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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 155, 29 December 1911, Page 7

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LOCAL MARKETS. Butchers' Meat. Beef: Sirloin, 6d; prime ribs, sd; rump steak, 8d; beef from 3d to 6d; corned beef. 4d ana sd. Jlutton: Legs 6d; chops, Cd; loin, Sd: shoulders, 5d per lb; necks, 3d. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages: Beef, sd, pork Bd. Lamb: Legs, 6d; forequarters, 4s Cd*'; hindquarters, 5s Cd. Pork: Fresh, 6d per lb. Fowls, 5s to 6s per pair; ducks, Cs per pair. Dripping, Cd per lb. These prices are for cash only; y 2 d per lb. for booking over cash prices charged by New Plymouth one week. General Groceries.—Rolled oats and oatina, lOd bag; oatmeal, 4s 3d per 2ollr bag; flour, roller, 1001b, lis 3d, 501b Cs, 25Lb 3s 3d.

Cereals, etc.—Oats, Gartons, 3s 9d per bushel, Duns 3s f)d, crushed oats 4s; barley, 3s 9d; crushed beans, 5s Cd; pollard 7s 3d per 1001b, 14s per 2O01bs; bran, 6s per 1001b; fowl wheat, 4s 6d per bushel; maize, 4s Cd to 5s per bushel. Dairy Produce, etc.—Butter: Factory Is 3d, dairy Bd, best separator Is Id per lb; cheese, 8d per lb; «ggs, lid per doz.; lard, 9d per lb; bacon, rashers, lOd per lb; hams, 9y 2 d per lb; milk, 4d per quart.

Fruit.—Bananas, 3d and 41 lb; lemons, Is per doz.; apples 8d lb figs, 4<l and Cd box; oranges, 2s per doz.; mandarins, Is doz; pineapples, Cd and 9d each; grapes. 2s per lb; tomatoes, Is per lb; strawberries, Is to Is Cd per box; cherries, Is 3d per lb; gooseberries, 3d per lb. Vegetables—Cabbages, 3d and 4; 1 ■ carrots, 2d per bunch; turnips, 2d ] lb; new potatoes, Olbs for Is; ■ ■-nsnips, 2d per bunch; onions, -21 per lb; marrows and pumpkins, Id per lb; cauliflowers, 4d, Cd and 8d; cucumbers, Cd and Is.

Buying prices: Dealers offer for produce: Butter, factory (in rolls), Is iy 2 d; dairy (in rolls) 9<l, separator, lid. Eggs, lid per doz. Hams, By,d per lb. Lard, 8d per lb. Fungus, 3d per lb.