THE LABOUR MARKET.
■■- Messrs France/' Jenkins, and France, report vrages :— Uarpanters, 10s j bricklayers and plasterers, lls to 12s ; painters and glaziers, 8s to 10s ; plumbers and gas fitters, Bs* to Us •;-quarrymen. 8s to 9s ; flay labour, Ss j black* smith.s, 8.3 -to 10s ; bakers, L 2 toL3 ; draymen, L2t6lJ2 10s; storeme'n, 35s to 50s ; gardeners 7s to 8s ; milkmen, 25 to 30s j hotelmen, barmen, and night ; porters, 25a to 40s ; .waiters, boots, and kitchenmen, 20s to 30s • cooks, 30<? to 50s ; grooms, 25s to 35.3; housemaids, 12s to 16s ; general S9rvants, 12s to 14s jnureemaids^Sa to--10s; laundresses, 4s per day ; bar* maids, 30s to 40s j boys, 7s 6d to 15s. Female servants not quite so scarce. Couples £60 to £75 .; • .';•:..
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 78, 24 February 1883, Page 2
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124THE LABOUR MARKET. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 78, 24 February 1883, Page 2
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