COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE labor market. Mr. Henry Macintosh reports for the week ending 31st January, as follows The demand in the labor market has been very "rtrat fluxing the week. Large nnmbera of mate and female servants havt; fotuut cmployment, and the demand is ytitt tneveasui'». The supply, however, is so great on account of the members enruirv; into the country that orders are tilted up as soon as they are booked. Tltc great triflnx. of immigrants has reduced the wages. the fanners preferring the new nrrivata, who are of a much better stamp lately, and are satisfied with. less money than the old hands. Rates of wages for domestic unchanged. Good experienced servants atIH get good wages. No fixed rate for harvesters as yet. AUCTIONEER'S REPORT. Mr. George Greenfield reports that he held a sale of cheese, colonial wine, furniture. &©.. at his mart to-day, at 12 o'clock. The attendance was* fair, bat the bidding was very dall. A little of the cheese was disposed of at 7d per tb; wine, —-± per case . furniture at fair rates. DCNEDIN. [aT TEL-EtiKAFJI.] * January 30. ■Wheat 4s 6<3 to 4s Od ; fowls' do. 3s 3d to 1* 7d- oatff, I» 8d to Is 10d ; mil fine. 2s : batleyv 5a to 5a 6ct; feed, 3i to 3s fid; potatoes. L 4 to L 4 !os. according to nuaFrty; new round do, 13 tOn: ha}, L.4 ; chaff. L 3 las ; straw. L2 ; bran, L 4 ; pollanl, L 5; Hoar, large sacks. Lit to Ltl iOs, oatmeal. LI I 5s ; peart barley. L2t> : omons, 10s; old cheese, 7*l: new do. bd to Wri: bacon, rolled, • hams » 10 * a ; I >rtmc tat beef, 22s j mutton. I Jd. AUCKLAND. [BY •rat.ECTRAFEE.j January 30. New wheat ia coming forward. It is in bad condition, being threshed too early and millers decline to give more than 4s bd per bushel. The grain is rapidly declining-, and will soon touch tts old price. AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. [EY cabul] Sydney. January 30. HennesayV brandy (ease), one star, 3*>ss: three star, 43s ; quarters, 1 Is; kerosene, diamond. USd : DevoeV Is Od: Patna nee, L2l 10s ; Raven twist tobacco. Is id ; Mtgar Company's No. 1 pieces. LtO: candles, -IXJ.S.. sd to 8-|d ; maize, 2s bd; New Zealand wheat. 4s to 4s Krt: Adelaide do, 5s to Sb (Jtl ; AdeWde 1 flonr, Ll2 10a to LI3. Adelaide, January 3U. Flour. LlO 10s, firm.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1183, 31 January 1880, Page 2
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