The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 82
VIII.—The Labour Question
VIII.—The Labour Question.
Thanks to the industry of the natives of this group, the labour difficulty does not assume by any means an acute phase. The Rarotongans have passed a law excluding all foreign labour—the evident intention being to secure a continuance of high wages to themselves. The usual charge for a day's work here is 8s., but this is by no means invariably maintained.