THE LABOUR MARKET.
Mr Skene reports under date October 18 : — Sliition people are all on the move now, but a Romi many men are hanging back for mustering "■''gi'B. Farm work is quiet, but good drillers will S'km be wanted for the turnip crop. There is always a lame demand tor dairy people. Late wages as follows :— Shepherds, £55 to £60; couples, JBGO to £t!.">; musterers, nil; cooks, 20s; ploughmen, 20s; farm labourers. 15 to I7a 6d ; bushmen, 4s per cord; nnllieis, 255, 20s, 15s, 12s, 10s, and 8s; country girls, '"•<■ Us. and 12s; housekeepers, 15s ; housemaids, Maitusbes, and barmaids, 12s, 15s, and 20s (for c Hintrv hotels).
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Otago Witness, Issue 1874, 21 October 1887, Page 19
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108THE LABOUR MARKET. Otago Witness, Issue 1874, 21 October 1887, Page 19
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