THE LABOUR MARKET.
John Skene and Son iepo:t under dale June P a-8 follows: — We are able to report this week that ploughmen are gsttirg more plentiful; milkers are •still sea.roe; demand ke?ps up for all classes of workers. We quote wages as follows: — •Leading ploughmen and wag^on©r3, 255; good farm and 6tatiou ploughmen, 225, 22s 6d; cooks •e.ed bakers, 255; camp cooks, 20s gardeners' milkers, 255; milkers and farm worker?, 17s 6d, 20s; station blacksmiths. 30s ; farm, aud statio 1 couples, £65 to £S0; poisoners, l7s Gd, others Id per skin and poison, ifeiul lad.s, 12^ Gd, 15s; hotel porters, 17s lid, shepherds, £55 to £60; labourer!, 7s; housskeepcrs, 15s.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2569, 10 June 1903, Page 30
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111THE LABOUR MARKET. Otago Witness, Issue 2569, 10 June 1903, Page 30
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