LABOR MARKET.
Mr Sydney Davios roport3 : — Wago3 — Day labor, 63 to Ss ; couples, L7O to LBS ; ploughmen, 203 to 2os ; farm hands, 17s (Jd to 25s ; pardoneM, 20s to 30s ; grooms, men 25s to 30s, youngsters los ; out-door eookg, 25s and oOs. Drivers-out — Men, 25s upwards ; youngsters, 12s Gd and los ; milkera and knockabouts, los and 20s. Boys — Town, 5s to 103 ; country. 7s to los. Female day labor, 3s to os ; housekeepers, L 45 to L 55 ; cooks, L4O to L(io ; laundresses, L 35 to LSO ; housemaids, 12s b'd to 16s ; general sen-ants, 9s to Us ; nursemaids, Ba, 9s, and 10s ; generally usef uls, 5s to Bs. |Bt Telegraph.]
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2814, 29 September 1883, Page 2
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110LABOR MARKET. Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2814, 29 September 1883, Page 2
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