THE LABOUR MARKET.
John Skene aiid Son report under date Feb-
ilin-y 9 as fo I lor.'s: — Tin's market bcops in sriiiidid t'-ne, a lcnl gco-1 dtmind prpvaihrg fcr all c'a ~,cs of fnm and station woikcir. Gcod u-sful haiveit hards are f<uriy plentiful a^'l can b? secuied at short notice at current rvAos. '\\'a*cs rule as follows — Haivcbters, 30 i pci iveckT or 9d and 101 per hour, com.uct stocking and foiking, 3s 6d to 4s acre; plorg i-mc-'i veiy scarce, .at 22s 6d, 255. with £1 to ±10 'bonus ; flaxmill hands, 6s, 7s, per day: cookvbakers, 255, 30s; -thveblung null hands, 9 1 per hear; milkers, 17s 6.3, 203 ; Nation b:-.sk=mH^3, 30s, v.-aggo. i eis, 30s; fencers, C£s ; poi&oners, 22s 6d. _
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Otago Witness, Issue 2604, 10 February 1904, Page 20
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123THE LABOUR MARKET. Otago Witness, Issue 2604, 10 February 1904, Page 20
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