THE LABOUR MARKET.
Messrs France > Jenkins, and France, report wages : — Carpenters, 10s ; bricklayers and plasterers, Us, to 12s; painters and glaziers, 8s to 10s ; plumbers and gasfitters, Bs, to I.ls ; quarrymen. 8s to 9s ; iay labour, 7s to ßs; black* smiths, 8s to 10s ; bakers, L 2 to L 3 ; dn»ymen, L 2 to L 2 10s ; storemen, 35s to 50s ; gardeners 7s to 8s ; milkmen, 20s to 30s ; hotelmen, barmen, and night porters, 25a to 40s ; waiters boots, and kitchenmen, 15s to 35* ; cooks, 30s to 50s ; "rooms, 25s to 355; housemaids, 12s to 15s ; general servants, 10s to • 14s ; nursemaids, 5s to 8s ; laundresses, 4s to 5s per day ; barmaids, 25s to 35s ; boys, 5s to 12s 6d. Female servants scarce. Couples £60 to £80. Female cooks for hotels, 25s lo 35s ; for private tamiles 16s to 18e.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 38, 20 March 1883, Page 2
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140THE LABOUR MARKET. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 38, 20 March 1883, Page 2
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