THE KIT BAG
HOUSEWIFE’S GUIDE In the city markets this morning, first quality special grade hen eggs sold at 1s 4d; A grade were 1s 3d; B, 1s 2d; and C, Is. Duck eggs were: Special, 1s 1d; A, 1s; and C, 11d. Farmers* butter was offer, ing at lid to 1s 2d, with the factory product at 1s 2d to 1s 5d in the grocers’ shops. Over the shop counters, leg ot pork sold at 1s Id; loin, 1s 1d; foreloin with blade, 11d; pork chops, 1s 2d; corned hand, 10d; corned belly, 1s; pork sausages, 8d; leg of mutton, 9d; shoulder, 7d; neck and breast, 6d; forequarters, 6d; hindquarters. 9d; loin. 9d; leg and loin chops, 10d; trimmed cutlets, 1s 1d; sirloin of beef, 9ad: rump steak, Is 1d; rolled chuck rib, prime rib, topside and flank, 7d; corned round, 7d; wing rib. B£d: steak, 9d; suet and sausages, 6d. Trimmed schnapper sold at 7d m lb; terakihi, 6d each; flounder, 8d lb; flounder, terakihi and schnapper fillets, four for Is; moki steaks, 6d a lb; hapuka steaks, 11d lb; mullet, 6d; local oysters, 1s 6d a bag and 1s 9d to 2s a bottle. In the city fruit shops dessert apples sold as follow: Delicious, 3 and 4lb for 1s; Sturmers, 4d lb; Granny Smith, 5d lb; cookers, 3 and 4lb for 1s: Winter Nellis pears, 3lb for 1s; cooking, 3» and 4lb for 1s; passion fruit, 1s 6d to 2s doz.; tree tomatoes, 4d to 6d lb; local hothouse tomatoes, 1s to 1s 6d lb; Island tomatoes, 6d to 8d lb; bananas, 5d and 6d lb; Island oranges, 5, 6 and 8 for 1s; Australian Navel oranges, 6 and 8 for 1s; Australian mandarines, 8 to 16 for 1s; lemons, local, 1s to 1s 6d doz.; New Zealand grape fruit, 6 to 8 for 1s; Californian grapes, white, 1s to 1s 2d lb; red, 1s 8d lb; Californian plums, 1s lb; and pines, 2s to 2s 6d each. New potatoes sold from 3d to 5d a lb, with Southern potatoes at 10 to 121 b for 1s; swedes, 1d lb; onions, local, slb for 1s; Californian, 4d lb; kumeras, 2d lb; Brussels sprouts, Bd. to 1s lb; beans, hothouse, 2s lb; cucumbers, hothouse, 10d to 1s 6d each; celery, 2d to 10d a stick; lettuce, 2d and 3d each; cauliflower, 2d to 6d each; cabbage, 2d to 6d each; carrot, parsnip, radish, turnip, beetroot and leek, a bunch; marrows, 3d to 6d each; and rhubarb, 4d and 5d bundle. Drink M AZA W ATTEE Delicious Tea Read the coupon in every packet. New articles FREE.—2.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1069, 5 September 1930, Page 11
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