LABOR MARKET.
Mr Sydney Davios roports : — Wages — Day labor, 7s and 8s ; farm conples, LOO to L 7 5; station couples, L 65 to LBS ; ploughmen, 22s 6d and 255; farm hands, 20s and 22s Gd; gardeners, 253 upwards ; milker 3 and knockabouts, los ; boys, country, 8s to los ; town, 5s to 123 6d; groom 3, men, 25s to 303; youngsters, 17s Od ; drivers-out, los, 20s and 255, according to aga ; counter hands, all prices ; female day labor, 3s to 53 : housekeepers, L 45 and L 52 ; cooks, L 36 to L 5 2; honaemaids, 12s 8d to 16s ; goneral servants, 9s to 15s ; nnrsegirls, 7s and 9s ; generally usefuls, 5s to Bs.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2766, 4 August 1883, Page 2
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113LABOR MARKET. Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2766, 4 August 1883, Page 2
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