TRADE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2482, 8 June 1915, Page 9

TRADE IN WAR TIME

6 REPORTS GOOD E UNEMPLOYMENT NOT INCREASED !< J RECRUITS SEEK WORK rt s i Yesterday the Labour Department issued its monthly report on the con--10 <"tions of trade and labour in Wcllingm Im, Period ending May 31. !- j... re P°rt says that the general conh , !° n . 8 °* trade and labour as reported last 'month have undergone littlo d c " an .K e - Tho building trade may be 10 c ? n ; s . It ' ere( l about normal for the time ■e +'i j? • v , e:>r ' engineering and textile trades continuo busy. Shopkeeph C l? report satisfactory business generally, alia the demand for winter goods in the drapery and clothing trades is QUI . U P *0 the usual standard. The conditions existing in a number of trades is stated as follows:— ,y Bricklaying.— Fairly busy, tt Carpentry and Joinery.—Busy. All 3- bands have been fully employed. ,{ 1 amting.—The majority of hands d have been fully employed. ,0 1 lastering.— Plumbing and Gnsfitting.—A busy n mouth, has been experienced. Stonomasonry.—Quiot, owing to shortage of materials, Boxinaking.; —Fairly busy. Cabinetmaking and Upholstering.— A ;e steady demand for supplies has kept f, trade good. it Coopering.— Busy. > Sash and Door Factories. —Fair. All 1- surplus labour has been absorbed in outg door work. 5, Wood-turning, Etc.—Fair. 1- lioilermaking.—Busy. !. |?J' ass and Copper Smithing.—Normal, ir JMectncal Engineering.—Busy. Ie Jntting and Turning.—Busy. j T> ron Brass Moulding.—Busy, d Raugemaking.—Normal. Bootmaking (Factories). —Trade continues busy, and all hands are fully employed. . h Intonating (Repair Shops).—Busy, g saddlery and Harness Making.—Very . busy. A fair amount of overtime has' "Cen worked. ' i- Dressmaking and Millinery.—Trade 1- continues good, and all available hands 10 uro employed. Shirtmaking.—Overtime is heing worked to keep pace with tho demand [t 10r goods. ), r Tailoring (Factories).—Very busy. ; 0 , x , ra hands are wanted in most of the lactones. 'lailoring (Order). —Fairly good. The approaoh of winter has livened up buai- 1 ness. 3 Woollen Milling.—Very busy. Tho : » m® ! vorkin s at nigh pressure, i ' ?f • Trade.—Satisfactory. Bookbinding.—Somewhat quiet. printing. —Busy. lanning, etc.—Good time has been : ,r made. Slaughtering, etc. —Tile season having 1 6mi *i Wo !'' t -' s becoming slack. ] Blacksmithiiig.—Fair amount of work. ! Coachbuilding.—Fair. Cvclo and Motor Trades.—Repairing d work good. , d On tho subject of unskilled labour, the 1, report says;—" Following the experience ' , r oi past years, the number of unskilled 1 ,t labourers applying for work at the , bureau shows a tendency to rise as the ' 1- Winter season advances. Slackness of work on the waterfront has been the j || cause, to a great extent, of the exist- 1 a ing unemployment. The Department ; i. has been able to offer work on the roads 1 s and railways to all applicants used to 1 heavy manual labour. There appears to 1 bo a decided disinclination on the part 1 of married men to leave the city. It • can be fairly deduced that if anything ' the unemployment amongst unskilled : labourers during May is no greater this year than last. Of the 332 applicants , who registered, the Department assist- i ed 222 to work: 144 to private employ--3 ment and 78 to Government works. Of i s the total, 73 are married and 149 single - j men, with 209 dependents. Forty came ' , from the North Island, 32 from the ■ South Island, 26 from the Common- ; wealth, 106 from Great Britain, and 18 j from other places. In addition, 11 wives , and 5 children were assisted to join 1 j their relatives." ' j 5 Sixty-three men applied to the Labour < x Bureau for work last week. Twenty- £ four were sent to Government employ- j . ment and 27 to private employment. In ' . addition, about 30 men who had provi- £ 3 ously registered called at the bureau. ■ b The position is considered to be rather - better than ill tho previous week. Many of those who called are young men who . have enlisted and need work until they j 1 are ordered into camp. _ The majority . . of married applicants still decline to 1 leave the city. The Department has j 5 authority to send twenty men to public 1 i works. 1