LABOUR MARKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 583, 11 August 1909, Page 4

LABOUR MARKET.

' A SLICHT IMPROVEMENT,'^ REPORTS FOR JtJLY, I 'A slight improvement in tho labour market of the Dominion'is' suggested by .'the 'report' , of the; Laboiif ,Department's agents', vpub- ., lislied' in. thli'Jourifal>for August,:.which. w.as '■issued -'yesterday. .; .The; reports are .Still, •;'.however,; being far from bearing arj'oso-hued .I,'. complexion. 'The / description of '.;-thb', state :of agricultural operations: throughout.,- the .' country, vwhioh' wo have not :spjieo.;,to ,:in''elude in,'.the condensed'table,' only'.jyariosj for • <-the different" , districts between, ;/"quidt,". - "slack,": 'and' "dulll"•: Extracts' from the re-' port are .a3"follow-:— WELLINGTON. ; • Tradonh'-general has been -vcr-y:-'-quiolV : .Many nianageVs ,'.report- that there 'is'..libtlo. :' or notliihg "dbi\ig.. Outdoor.-TOiks' havo 'bbo'ii ■ slack, and • greatly • bampcre'd by tho cohV -and/', in- 'conscqence, • a . large numboi\'bf,men;havo bcen'out of-work. ' 'There littlo prospect 'bf "any 'material ; improvement,;-,and the outlook from , goM. , ;Rotail "business is generally' duir. : Building-"trades: with 1 so.': impreyefaent. Carpentry, itnd Many h.nucls are' out of. einpldymeht,. with little;-prdßpect'-.ol? : an immcdiat-0.-'-iinprbvc-/ : ment, fainting , and i. Black,,with '/'mah'y- men out of • work.', Plumb- - . ing and;-;gasfi.ttiug—Men employed aro--mak-Stondmasonry/ fair; there are no hands', unemployed, , " ''' " . Wbodwdrking itrades; Boxmaking. faotorics ■ are working ;{_ull tirae.-, Cabinetnlaking : and V .upholstering ''very. slack j ; factory-occupiers l . , . report thiitT,tlibro is . nothing doing-;i factories. f . are' kopt -gojug principally ,on :: stock-work; i Coopering'" 'fairly;'busy.- ' Sash and' door"'factories .very '.slack, - aiid many hands are'out , of-., we^ : '/'-S.awmillihg very slack.;-.. .Wood-,

; ; ; 'fairly good.. "r 3 trades :' LBpilermakingTrrScimo firms ,• repbrWa briskness, whilst • others; aro slack. '..-.Brass': and copper-smithing . fairly . good; ElectHcal engineering . fairly.':good a . few vriifen : still ■ oijjt "> of =. ~wo.rk; ;.-'._:iJ?ifiting : 'anU-'. 'turningvratheif>sl^k.. : \.'lrpn\'iin'd : brass mbulil-: '/w bo,;s|ightlyv im- : proved:-._sinoe last .month. Rangcmaking qmot, 1 , Leather -.trades : Fairly, good,'/; t niil- ■ : ... •^M;vtAdo';^' , .f jictbriei::;haye'?.h'ad shorten,'hand's:; an/improv'en'ieiit towirds Hhe ;:end :of/:the. month- :h'as ' ''been\-",'.fexperie'nc6d.'.' : Tailoring (factories) rather ' Tailoring (ordor) : fairly busy, Woollen-milling—Fac-'tories said to be 'fairly busy. " v"'j • . : Printing,';trades: Bookbmding r ra|nefeon .the slack'side,-although factories have-been ablo\ /. -to 'keeivitheiK fujl itafl: /going. Printing i>' • slack; i a < number/of /hqndsJout of' employment..'. . 7;/ -i'S" *'f.:. ; :' v / /; : Mw^frc_ezi'ifg/-. ptc.-: Tanning; - - currying,' : ' ,fellmongering, . slaughteringj, ' freezing,, and. presorving-*~i' , air.: trade -'being-': dono for:- sea- /. son,./^aM ;ff «iiiplbyers''report : that, they:' a'rb ; ••'•satisfied;'.*.: ; •" ' ' ■ Coachhuilding trades: /Blacksmithing fairly : V. 'good." ' Ciacli, baif $89';tfamcarbuilding ;^ ;. : ; the.usual'standi '"'"air'd'. fp'r'itlibVSedson' of,. the/yedr:.;.. '■$ ~Cyole.iand:: , motor trades very.'slack;.facItories": report .-'.that . there/ is little, or nothing

Unskilled labour: .'Applications l for cmploy- .' :ment'; atkthe. Department's office Imvo :dc- : < ;\Lcreased. considerably ■ over .' the llubbeif apply.ing.during June. : Tills':is accounted 1 for; by .-the of .local wort put jn hand.. A total-of-31C inon vthe .Dbparteient ; ious works; bothViH : ''.thb:-..Mwrivahdi.iii'->!th'Q ' districts; during: the "mbn'thfcjn.fact;' ■ : duringtho latter, .parti of tho month, JUib: - "'. ' Department- has been able to "assist , praotic-. '' ally' all' the/married .unskilleddabourers who '. ' (1 . wofk out of town: ./'/.Several applications have'also .been received • milkevs. ; aud-:;:_'ptouglmien, • are"slightly loVver- ■/, ; than those .offering:'■ last-, year,, the., Department.'has had.-, no difKculty ■ iagetting suitable -young men for {he work.'" • .'v. > AUCKLAND. •'" ■■• •*' . ' : -There -is' : practically -rip. -last; month. Trado in almost every branch is' .: .'still.-Tory,dull;/and there are large numbers : of ' tradesmen- arid Mabourers/outiof :wbrL/''- . , , CHRISTCHURCH ' / ■ signs /pf -. ..-'•'/.'llitgo.' builds contracts* Jiave , vfep{.']'e^'-, i an'd T;:'":;th'ere ; of Vpfchersttoming .'out Wißhortly, t/Ai 7 unskillcd-'-labpu'r, t-iho 1 '.Jiifjn ' . absorbed,:,pand . the '.state, -'of/'thd is ■; f i 'aspec.ti.'-; NAPIER , . -Trado has .slightly • improved;- and- with a u . . littlo lino weatnor business' -will again bb .normal.' il'ho building trades'-iiavp.been very,- . ■dull, but there is, oviiry, indication'of '' ineiit. f. As -regards' uriskiilcUi labour, -.the. " ' -niontii has'.beoH tho slackest? fpr' sonie time . , . past, but 'it is '.evident -from, .reports' that,n Hawko's . Bay i has escaped tho depression so '' : '/keenly,,"folt.'Jn; the- chief^centres., 'Thero is' / an inoreaso' iii the liuinber of .applications for 'omployiiiont;this month. .: ' ' PALJIERSTON NORTH _ V' ■ . Trafle. lias.' been -fairly .'.-satisfactory-, all roimd^.;Th^.;,season -.'has/jbeon,- v as ."usual in ,•; wintori'Yi^fi'':^|uet,^' bat, ■ no .complaints .- have been'"heara. : -'',/- / •'/ :,-MASTERTON " ' j j-The. gendraj dbpression..'.experienced ;'see'm3 /'■ to be on- d' turn-towards iiiiprbvoment. liuilding trades coutiime quiet,/and a num-.-."..'ber. of tradesmen are-unable to find Work at i their'.regular'.occupation. .'n,.

' NEW'PLYMOUTH AND WAITARA. ;The're is; still -. a" much" greater, number of both skilled and' unskilled > workers out of employment" than i 3, usual' at this, season, .but-.the , 'pjosition'is, not so . acute as .at last Iteport, and will bo relieved with fino weather., , WANGANUI. ' slight .'iraproyomen.t;is'.recorded, ber of.:biiilding, contracts will.. be started eariy-.riexjstenth/ 'V > :>V ■' TAIHAPE. ■' Tho' ;ys ' inufh' ; >niofb .satisfactory.' than '' . , HGILDING. Things generally are' improving, and .little or/nothing-is;:no\v- heard in 'regard 'to depression,"' Smceithe, bpe'ninc :of .the;Main;Trunk fline'vFeildift'g /is' developing as. a" large stock 'centre:.foV'.itho North' Island,, and business and farming prospects" look bright.