GISBORNE LABOR MARKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3555, 21 June 1912, Page 3

GISBORNE LABOR MARKET.

THE DEPARTMENT’S REPORT

The Journal of the Department of j Labor contains the following report l in regard to Gisborne:— The satisfactory position with re- ! gard to all kinds of skilled labor reported during the last few' months continues. There lias been an unusual demand for this class of labor in nearly all branches of the building trade. .Building trades: Bricklaying, carpentering and joinery, painting, plastering, plumbing and gasfitting are all busy; hands are wanted in nearly all departments, and a considerable amount of work is being delayed through the scarcity of labor. Wood working trades: Cabinetmaking and upholstering, sash and door making, isawmilling, find wood-turn-ing fuli time ; there have been no inquiries for hands, and no men are seeking work. Engineering' trades: Agricultural implement making, fitting, and turning are fairly busy, but no inquiries have Keen received for men. Leather trades: Btootmaking (repairs). saddlery and harness-making are still busy, although not quite so much so as many other -branches of trade; no hands are seeking work- . Clothing trades: Dressmaking land millinery—All hands are fully employed, but a 'slight slackening-off is shown, as very little overtime lias been worked during the month. Tailoring (order) fairly busy : no bands are out of employment, and no men have been inquired for, but there is still a. scarcity of female operatives. Retail trades: Clothing, boots, drapery, groceries are normal; some retailers report a- slackening-off of trade, while others have had a turnover equal to last month’s. Printing trades*: Bookbinding and printing are fairly busy, but no men liave been inquired for, and no men are idle.

Meat-freezing, etc : Tanning, currying and fellmongery. and slaughtering, freezing, and preserving are busy; the recent spell cf dry weather lias kept the work very busy with the stock, coming in, and there is at present every prospect of operations proceeding until well into June. The season itself will be an exceedingly good one, as the amount of business done already considerably exceeds last year’s total output. Coachbuilding trades: Blacksmithing and coach and, carriage building are all busy, and there is still fin opening for one or two good men in the blacksmithing and body-making lines. Cycle and motor trades are busy, and likely to continue so until the weather breaks for the'winter. Agricultural operations: Farming dairying, etc.—The country districts are in a flourishing condition, feed is plentiful, and, although dairying is slackening-off as the winter advances the season will have been a good one. Unskilled labor: During the month twenty-seven men have applied for employment and fifteen have been assisted- Very fov, r abdications have been received for men in the country, with the exception of bus'llfojlevs. There will be a considerable amount of felling going on in the backbloeks during the winter, and already a- considerable number of men have secured employment for that class of. work.