THE LABOR MARKET.
THE “LABOR JOURNAL’S” REPORT.
[Press Association.]
WELLINGTON, Jan. 18. There is (says the “Labor Journal” /for January) practically little or no demand, locally for unskilled labor, but 'the call for experienced farm workers, milkers, and ploughmen in the country at present exceeds the supply. In many cases men used to this class of work decline to take it up, owing to the long hours worked. No difficulty has been experienced in placing suitable men on road and railway works, and now that the (harvest is (about to start there should be no lack or employment for those willing to go into the country. A large number of new arrivals applied for work and the majority were assisted to work in different parts of tlio Dominion. During the period just ended •the Department Bias found" empfoyment for 45 married and 149_jsingle men, with 106 dependents, on private and public works. The majority of those engaged were sent to private employment, in addition seven wives, with 15 children, were sent to join tlieir husbands in work.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2403, 19 January 1909, Page 5
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177THE LABOR MARKET. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2403, 19 January 1909, Page 5
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