DUNEDIN LABOUR MARKET.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1016, 7 June 1878, Page 6

DUNEDIN LABOUR MARKET.

Mr ' Skene reports under date, "June sth, as follows :—'/"" n . ""'""."-,. 7 ■ '( The month: of /JuneOjuit Plosed, has been much busier than usual, for working people, especially considering that we are fairly into theVwinter season, and broken time. The cry never ceases for competent ploughmen; Shepherds ,a^aga^^quiet^ r ' Day labour is ! piei-.i_-il' on ' f ___. ad' sua _ly __til;° r Couples are easily placed* if at^ ■aU.^feiiji^-.ii-feoed^'^lsp'' good female servants for farms, private houses' and -hotel- Jweil-ored to hotel 'work, only catt! get. places:ijfTo sum* up, no man need j be idle (though many .form excuse-), -except through, age or sickness, still there are too many useless people about. Wages'i couples, £75 to _E9Q ; barmaids, cooks,' and stewardeses, 20a to 30s; ordinary girls, 10^ v 12e and 15a ; boys ''and '-girls, 5s to 10s; station cooks, 20s arid 25s ; ploughmen, £55 to £65 ' ; jßhejpnerds,, £65 to £70; waiters cooks,' Vga^enera,'' ''grooms, ''-.milkers. 20s to. 40s ;. storemen, 30s to 50a. '..;■■' ,'- ---;_ — S ' L " ;! " .'""' : ".'• ',;'■';'' ■-" 7 '■'■'-"' >.«

"' •' ' v Mr Hbic ry DaivER r (6n behalf of the N.Z.L.. linci: c l!-[.A; Go) reports, for week -ending June sth, as* folio wb :— ■ • ; ; ['.'■ The 1 following fat stock' came forward at the yards to-day :— l2O -_.e_;d 'cattle 1400 sfiSep? aiid 60 lambs. , b /CFat '• Cattle.-— Those (yarded were chiefly of good to prime 'quality, and prices showed a considerable .advance on late quotations.' Best pens of bullocks brought, i rpm £10 10s to £14 ; do; cowi £7 to £10 ' 10_~or f lill^ 32s ' 6d per lOOlb for best quality. __." few prime pens brought over this. ;.'.'"".) ;,, \ Fat Calves— These sold at from 355 t0 555, according to' we.g^t arid quality. ; \ r :'* j ._. 0 r Fat Sheep/— Although the number penned was not large; it .was quite sufficient to meet the demand, at but little alteration in prices. Best croBS-breds brought froni 10s 6d |tp f 13s 7d;, merinos, 7s to. 9s-r-or equal to 2^d per lb for former, and 2d for latter. We f sold 750 at the yards, arid have placed 850 : privately during the week. ' '-. \ h • Fat Laimbs. —Those forward ed " r brought from r 6s to 7s6d^ ' The season is nowover. i / Store Stock.--b wing^ to /the i severe weather^ prevalent, no business is doing in this description of StoCk. •••■•' '■ : -X ■-«- : . \X;XyUii ■ 77^:V77; •j'

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co, re- r port for the week ending Sth June, asf follows: — i' I Horses. — Heavy draughts continue in good 1 demand. At our yards on Saturday 1 last 1 an' unusually large quantity of first-class horsesj | both broken' and* 'unbroken, were brought' forward, the' ""greater portion of which 1 changed hands at >> very satisfactory prices. f We quote first-class draughts at, from £55 j-0 £( £65; medium do, '£4o to £50;* light do I £25 to £35 ; good saddle andr light harness horses, £25 to £30; medium, £12 to £20; li^ht and inferior;'^ to '£lo. I -

_ I MA'bijßAN BaoTHEk. repdr-Yor Week ending ittli 'June, as'f6llowsJ:~ I Wool.— Since orir last' report the 'following, telegrar-t has been received from.Ldndon un-, der T date June 1st .— " The ; wool sales continue fiMh; and<p_i_eg have recovered •'from the temporary, relapse." At our weekly sale here on Monday last we sold a few 'balesjof greasy wool, wbichT fetched lid per lb. ' ' iT< ■'' Sheepskins:— The supply is still very nrriited, and orir catalogue this week com-" 'prised' only a 'small number, which sold at from 2s 6d to 3s 9d. Hides and Tallow. — None offered, Grain.— Wheat has not been dealt in to

any great extent this week, and prices are without change. The highest price going for milling is 3s 3d. Barley of all descriptions is in short supply. * Malting may be quoted at 5s 6d. Oats are enquired after' for shipping, but the supply in town is very limited. Good feed is now worth 3s 5d ; milling, 3s 6d.