NOTABILIA.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 230, 7 February 1885, Page 5

NOTABILIA.

The Hon., Mr (Baljance, paid a visit to Voll•bracbt'B Tobacco .Company, and .expressed his pleasure at t lie success of the undertaking. liAßor/Bt REPQKT-r-B. M. Heighten & Co., 177, Queen-street, Auckland, report for, the week:— Of men' servants ' w« have a good supply. Engage-ments—Farm-hands',' 15s to 20s; cooks, 20a to 50s •waiters and hotel hands, 15a to 30s ; , bakera, 30s to 42s ; others nt. current rates; married couples, £65 and found to £75; The supply of women servants is alow ; > firatfclHss servants hi demand, and a fair supply and /^demand for married couples. Engagements— Generals, ro~itb~lsa: housemaids, 10s to 12s j cooks, 15s to 255; housekeepers, 12s o 20a ; governesseg, £30 to £65 per annum. N.B — Complaints have arisen by respectable women servants as to the rough accommodation provided in country bouses, many refusing country situations. Employers would find it to their advantage to accommodate respectable servants by providing suitable apartment provision, and gaiuiug their services at a reduced salary. Emile Gabovian has obtained the distinguished honour of pi-o?iding literary relaxation for Prince Bismark. . ■ The man of iron delights to study the creations of .this brilliant French novelist, whose life-like . creations are vastly superior to the degrading realisms of Zola. The. latter seems to have found an English imitator in George Moore, ■whose, "Mummer's" Wife " is realistic in the fullest sense. Other interesting books are "A Roman Singer," by Crawford ; (i John Bull's Womankind " and kC A Drawn Game," by Basil ; " Doctor Jacob," by Miss Edwards; "Doris," "Judith Shakespeare," &c, &c. These can all be had at the Exchange Library, corner of Queen and Durham-streets.