LABOUR MARKET.-JUNE 7,1883.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 7, 8 June 1883, Page 18

LABOUR MARKET.- JUNE 7, 1883.

P. M. Gbaht and Co., Labour Agents, report for the week end. ing 7th June as follows : — •' The demand for all classes of servants continues firm, and, from present appearances, hands are likely to be very scarce when the busy spring season opens. At present the demand is much greater than at tbe corresponding season of last year. Our engagements for the week have" been— lo pick and shovel men, 7s, 8s ; 2 quarrymen, 9s ; 1 carpenter, 8s ; 2 blacksmiths, 10s, not found ; blacksmith and carpenter, station, 30a ; 2 grooms, milk, 15s, 20s ; 6 general farmhands, 10s, 20s ; 3 boys, 7s, 10s j 4 hotelmen, 15s, 25s ; 1 station, cook, 25s per week and found ; 1 shepherd, £60 ; 2 couples, £70, £75 ; 3 ploughmen, £52, 2 at £60, per annum and found. Female servants for town and hotels are in better supply, but for country service they are still very scarce. We have engaged 8 waitresses. Housemaids, general servants, 10s, 12s, 15s, 20s ; 2 cooks, 255 ; 2 barmaids, 20s, 255 ; 2 nursegirls, ss, 10s ; 6 farm girls, £30 to £40 ; 2 housekeepers, £36, £52 per annum.