UNEMPLOYMENT.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17123, 19 April 1921, Page 7

UNEMPLOYMENT.

: ;tit SOUTHLAND. ■. # . |fiit#r : ' : "', ■■'■■?-*'■:■.. •;, ' "^P^^WClMi^a-"THB FISH.")- ., iNVEftCARGILL; April 18. 4WtJttWployment ia spreading in South* that there oan be little doubt. nSW'o.ther day an Invercafgill resident /•'.wtttked for a man to do up his gar- " wC Be had twenty-four applicants. 1 Another advertised for a timber Broker. There were a dozen'men waiting\at his office door in the morning, arid'ethers came rolling along for the rtiti of the day. Members of the Southt Maa Electric Power Board declare that ' they "are being constantly approached by ■ ifen 1 in their districts for employment on construction work. These applica--1 ii Wing largely come from men who have /n ,heen dismissed by farmers; in fact, ■/ there'are indications that a number of s |Me.lo 'obtain outside employment durgV> mi the winter months. This, of course, tow i strain the labour market. inside workers appear to be better than manual lab,^MH* W »* However, some retail drapery {lfo nrnis have dismissed hands, and garage J<f <Mtftt have also been affected to some jja/tttent. There are indications that the ? mercantile firms are withdrawing. men „-f i- from,their country branches, some of '< f m ■■*• een closed down temporj''<afuy. In most cases these men are •vjm.-so far being kept at their central ;"3 . The market so far as women are conirt*t«rned hat a bright outlook. Office r4iF rto "•«» to be retaining their posijrvtufflß. why* domestic and hotel serstill enquired for strongly.