OUR GENERAL PROSPERITY.
REPORT OF THE LABOR DEPARTAt ENT. RESUME OK THE YEAR'S WORK. The annual report of the Labor Department, which was presented to Parliament this afternoon hv Air Alassey (Alinister tor Labor) states that, in Alay last a great deal of unemployment" was met by providing work on tht* railways and roads. Wth the advent of spring, however, tin' condition of things had improved wonderfully. Several trades, notably the leather trades, were kept exceptionally Intsv through the uentands of the reinforcements and, indeed, all skilled trades had been kept steadily bus\ since October last. For tin* primary industries then' had been a particularly busy season and labor has been dillioidt to find at times owing to the number of men from the country \yho had gone to the front. The position Avas one calling for early notion to ensure that the crops would be garnered without, undue d<h\v.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3999, 4 August 1915, Page 3
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150OUR GENERAL PROSPERITY. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3999, 4 August 1915, Page 3
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