THE LABOUR MARKET.
Mr Ske.vjb tepo its under date June 7 :— Prospects are encouraging. Wo had aupther red-letter week in Dunedin. Farmers ftDd their lady friends made town lively and business brisk. Demand improve*
for farm hands and draught horses— especially horse 3 : proof positive that farmers are in good heart. Labour benefits as well and town geta a lift. Wages : Couples, .£6O to £70 ; shepherds, £52 ; cooks, 20s ; ploughmen, 17s 6d and 20s ( grooms, 15a ; gardeners, 20s and 253 ; dairy hands, 10s, 12s 6d, 153, and 17s 6d ; small boys, 5s to 10s j bushmen, Qs 6d per cord.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 16
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100THE LABOUR MARKET. Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 16
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