THE LABOR MARKET.
•One of the leading tradesmen, and most substantial citizens of Wellington, informs us that there -are very erroneous notions current among some self-constituted " working men's friends" respecting the nature of the present -demand for labour. Our informant tells U9 that at the present time labour is very difficult to obtain. He lately tried to get a few men for bush work in the Manawatu district, and finding he could not get them anywhere, arranged with a small contractor, who picked them up one by one, charging extreme rates for their services, ana himself paying the men 98 a day each. We have been further told by those who were themselves working men at regular employment, that there were none to be had, that the only persons to be go* were publichouse loafers, who would not move from the hotels as long as they could pay for a little more beer. Working men themselves also expressed the opinion ttiat it wculd be better that immigration should be resumed, because then men with capital would begin big jobs and there would be a constant demand for labor. — Post.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 79, 15 March 1883, Page 3
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189THE LABOR MARKET. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 79, 15 March 1883, Page 3
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