THE LABOUR MARKET.
Mr Skenb reports under date April 29 : - The great cry now is " rabbiters to the front," and tfae next three months will witness a mighty slaughter. Tbe demand for ploughmen has acarcely begun, but couples, shepherds^ milkers, gardeners, grooms, &c, are moving. The close of the Exhibition haa set a good many hands adrift — attendants and hotel servants. Late wages : Cooks, 20s and 255 ; couples, £65 to £70 and £75 ; shepherds, £55 to £60 ; ploughmen, 20s ; second ploughmen, 15s and 17s 6d ; grooms, 15s and 255 ; gardeners, 25s and 30a ; milkers, 10s, 12s, 15s, and 20s. Babbiters vary very much. Town boys, 5s to 10s.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 18
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108THE LABOUR MARKET. Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 18
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