THE LABOUR MARKET.
Messrs France > Jenkins, and France,; report wages :— Oarpanters, 10s ; bricklayara and plasterers, lls. to 12s j painters and glaziers, 8s to 10b ; plumbers and gasfitters, 8s to T lls ; quarrymen. 8s to 9a'; 4ay labour, 8a ; blacky smiths, 8s to 10s ; bakers, L 2 to L 3 ;' drjxymen, L 2 to L' 2 10s ; sfcoremen, 35s to 50s ; gardeners 7s to 8s ; milkmen,' 25 to 30s ; hotelmen, barmen, and night poi'ters, 25b to 40a ; waiters, boots, and kitchenmen, 20s to 30s ; cook 9, 30s to 50s ; grooms, 25s to 355; housemaids, 12s to 16s ;• general servants, 12s to 143 j nursemaids, 8s to 10s ; laundresses, 4s per ■ day ; T)armaids, 30s to 40s j boys,. 7s 6d^to 15s. Female servants hot quite ?so Sbarce. Couples £60 to £75. !
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 76, 22 February 1883, Page 2
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130THE LABOUR MARKET. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 76, 22 February 1883, Page 2
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