LABOUR MARKET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 4

LABOUR MARKET.

;:•■ .: reportsfrom other centres; : ';. ;The following reports,on the condition, of thi labour market appear 'in', the. Labour Journal t- : It is ploasing to report-that: trado generally is slightly improving, s■■'■ ■ ■ •-,.■■;.".'■';. '. ; k\V-V: : -'/^'-:^^ Building Trades.—Fairly busy. There aro. i largo 'number ■' of /.buildings'''-in.' progress, bu' there' arc 'some 'tradesmen-' still out of • work Bricklaying/ fair;' there are. seven 'men ro ported out of work/V .Carpentry and joiner; fairly busy; yet there are still a few-, many oui of work. - Painting and plumbing fairly busy very ;few'men are out of work. 1 .Plastering, anc EtouemaSonry:; No.change jfroin last,,nionth still four men idle. :. '. : .Woodworking trades 'fairly.: busy.: Box making'very busy preparing for the; Christina: season. Sawmilling: .Normal; condition;; milli are working ■• full-handed! 'Furniture, "tradi rather : quiet j .there .are seven j men out. oi work. .Coopering normal. '.'.,, : . ■) ■ : -Engineering ' . Trades.—Agricultural .; imple raent.making still very quiet; no change to. re port. - Boilermaking: /There' is- a; slight■ im provoment upon last month's report, ; Brasi and copper-smithing .normal.;: ■ Eloctrical ■■.; en gineering still slack; eight men aro.reported t< be'out of. work. Engineering and fitting, hai received a check during .the last month, bu thero.are .very few' 1 men out .of work. '; Iroi and' brass 'moulding stiir slack; no changi from last month. •'. Range and stove-making Normal-trado ruling. •'-■' • ' ■••-.' .Leather Trades. — Bootniaking, (factories fairly busy, working full time and full-banded Bootmaking .(repair shops) - normal. : Saddler; and haruess-making fairly busy. Tanning anc currying • fairly.: busy. : Fellmongering ■ verj busy.:':-" ■ '-'■ ■' ■ ■' ;;'-; .-■'.' -' .: . ;';..-.,•. ■••The'conditions of .trade ,'nnd,labour, dnrini the past month, have been very good indeed especially in -tho tailoring,, dressmaking; am millinery-lines, just prior, to Carnival week In 'these' trades a largo amount of overtimi hosbbeh worked.-Manufacturers, in the. nbov: trades'report that, business, for this month ,hai .been .quite ;up,.to : tbot,,of former .years, am thero is every, indication .of a brisk timo/unti after Christmas.' A-.largo amount of overtimi has boon worked .in tho,.following ,trades:Confectionery,; .factory... tailoring, printing laundry work, order,---tailoring,;., dressmaking and millinery;.and some overtime has beei worked -in the boot and shoe and window blind making trades.; Tha building trade.gen

orally is -.hardly -up to thp normal, although tradesmen in some departments are.fully em--ployed. The building of .small cottages con-tinues-apace,,and has absorbed,a,large number of tradesmen. Freezing, works are just commencing operations,'and it is anticipated.that a fair number .of lambs will bo .coming to hand- almost at once. .: The- allied trades,: such as. ; felimongering, tanning,; and freezing, will all- benefit-by -the early start, v ■ '.';- :: -;C' : -[- : - -; : DUNEDIN. ;; ; - ; rV': :. The healthy state of trade; and business reported last ': month has been well maintained; in fact, in many instances there has,been improvement. ; Tho strong' demand-for country workers, particularly for -shearers'and general: farm'hands, has reduced the: number ot-un-employed in ' the city far bolow the average. With the exception of- the engineering and iron-working trades; which have agwn slackened, there has- been considerable activity mall manufacturing : industries, and- also, in , tho building trades. ■ This satisfactory state , has had a good effect on retail trades, and generally a*-good ro'porf has been received from.shopkeepers;: In-tho drapery branch several firms have been holding sales, and excellent business is reported; whilst others who have not -had sales - state ■'• that although trade; was j quiet at tho beginning of the month, it picked-up wellat the close. Boot shops report good averagO" business. In the grocery.and provision trades there has been a distinct: advance—due, 110 doubt, to the near approach of the Holiday soason.' After tho sharp- depression a, few months-back it is pleasing to note the splendid conditions now existing, which, it is an-ticipated,-will obtain till tho end of tho current year. -..'. ".'--. ■' - ■'■-■••■' • ■■■