LABOR IN GISBORNE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2432, 22 February 1909, Page 6

LABOR IN GISBORNE.

MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORT, The report of the local branch oi the Labor Department lor the month of January is as under: — Trade during the month may be described as decidedly quiet. Shopkeepers generally report tnat the amount ol easiness done was considerably ie.s than usual for the time of the year. The carpentering and bricklaying trades are -also quiet, anil a number of carpenters are out of employment. The painting trade also shows a decided falling-off since last report, and there are now at least five journeymen out of work. Tailors, dressmakers, milliners, etc., are all iairiy busy, -ami all the hands'are fully employed. A number of firms have worked considerable overtime during the month. Butter and cheese-making is still satisfactory, although the continued dry weather is beginning to affect the supply. Building trades: Bricklaying quiet, although there arc no journeymen unemployed .at present. Carpentery and joinery quiet .and a number of journeymen unemployed. Painting very quiet; there are a number of journeymen idle, and prospects for the immediate future do not look too bright'. Plastering—Although there is very little going on at present, no idle men are reported. Plumbing and gasfitting fairly busy, and all hands employed. Woodworking trades: Cabinetmaking and upholstering—Trade has been very quiet, and unless it improves immediately there will be a number of journeymen out of employment. Engineering trades fairly busy, and all hands fully employed. Leather trades: Bootmaking (repair shops) busy; all hands fully em - ployed. Saddlery and harnessmaking very fair ; full time being worked. Clothing trades: Dressmaking and millinery very busy. Tailoring (.order) very busy ; all hands fully employed, and overtime has been worked. Retail trades: Clothing. boots, drapery and groceries fair. Printing trades: Bookbinding fairly busy. Printing busy; all local operatives fully employed. Coachbuilding trades: Black-smith-ing, coach and carriage building, still continue busy iu all branches, and all hands are fuliy employed. Agricultural operations: Farming, dairying, etc., —Harvesting is just about over and excellent results are in many instances reported. Grass-seed, ing is now in full swing, audit has absorbed ia considerable amount of labor. Miscellaneous: Brick and tile making—Brickmaking is still busy, and ali hands are fully employed.

Unskilled labor: During the month a considerable number of men have been placed, but as numbers arrive by each boat it has been a difficult matter to find employment for all. with the result that at the present time there are a few idle men about the place. Thirty-nine men were sent to Government works, and fourteen were found private employment.