Household Commodities On New Plymouth Market

Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1942, Page 4

Household Commodities On New Plymouth Market

Prices of household commodities «t New Plymouth yesterday were:— Eggs at Webster Bros.' wholesale mart : Hens ls 6d to Is 8(^d. mixed ls 6d to Is 8V6d, ducks ls 5d to ls 8d, relail ls lld. Poultry at L. A. Nolan and Co. Ltd. : Hens 4s ld to 6s 3d, pullets 4s Gd to fis 9d, cockerelB 4s 3d to 6s 6d, roosters 4s 7d to 5s 2d, ducks 3s 3d to 4s 3d, bantams 9d to 2s 3d, geese 3a 3d. Fruit: Pears 8d lb, bananas 8d 1b, cape gooseberries ls Ib, eating applcj 6d lb to 31b ls, lemons 5 for ls, cooking apples 4 and 51b ls, passion fruit 8 and 10 for ls, Chinese gooseberries lOd lb, tree tomatoes lOd and ls 3d lb. N.Z. grapefruit 3, 4 and 6 for ls. guavaB 8d lb. Vegetables: Hothouse tomatoes 2k lOd lb, marrows 6d to 8d, pumpkins 4d Ib, carrots 3d bunch, parsnips 3d bunch, swede turnips 61b ls, cauliflowers 6d to ls 4d, celery 8d and 9d bunch, silvCr beet 4d bunch, leeks 3d bunch, kumeras 6d lb, spinttch 4d lb, brussels sprouts ls lb. radishes 3d bunch, onions 6d lb, beetroot 4d. Meat : Beef, sirloin lOd, steak 9d, rump steak ls ld, mutton. leg 9 l-4d, forequarter 6d, chops 9d and lld, pork ll^d, veal 9d and lOd, gausages 6d, tripe 6d. Butter : First grade ls 6d, dairy ls 3d ; cheese, ordinary lld, mature ls ld.