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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1962
Page
5
Markets report mixed quality and fluctuating prices for meat and produce. Lamb scarce, pork high, beef choice across suburbs, with shelling prices for vegetables and fruits varying by shop. Bananas up, tomatoes expensive, onions rising, and seasonal fruits limited to a few shops.
A historical price list enumerates meat cuts and groceries with per unit costs. Items include fillet, rump, T bone, round, blade, chuck, silverside, corned roll, ox tail, mince steak, sausages, lambs fry, roasts, pork chops, pickled pork, various lamb and hogget cuts, fowls, bacon, peas, beans, potatoes, silver beet, chokos, pumpkin, carrots, parsnips, tunips, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, celery, bananas, oranges, apples, pineapples, grapes, mandarins, grapefruit, lemons, with prices in predecimal currency.
Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly Grace Kelly, announced she would not return to Hollywood. She had dropped plans to star in a Alfred Hitchcock film, citing husband Prince Rainier and their two children, plus unfavorable reaction to a Monaco audience of 24,000 residents. No Hollywood reaction was reported.
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