DUNEDIN LABOUR MARKET.
Under date of tli$ j 12th instant, Mr John Skene reports as follows;: “From the fact of'several ships having lately arrived from Home .with emigrants, and sundry accessions from Melbourne ana the Australian Colonies, one would expect that the great demand for servants of all kinds would be appeased. But no, they are still coming, and there is room and work for more. It is much to be regretted that so many willing hands have been held back, and are now lying under that dread signal, the yellow flag. Great care will in future be taken in the arrangements regarding forwarding people to this place. The English shippers might well take a lesson from their Scotch friends in Glasgow. Supply and demand are pretty equal at present, except in the female department. We cannot get half enough of nice, tidy, sensible girls for household duties. Wages run nearly as follows; Boys and girls, from 5s to 8s and 10s per week; general servants, about £4O; experienced conks and barmaids, £52 ; farm servants, £55, —if married, £6O and upwards ; shepherds, same ; Tradesmen—masons 14s, carpenters 12s to 14s per day, and fully employed ; day labourers get 8s readily, and plenty of work.”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 227, 17 March 1874, Page 5
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203DUNEDIN LABOUR MARKET. Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 227, 17 March 1874, Page 5
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