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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 388, 13 May 1910, Page 2

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NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. Butchers' Meat. Beef: Sirloin 6d, prime ribs sd, rump steak Bd, beef Irom 3d' to 4d, corned beef from 3d to 50. per lb. Aiutton: Legs 6d, chops Gd, loin 6d, shoulders sd, necks' 4d per lb. Pork: Fresh, 6d per lb. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages, beef 4d, pork Od. Lamb, 4s to 5s a quarter. Fowls, 5s per pair, ducks 6s per pair. These prices are for cash only; y„d per lb for booking over one week. General Groceries.—Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers:—Sugar, No. la 10s 3d, No .2 10s, Kerosene 9s Gd per case. Rolled oats and oatina, lOd per bag; oatmeal, 3s 3d per 251b bag; flour, roller, 1001b 13s. 501b Gs' 9d, 251b 3s Bd. Cereals, etc.—Oats, white 2s 9d per bushels, duns 3s per bushel, crushed oata 3s: barley, 3s- Gd; maize ss; wheat, 4s 6d; beans,/as; crsuhed beans 5s Gd; pollard, 5s Gd per 1001b, lis 200 lbs; bran, 5s per 1001b. Dairy Produce, etc.—Butter factory Is Id, dairy lOd, best separator Is per lb; cheese, Od per lb; eggs 2s per dozen; lard. 9d per lb; bacon, lOd per lb; hams, Sy«d per lb, rashers lOd; milk, 3d per quart.

Fruit—Bananas, 3d lb or 51bs for Is lemons Is to Is Gd per dozen, apples 3d to 4d lb, cocoanuts 2d to 4d, walnuts 8d lb, dried figs 4d and 6d per box, grapes lsjGd per lb; pears 4d to Gd lb, oranges Is 6d per dozen, water melons 2d per lb, quinces Slbs for Is. Vegetables—Carrots 2d, turnips 2d, parsnips 2d per bunch, rhubarb 4d per bundle, potatoes (is Gd per cwt, onions 1001b bag ss. Buying Prices. —Dealers offer for farm produce: Butter, factory (in rolls) ll'Vod, dairy (in rolls) 9d, separator lOd. Factory cheese 7y 2 d, dairy 6 1 / 2 d, bacon 7y a d, hams 7V 2 d, eggs Is 9d per dozen.