The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-10

brought in daning the week ending with the nth
was IL 28l ounces, worth about f40 900.
The total amount of gold exported from the single
O. s sa aS up to the 18th OF September mas
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The deserti0n OF ships crews the moment they
reached Sydney was q great evil which prevented
many ships from again putting to sea- The Herald
recommends English ship-owners to only engage sea-
men for the voyage to Sydney and not, as has usual
~ been the case, for the voyage out and home. 1t
may be said to be impossible to keep seamen bound
by articles giving wages OF f2 or f3 per month,
when the average wages OF the port of Sydney are
f10 to fl2. The seamen must be released, and re-
engaged at the current wages, otherwise they will
run away to the g0ldfelds.
The gold fever at Sydney has attacked people far
above the rank OF laborers reports of large Jumps
having been found, the value OF which amounted, in
one instance, to 1000, has held out such induce
ments to gold seekers, that even up to the present
time clerks frequently leave their employment to
Join in the search, and one or two barristers have
also left.
The bark Speed arrived at Sydney, from San Fran
Cisco, on the 10th September. Among the passen'
gers were the California mnstrels known as the
ethiopian Serenaders."
At sale of real estate in Brentwood, on the 18th
September, nine allotments sold for f2OS This was
at the rate of over f45 per acre.
The ship Merlin arrived at Victoria on the l1th
September from Liverpool, with about four hundred
passengers all in good health and spirits.
The Sud,ey Herald has been furnished with the
rates OF wages at Sydney, by the employers in each
department. as being there actually paid, and every
means has been used to avoid eXaggeraton. We
make the following extract from the tabular state
ment:-
Stone receive S. to 8s Cd per day carpenters
and oiners Is. to 9s. spadesmen and inferior
building aborers 5s TO 6s painters and GLACIERS, 8s Cd.
9s brckmakers, 18s. to 20 per thousand carriers
and draymcn 15s to 2Os per day 1t is stated by the
leading architects and contractors that hardly third
of the employed in Sydney effective or fairly
entitled to than half Of the wages demanded OF
them Most of the best aborers in the building depart.
pents are IN the gold fields.
MARKETS
SYDNEY N. s. W.. Sept 49, 1852.
Importers have been pushing sales rather freely and
the trade has declined operating to any extent fearing
cessve importatons to which they led by the very
Law arrivals during the fore part of the present month
Imporat0ns sufficiently heavy to check speculative
operations but the present month closes many WI
have cause 10 regret having allowed some most tempting
chances 10 pass them There is now large trade DONG
and as the summer season advances and the goads dry
mp we shall have very brisk business going forward
meet which the trade svery barely stocked and although
offered seasonabc goods at uodeate rates refuses
purchase except to supply actual enciency Tea has
been offered at low rates. and although suffering f0r
some time past from scarcity of fine teas when offered,
sales were with difficulty effected. Sugars have also
manned unnoticed though offered at rates which, under
present high duties must be considered low We could
never anticipate great disncinaton on the part oil
the trade to lay in stock when the prospect OF summer
declared dividend Of twelve and half per cent per
To meet the wishes of successful gold dggers there
is be weekly sale of crown lands at Adelaide. Fe
males of good conduct obtain ready and remunerave
employment in every department. First rate needle wo
men earn ut piece work from 81 los to 81 D. per week
Ordinary sempsrcsses receive from los to los per week.
at day work and have all their meals provided for them
House servants obtain from GA to ESQ per annum.