The THE HOUSEWIVES* GUIDE Good Christmas trading exists for eggs in the City Marts. The present prices are:—Special grade hen eggs, 1s 63d a dozen; A grade, 1s 5d ; B, 1s 4d; special grade duck eggs, 1s sd; A, 1s 4d; B, Is 3d. While factory butter, first grade, is selling at 1s 8d a lb in the shops farmers’ butter in the marts, brings Is 2d to 1s 4d. Meat, across the shop counters, is unchanged in value. Forequarter of lamb sells at 1s a lb; hindquarters, 1s 2d; leg, 1s 4d; loin, 1s 2d; leg of pork, 1s; loin, 1s Id; pork chops, 1s 2d; pork sausages, 8d; leg of mutton, 9d; shoulder and neck, 7s>d; forequarter, 7d; hindquarter, 9d; loin, 10d: leg and loin chops, 11d; trimmed cutlets, 1s 1d; beef sirloin, 10d; rump steak, 1s 2d; tripe, rolled chuck, rib, topside and prime rib, 7d; dripping and sausages, 6d; corned round, 8d; vea! cutlets and steak, 1s; loin, 9d. Whole schnapper sells at 6d a lb; terakihi, 4d; mullet, 6d; hapuka steaks, 1s 2d; terakihi, fresh fillets, 7j>d; schnapper, 10d; John Dory, 8d; and lemon fish, 6d. In the markets, lettuces sell at 1s to 3s a case; spring onions, 3d 9d a bundle; celery, 3s to 4s 6d a bundle; green peas, 2d to a lb; beans, 3d to a lb; cauliflowers, 3s to 6s a dozen; cabbages, 1s 6d to 2s 6d a dozen; radishes, 6d a dozen bunches; rhubarb, 1s to 2s a dozen; cucumbers, 3s to 6s a dozen; carrots, parsnips, beet and turnips, 1s to 2s a dozen bunches. Delicious MAZAWATTJSE Tea la now obtainable in attractive tins at no extra cost. Save the white ticket In each tin and set a canister of tea FREE. 9
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 851, 20 December 1929, Page 10
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