HOUSEWIVES* GUIDE 'V'O change took place in the prices for eggs in the City Marts today. Values are:—Special grade hen eggs, 1s 6id a dozen; A grade, 1s sd; B, 1s 4d; special grade duck eggs, 1s sd; A, 1s 4d; B, 1s 3d. Finest grade factory butter brings 1s 8d a lb. in the shops; in the markets, farmers’ butter sells from 1s 2d to 1s 4d. Across the shop counters, forequarter of lamb now sells at 1s a lb; hindquarters, 1s 2d; leg, 1s 4d; loin, 1s 2d; leg of pork, 1s; loin, 1s 1d; pork chops, 1s 2d; pork sausages, 8d; leg of mutton, 9d; shoulder and neck, forequarter, 7d; hindquarter, 9d; loin, 10d; leg and loin chops, 11d; trimmed cutlets, 1s 1d; beef sirloin, 10d; rump steak, Is 2d; tripe, roiled chuck, rib, topside and prime rib, 7d; dripping and sausages, 6d; corned round, 8d; veal cutlets and steak, 1s; loin, 9d. Whole schnapper sells at 6d a lb; terakihi, 4d; mullet, 6d; hapuka steaks, 1s 2d; terakihi, fresh fillets, 7i?d; schnapper, 10d; John Dory, 8d; and lemon fish, 6d. Lettuces sell at 9d to 3s a case in the markets; beans, 5d to 7 16 a lb.; spring onions, 3d to 9d a bundle; carrots, beet, turnips and parsnips, Is to 2s a dozen bunches; cabbages. 1s 6d to 3s a dozen; cauliflowers, 3s to 9s a dozen; green peas. 2X6 to 5d a lb.; pumpkins, 2s 6d to 7s each.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 845, 13 December 1929, Page 10
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