COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1056, 8 September 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

.WTt' >SKMi'.« RKmRT. Mr, T. lE. f'.ri'wn rrporfct holding » sate of tli.- fnvliinci- of Kmsli*'* bankrupt stock ot draprey, &«.» oti Satan lay, ftth in»t. Th« attendance was good, and fair prices were realised. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr.. EL Mackintosh reports for the week ending A«g<wt 23rd. a* follows :—Business in the tabor market is mtteh improved, the demand for servants for town and eoantry being pretty general, and as the times arc improving and the season advancing the demand will increase. <Jwr recent shipment of emijeranfc*. per ship. Xetson, seem to be a better selection tharithoneof any of the former vessels. at teast those that have come to this district, so that now all classes can be supplied j and although wages are very much lower than, they were last year at this time, the more sensible see that owing to the bad times wagws were bound to come down. Ratea of wages as fonows-—Shepherds, Lfkt to L 7© ; couples. Cf> - station cooks. 25s to 27s ; contract do. for shearers, 9» Sd to tOn ; musterers 35a to *M)» ; ploughmen, 22s Hd x general farm hands, t-"s to 2fX»: general servants. L3O to 1.30 r ordinary, L-1 to L.li >; housemaids. 13* to Iss; waitresses, tUs to Its ; laundresses, Ms to I 5« ; female cooks, I'flw to 25s ; nttrse girts, 7s to lftJ: waiters and barmen, 25» to 30a; billiard markers,, 30s. _ THE LONPOS WOOL SALES. [ST t'A&'Ut.J VVrttiso-TOS, Sept. 8. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date London, Sept. 4, aa follows vVooi market.—Superior greasy naa advanced id to Id per tt>- Crosa-breda wens ttnuhJWJLjttil* Up- to date I5w»000 bales been sold. 18.000 bi*fes have been withdrawn during the paat sales.