THE LABOUR MARKET.
Mr Skene reports under date May 4 :— April prove} everything the farmer's heart could desire for threshing and delivery. Railway men and their plant are kept lively. Ploughing is making a start, and good men are quickly picked up. Rabbiters are in good demand — trappers especially. Dairy boys and lads are always wanted, even at the slack The building trade in town keeps in good heart, but we may count on a tapering off when winter sets in. Now is the season for gardeners, and there is inquiry for trained men. Wages all round keep healthy.
Nimmo and Blair's Planet Jr. Garden and Farm Implements are in use on hundreds of farms in New Zealand. They are considered great savers of labour, and no farmer should be without one of their Horse Hoes. Dunedin, — Advb.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2253, 6 May 1897, Page 15
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138THE LABOUR MARKET. Otago Witness, Issue 2253, 6 May 1897, Page 15
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