HIGH WAGES.
EARNED BY RABBITERS. Tales of the sensational wages earn- ' ed by rahbiters in Southland are coming to hand (says the Invorcargill correspondent of the "Otago Daily , Times*''). Two men in the Birehwood district are making from £-1 to £s' a day. The catches in these cases average 1">0 per day. and the supply does not seem to be diminishing. Rabbits have multiplied rapidly in the province dnnng the past year or two owing to the scarcity of labour, so that, those engaged now have a rich harvest. .Skins of good quality are worth 9d on an average, and it is understood that a rise of -o per cent, will take place before the season closes. However, the rahbiters have to work hard for their money, and the present weather condition are anything but conducive to Comfortable life. In many cases also they have to provide their own means of sending the rabbits to the market. and farmers have been known to ask bonuses.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 2 July 1919, Page 4
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