COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THFI LABOR MARKET. Mr. £t. Mackintosh roports foe tfui week omliny March E teh, ns follows Business in tlits labor mai'kwt has slightly nnprovKtt. All ulastwt* of servants art? passing ©lf ftmsty. 'l'lui ilotiuviii! for ploughmen ia no# so great tut it) will bo in anothiwwtHsfe.. as thrashing ami nfcat:liing of straw am in full swing,. ami will noli bo fitiitthcd for a couplo of weuits* th« rnturn to th« f»rm«r nod buing at alt so- bad as was anticipated, and being ia iv jivvnt many caws greatly abovw expectations. Business in town hn» improved very much this week. business places of all descriptions having plenty to do. Rates of wages— Couples, LT.I to LlM>; shepherds and plough nion, C.HO, tWJv <m»«4 L7O: ilay fubotv H»„ t>s, mul tOs ; cooky, boots, an<t waiters. -On tc -Kin ; grooms, Sfis t station. cooks,. 28# i or dinary girls, IGs. t-s. 15» t upper etas#* 30* to ,'Hte : boys and girls, &> to £2sl milkers, l.m t(i -S».
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 908, 14 March 1879, Page 2
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166COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 908, 14 March 1879, Page 2
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