DUNEDIN LABOUR MARKET.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 241, 23 June 1874, Page 6

DUNEDIN LABOUR MARKET.

Mr John Skene, of the Dunedin Labour Exchange, reports as follows for the week ending June 18 : “ Everything in the labour market is very active this week. Any. quantity of new arrivals, a good proportion of whom are very unsuitable for Otago, but now that they are come, we must get them placed somqwherc. Some of the shipments lately dropped among us are pretty good customers to the police. It is just as well that such, for their own good, as well as others, should know that our police system is fully equal to the occasion. It is to be hoped we will not hear more of bad immigrants for many a year to come. We do not want any more of the free emigration business; sending people hero for nothing is not valued by the subjects themselves. If it is actually put a stop to, we may well be thankful. We want people here who can act independently ; and there are a good few such arriving, who take the right plan by shouldering their swags, and fossicking for themselves, without spending tiaic and money in Dunedin. Wages are still steady at old rates, and figures are almost the same as last month. Employers often get new chums at low rates, but as soon as ‘ Sandy’ or ‘ Pat’ finds out the top wage, he too often demands it, whether up to ‘scratch’ or no. Females still hold the reins of government, which is very pleasant, no doubt, if they would only have a little consideration in using their power.” ..