EMPLOYMENT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1545, 14 September 1912, Page 10

EMPLOYMENT.

BUREAU REPORT FOR MONTH. Tho Labour Journal reports that during the past'month there have been in Wellington 172 applications from employers for 43 charwomen, 72 domestic- workers, 1 laundress, 2 pautrymaids, 12 cooks, S housekeepers, 2 waitresses, i nurses, 21 housemaids, 2 huly-hclps, 0 married couples, and 1 bottlewn.slicr. Applications from employees wore Tccoived as follow 1 -: Charwomen, 27; domestic workers, Iβ i < pantry - and kitchen maids, 2; cooks, 5; • housekeepers, 2; .wiitrwes, ■ 4; ■ nurses; -1; housemaids, 5; lady-nelp, I; bottlewashcr, 1; total, 67, Of these 01 were suited. The following engagements were made: Charwomen. 21; domestic workers, 13; pantry, and kitchen maids, 2; rooks, 5; housekeepers, 2; Waitresses, 4; nursra, i; housemaids. 5; lady-help, 1; bottlo- ■ .washer, lj'total, 01. 80 engagements were divided between 27 charwomen; 18 of thofe assisted wero married women, and 43 single; 55 of thorn came, from tho North Island, 2'from the South, and 4 from Great Britain, whilo 19 had been previously assisted. ' ■ On account of tho recent strike at Home, ■' oversea boars have been delcyed. but five will be arriving during the present mOnth. Auckland'.—During the period 221 apnli- , cations have been received and dealt with; ISO of there were from employers and 71 from women desiring employment. Out of these numbers.ss .engagements have been made; one wmnan was suited twice during tho month, thus making 54 persous cent to employment, or, altogether, 109 people suited through this branch. The following is the monthly summary:—Applications from employers—To ,-isiist, 4; cooks, 14; .charwomen, 5; generals,' 44; housemaids and waitresses, 17; housekeepers, 10 j helps. Uj laundress, 1; nnttron, 1; married couples, 2; nurses, 4; 35; usefuls, 2; total, 150. Applications from workers—To assist, 2; cot>ks, 0; charwomen, 7; generals, 7; housemaids .and waitresses, 1G; housekeepers, S; helps, 9; matrons, 3; nurses,.G; seamstresses, 2; usefnls, 2: total, 71. Engagements, mode— To assist, 2; cooks, 6; charwomen, 4; generals, 7; housemaids and- 'waitresses,. 12; housekeepers, 8; helps, 7; matron, 1; nui-fcs. 1; seamstresses, 2; uscfuls, 2: total, 55.