AUCKLAND LABOUR MARKET.
Messrs, Mitchell and Co. report as follows : — Mechanics : Carpenters, per day, 10s to 123 ; bush hands, 6s to 7s ; wheelwrights, per week, 60s to 60s ; blacksmiths, 60s to 60s. General Servants : Females, per week, 123 to 14s ; housemaids, 12s to 14s ; housekeepers, 16s to 20a ; men cooks, 20s to 35s ; female cooks, 14j to 20s ; farm servants, 15s to 25s ; labourers, 80s td 35s. The demand for female labour is still on the increase, and wages of lriore than usual amount offered. Farm-labourers and market-gardeners are in demnnd. Mechanics are not enquired for. Houses of all sizes are in demand ; a high premium having been offered in several instances for suitable habitations. MITCHELL & CO. Auckland Labour Mart, 11, High-street, February 5, 1870.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3887, 5 February 1870, Page 4
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125AUCKLAND LABOUR MARKET. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3887, 5 February 1870, Page 4
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