THE LABOR MARKET

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2581, 16 August 1909, Page 5

THE LABOR MARKET

THE POSITION IN GISBORNE.

The “Labor Journal” reports as follows on the labor market at Gisborne for •July: The month has.been extremely quiet, and at the beginning of the month there was a considerable number of unemployed laborers and tradesmen; but it is pleasing to say that during .the last fortnight there has been considerable improvement. At the present time there are no painters on the employ-ment-book, and nine carpenters are idle as compared with sixteen during the previous month. Taken altogether the outlook is certainly brighter. Building trades: Bricklaying quiet, and several journeymen idle. Carpentry and joinery—An improvement on last month: nine journeymen are registered as out of employment. Painting fairly good, and no journeymen idle. Plumbing and gasfitting said to be improving, but there are one or two men still idle. Woodworking trades: Cabmetmakmg and upholstering quiet, but all bands are employed. Coopering quiet, owing to freezing works closing down, but all hands are still employed. Sash and door factories still very quiet. cSawmillmg busy; another new mill has started work during the month. Engineering trades : Electrical engineering—No improvement on last month, but all bands kept employed. Fitting and turning—Slight improvement on last month, and all hands fairly busy. Leather trades: Bootmaking—Re-pair-shops busy; no unemployed. Saddlery and harnessmaking—Trade has been quieter than last month, but all hands have been kept going. Clothing trades: Dressmaking and millinery—lf anything, an improvement is noticeable on last month, and considerable overtime is being worked. Tailoring (order) very slack indeed; several journeymen idle. Retail trades : Clothing—Retailers report a verv quiet month. Boots fairly good. Drapery very quiet indeed, although several firms who have held sales report that fairly good business has been done. Groceries—Retailers report an average month, although cash is fairly hard to get in. Printing trades: Bookbinding and printing —All bands fully employed. Meat-freezing trades: Tanning, currying, fellmongery, slaughtering, and preserving—The season is over now as regards these trades, and both works have practically closed down, although a large number of hands have been kept on at both places in connection, with alterations and repairs. The works will probably re-open m Septernber. , , . -Coachbuilding trades: Blacksunthmg busy. Coach and carriage building busy, and all bands fully employed. Cycle and motor trades very quiet indeed. . ... Agricultural operations: There wui be nothino- to report under this heading until the spring. Farmers are now busy ploughing, and one or two ploughmen have been placed by the Department during the month. . Miscellaneous: Brickmakmg may be described Vas quiet, although a considerable number of men are employed. Unskilled labor: During the month about sixty men have called in quest or employment. Of this number, twentynine married men were sent to the railway works, and nine others were found private employment. The applicants now are not nearly so numerous as in the earlier part of the month.