THE LABOR MARKET.
To the Editor.
Sir, —In reply to " Inquirer's" letter in last night's Star, I beg to say that I can at any timo supply him and his " first-class farmer " friends with constant work as farm servants, at fully higher wages than have yet been current in Otago. There is no excuse for any first-class farm hand hanging about town, gambling and losing time. As to married people, I sympathise with them, and never miss an opportunity of showing up the great financial mistake made by farmers, &c, in not providing cottager for useful rising families on their holdings ; but the evil will remedy itself without the help of " Inquirer " or the writer; so "Inquirer" hs,d better delay "destroying his offspring." Referring to carpenters, my quotatien last week —''carpenters, masons, and bricklayers, 10s to 16s per day " —still holds good. If "Inquirer " wishes more information, I am always at his service, but respectfully decline replying to or taking notice of any further anonymous letters.—l am, &c,
John Skene.
Dunedin, September 21,
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Evening Star, Issue 3924, 21 September 1875, Page 3
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173THE LABOR MARKET. Evening Star, Issue 3924, 21 September 1875, Page 3
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