SKENE'S LABOR EXCHANGE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 358, 23 May 1874, Page 2

SKENE'S LABOR EXCHANGE.

' DUNEDIN, May 21, fc Everything in', "our Dunetlin ' labor 'market . seems ' very ' healthy : that is to say, there is I plenty of work. and fair pay for stood And willp ing hiinds. We are blessed with a goodly nuui-, her of loafeis nt present, hut they wiU'cuine ■ and go. Dull , times -onr labor market has- got " a goo-l name sill' over tho'woild now. Many "> Oalifornians are enquiring about our wages and ; hours ; some Scandinavians thtre are likely fo be - here soon. We are very short. of good p'onsth- . men, and.wijlbe ; for unless we,rear them here, ) the old country cannot help us, but tetter far j to lub along as we can than get such unsuitable . people as came by the Asia. Mistresses i:i town " and country'are'almost despairing about getting ■"' 'Sfffvant gii-Is. '" " These gii'ls do persist in getting " ~niiir?iea7" mnjsß"~arrTnjoTtr us rouovs cur this week: General servants,- E35 -to L 45, and up to L 52 ; barmaids, 3!K per week : ploushmen, LCO and L 65 : married folJcs set' from' LSO , to L9O s giudeneis get L{3s and L7O and found : ' yvungsters are all at work : day laborers are getting Is. per hour : ' qaarrymen,' 9s. to 11a. 3 per day. < Messrs Deiver, Stewart^ astd Co, report as follows, for the w^ek ending M^y 20th :—: — Faf'Cattle'.— A. very full supply of 140 head was yarded at the weakly ' market, a ' a large portion of which was of ordinary toinferi6r quality. The whole, however, were .taken by* the trade at prices' equal>to our quotations for prime qua'ity, The largeuumbersi coming forward may .be accounted for from the fact that the grass is failing in some . • partp of the district, and-consequently 'holders are anxious to dispose of their stock before, ' they fall of further in- condition: ' We. sold at I the yards 80 head, and have placed 40^for r private 'delivery. ' * We quote really" prime- ' quality at 235- t0, 25s per lOQlbs,; ordinaryj ' I7sio 18s.' '„ , . ■: 5 ' -Fat Sheep. — About .1500. were penned, consisting of-ordinary quality merjno wethers, . ' 'a few merino ewes', and some good quality 1 cross-bredsi „ Of i the former, on^y, about $50 >' [were sold from 7^6d ,to.9s, -and 350. cr^ss5 breds were placed at 12s 3d to 13s, the ance being turned out. . .We quote prime' 3 cross-bred mutton , at 2J jmerinoes, 24d. We ?: sold 300 at the yards, and have placed 400 forward- delivery. .r . , , ;, -/„ „.■! Store Cattle. — There is a.goo^ demand for. quiet .grown steers and spayed heifers for paddock . feeding, übu.t very fejtMaa%- offering. ! : Three to five year, old steers are saleable at 3 from £4 to £5 { ccwa^rom- 1&2 ids 'iio'£s-iis ; - mixed herds at from ;02 -to~ £3 10s. We •have sold during "the- week iabout IGohead;at r 'J quotations.. • ,-. , ~.i '■ i< ; , ■,-:qr< i.j . - Store Sheep,-fWeiaveanißeronß buyers' for young merino ewes and. wethers, > and- 4i ' airid 6 / tooth ,cwsß-breds,r,;bub .as- there 'are. ; very few offering,' transactions , have, .been,' I limited,- W t e have sold dunngithe- week < at our quotations, 6000 of- .various sorts. We :': ' quote-merino «w6s, ,2, 4,, and 6-tootih, at from 7s 6d to 9s -; do wethers, at from 6s' to 7b 6d; crbss-breds, 4 apd 6-tooth, •9s to 10s j do 2- • tooth, 8s to 9s. Wiool. — We .have no further, intelligence frothj tiie'Kome market sinee H the date of our ' last. We held a sale this afternoon, when 135 bales' were submitted. • O^d lots were fairly competed for, and fetched full market . value ; but the larger parcels were not in request, and consequently passed^n. ' ' Sheepskins.— -Oonsideriug the depression ! in the wool • market, the prices realised for ■ skins at auction to-day may be looked upon as v,ery satisfactory!- We sold 1200 skins i at prices as follows : — Butchers' green skins i —merinos, la 9d to 2s 4d ; "cross-breeds, 2s 9d to 3s' ld ; dry -station skins, at Is tifk to - 4s 3d, according to .quality. ' i Hides. — We had a considerable number for offer, but postponed the sale of them- till nert week i TaUow. — 35 casks medium to prime mixed tallow were on view, but owing to the absence of several Tegular buyers were passed in, and will be offered on Wednesday next. Grain. — The demand for wheat has somewhat slackened, and there ds a difficulty in effecting sales at late rates: We have, however, no alteration' to note in quotations, which are from 4s 9d-t6 5s for good to superior samples. Oats are in good request, at from' 4s Id to 4s 2d for fair feeding, and 4s 3d to 4s 4d for prime milling, Prime sam-_ pies of barley are saleable at from 5s to 5s 6d.