Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. LABOUR REPORT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1829, 27 March 1884, Page 2

Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. LABOUR REPORT.

R. M. Hkighton and Co., Central Chambers, opposite T. and S. Morrin & Co.'s., 177, Queen-street, Auckland, report :— Business has been as usual. Employers can always rely upon us procuring good men and women servants, as we now nave to be very careful in our selection. Wo also wish to mention to the unemployed that we charge no fees, only commission on completion of engagement, and also we register their names free of any expense. We supply agreements to the satisfaction <if both parties, thereby saving disputes. Engagements during the past week : — Farm hands, wages as usual ; general hands at miscellaneous wages ; boys and youths at current wages ; women servants are still engaged at high wages, and they are in great demand. We have numbers of general hands waiting employment. GRASS SHED. The Canterbury Times of the 15th inst. reports : — Farmers are too busy to give much attention to rye-grass at the moment, and consequently few lots have lately been brought forward. The demand, however, is not prisk, most of the seed purchased passing into stock. The quantity required for the autumn sowing has been most disappointing this season, hence the lower prices obtainable. Much of the seed offered has been discoloured and dirty, and only fit for the market after undergoing a thorough dressing in town. Growers as a rule have only a hazy idea of the foreign matter, dust, and dirt that can be taken out of rye-grass by specially constructed machinery, and it would be of infinite advantage to them if they were to pay a visit to some of the cleaning establishments in town, and "just look at this " — the farmer's maniple, and then "just look at that" — the clean seed coming out of the spout of the machine. Their enlightenment would also be further heightened by an inspection of the refuse extracted. Consumers are now, from experience, more careful in selecting clean, well-grown parcels for laying down permanent pasture, and are not bo ready as in dtiys gone by to take anything so long as the purchase was influenced by the one recommendation of cheapness. Prices for farmers' dressed stand at 2s fld to 3s 3d ; and for best descriptions, 3s Gd to 3s 9d. In cocksfoot business has been more frequent within the last week. This applies more particularly to lots subject to delivery during the next few days. Fair sales have transpired at 3gd to 3^. The seed received up to date lias been of very unequal quality. Many lots are disfigured by the presence of fog and goose grass, besides being rather damn. The bulk of the samples this year have been cut on the green side.