LABOUR REPORT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1773, 15 November 1883, Page 2

LABOUR REPORT.

R. M. Hoighton and Co., 177,^ Qucanfltroet, repoit for the wook:— The two events of tho week, tlio Agricultur.il Association's exhibition, and the holidays m commomor.ition of the l>i nice of Wales' Birthday, may in some measure account for a slight depletion in the labour market. Moie settled weather will, lio\ve\er, no doubt have a good effect, and next w oek we may confidently hope foi a move in the right direction. Illinois a fail call fiom country employers, with a liberal figure for wages. Women servants —theie is a brisk call for good general* and cooks, housemaids, nui<segnls«, and barmaids we can supply plentifully. Women .servants hesitate about country places, probably prefoiing tho city until aftei Christmas. Some good engagements may, however, bo made. Business done during the week is as under : Couples, LOO to LB5; dairymen, L75 to LlOO ; station hands, L4O to Lf)o ; ploughmen, L5O to LO5 ; geneial faun hands, 15s to 25s ; labouioih, (is to !K ; carpenters, Ss to 10s ; bricklayers, 10s to ll.s ; grooms, 20s to 25s;gardeneis, L5O to LlOO ; diapers, 40s to fiOs ; shop hands, 15s to 30-, ; gioceis, 20s to 40s ; genei.il servants, Ss to L")s ; waiters, 20* to 25s ; housckeepeis, Lfjo to LHO ; clerks, LlO to LL00; housemaids, 10, to 12s. Meclianics can l>e easily provided foi. Carpenters well supplied, and painters plentiful. TCmplojTis will do well by forwarding us then oidoi eaily, and thus take the oppoituuity of lwiMiig their wants supplied without delay.