THE UNEMPLOYED.
The Labour Market. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Napibr, Dec. 24. Great complaints are made by farmers and ruuholders of the scarcity of labour. : (Post.) As a envious commentary on the alleged scarcity of employment m Canterbury we may mention that no fewer than 30 men who were working for one contractor on the WellingtonMaimwatu Railway, left him on Saturday night for Christchurch to take work m the Canterbury district. These men were receiving 8s a day on the Wellington contract.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 24, 27 December 1883, Page 3
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81THE UNEMPLOYED. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 24, 27 December 1883, Page 3
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