COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
the labok market. Mr. Ft. Mackintosh reports for the weefc ewtiup 27th September, aa follows I'twinesu ia the tabor market for the week fuu not improwl much ; m fact, with the eseeption of an increased demand for* female cootw and servants for hcaVy places reqtttring experienced serva.-vt:!. the tmsinesa has been stow during the week, but we may took forward to- a great increase in the demand shortly. Rates of wages a» follow Coirptea* 1.63 to L 7»: shepherds. LKO to Zlf)y to 33* ; staCioft cook?, 27s to 40»; plough tnen. 20a to 22s ftl: female cooks, 23# to 30s ; housemaid*. 144 to 17a : laundresses', 15s to 17s; good general servanta. 12a to 13s ; ordinary do. 10* to 12a; nurses, 7» to 10s : boys and girk, fa to Sa; milk men and roaae-abouta, 17s) to 203 : barmen. 3fla; waiters and waitresses, 17s to 25s ; billiard-markers, 2iss to ; grooms and gardeners, 2tts to 25« : day labor, Ss to 9s.
F>tnS"KE>fN"jBY TELKH-KAPK.] September Cfi. Wheat. 43 Pd to 9d : fowls* wheat. 3d to 3s C'i : oats. 2i» to 21s 3d : barley, 5a to 5» <Td ; feed. :•» to 3s fid ; potatoes. L.*>; kidney seed potatoes, LI: round white potatoes. L 7 * hay. L 4 ; chaff, to L*l 10s I straw. I.— fia ; bratt, ; pollard. v>s: Hour, targe' sacks, I*ll tOs to f*l- ; oatmeal. LIS : pearl bartey. L£t>; onions. ISs : cheese. 8d ; bacon, rolled, SJjd ; prime beef, 27s 6d ; mutton, -Ad. AtTSTKALEAN COMMERCIAL. |BY CAr.te.f STtisr,T, Sept. 2fl. Itennessy'sf brandy, quarter cask. 9s to 5s Si per gallon-. kc«w-ne (tti.irr.nnd). Is fwt; New Jfealamt wheat. -Ssi tTd ; maize. 2a s>t; candles. I>.R.J., 7'id toS-t: other lines unchanged. AcEtAtPK. Sept. 26. Wheat, 3s 3d.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1073, 27 September 1879, Page 2
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