Great disappointment has, says the YVaUato “Times,’’ been occasioned to men who. enticed by an article in one of our contemporaries that harvesters were in demand round Ohaupo at 3s per day, have come ’nto the district to yet work. We were informed by a leading faimer that there would be no scarcity of funis for harvesting in that district, as there were a ' good many now willing to work for £1 per week and their tucker, while any number of Maoris could be obtained at less than this. We would recommend those nv n who have come up with the idea of getting 8s per day to get iid of the idea at once, and if tjje.v do not wi-h to get “left'’ to be content with the wage above mentioned, which «ill be about; the ruling one in this district this season.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAN18900125.2.18
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 440, 25 January 1890, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
144Untitled Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 440, 25 January 1890, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in