LABOR MARKET.
Mr Sydney Dories reports -. — Wages — Day lal>or, Hi to 0* ; farm and station couples, L7O to LOO ; shepherds (with dogs), LOS to LOO ; ploughmen, '203 to 2">3 ; farm hands, 20s and '.223 lid ; out-door cook 3, 27s to 40s ; grooms, men 2"v and 30s ; youngsters, 15s to 20s ; boys, country, 8s to 153 j town, 5.s to 1-3 ; milkers and knockabouts, 153 to 203 ; female day labor, 33 to 5s ; housekeepers, LlO to L 52 ; cooks, L 35 to L 5 5; housemaids, L3O to L4O ; general servants, 9s to Us ; nursemaids, 8s to 10a ; geno-
ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION. [see advertisements.] 'This Day. By Messrs Maclean aud Stewart, at thoir Yards, at eleven o'clock — Horses, Drays, Show Privileges, etc. By Messrs R. Turnbull and Son, at their Rooms, at twolvo o'clock — Produce, Plasterer's Plant, otc. By Messrs William Collins and Co., at thoir Rooms, at one o'clock — Produco, etc.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2832, 20 October 1883, Page 2
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153LABOR MARKET. Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2832, 20 October 1883, Page 2
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