Household Commodities On New Plymouth Market

Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1942, Page 4

Household Commodities On New Plymouth Market

Prices of household commodities at New Plymouth yesterday were : — Eggs at Webster Bros. wholesale mart : Hens ls 63/jd to ls 8 1 ''-2 d , mixed ls 63/(.d to ls 7d, ducks ls to ls 7d ; retail ls lld. Poultry at L. A. Nolan and Co. Ltd. : Hens 3s to 4s 7d, pullets 4s 9d to 8s 3d, cockerels 5s 3d to 6s 3d, roosters 3s 6d to 5s, ducks 3s ld, bantams 2s to 2s 6d, broodies 6s to 8s, chickens ld to 3d. Fruit: Pears 8d lb, bananas 8d lb. cape gooseberries ls lb, eating apples 6d lb to 31b ls. lemons 5 for ls, cooking apples 4 and 5lb ls, passion fruit 8 and 10 for ls, tree tomatoes lOd and ls lb, N.Z. grapefruit 3, 4 and 5 for ls, guavas 8d lb. Vegetables: Hothouse tomatoes 4s lb, marrows 6d to 8d, pumpkins 4d lb, carrots lb, parsnips 3%d lb, swede turnips 61b ls. cauliflower8 6d to ls 4d. celery 8d and 9d bunch, silver beet 4d bunch, leeks 3d bunch, kumeras B^d lb. spinach 4d bunch, 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 llMd, veal 9d and lOd, sausages 6d, tripe 6d. Butter: First grade ls 6d, dairy ls 3d; cheese, ordinary lld, mature ls ld.