T he Cape.
THE LAB Uk MARKET DE■■■v PRESSED.
Captain Kelly, of the British King, informed the Wellington papers that the labour market at the Cape (where the eteutner called) was m a very depressed condition. JS umbers of men stopped Mm m the streets asking him to let them woik their passages to .New Zealand. The diamond-fields wore also m a depressed condition owing, Captain Kelly was toUi, to tie operations of a " ring" formed to keep down the price of diamonds.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 90, 22 March 1883, Page 2
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83The Cape. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 90, 22 March 1883, Page 2
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