LABOR BUREAU.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1871, 19 June 1888, Page 3

LABOR BUREAU.

.—, : * r-=-~-Tbe re-establishment of the Dunedln Litbor Exchange haa been effected la good time, and it Is Butlafaotory lo note the very excellent constitution of tbe Board of Advioe. Tbe real state of the case m regard to men seeking and not able to find employment will now be known, and effective means can be taken m various waya to Institute relief. It la much to be deplored that bo many men of good character should be oat of work just now through no fault qf their own, and they have clearly a claim on their fellowcitfzsns, through the intervention of the proper authorities, to help ' them through present difficulties. The Labor Bureau hare Already, It is satisfactory to know, been able to plaoa some of the men who have registered their names with private employers j and m thla direction it is very dealra.ble that exertions should be made, Tbe Oity Council may probably 6nd w,ork for a few ; and we may hope, therefore, that not so many after all will requite to be provided for by the Government relit f works. It might, perhaps, be within the soope of the Lnbor Bureau to communicate with Urge landowners m the provincial distriot, and suggest the employment of this available ' labor m Improving their ealateß—drainlng, planting, trenching, irrigating, oto. It Jg tho plain duty of the wealthy and well tod.o, 6s well as to their interest, to he.lp to tide over tbe present crisis.