LABOR MARKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2444, 8 March 1909, Page 7

LABOR MARKET.

REPORT FOR GISBORNE. The Labor Journal for February reports the following as the condition of the labor market in Gisborne: Gisborne. —-Trade during the month ■may be described as decidedly quiet. Shopkeepers generally report that the amount of business done was considerably less than usual for the time of the year.' The carpentering and bricklaying trades are also quiet, and & number of carpenters are out of employment. The painting trade also shows a decided Jialling-off since last _ report, and there are mow at least ■ five journeymen out of work. Tailors, dressmakers, milliners, etc., are all fairly busy, and all hands are fully employed. A number of firms have worked considerable overtime during the month. Butter and cheese-mak-ing is still satisfactory, although the continued dry season is beginning to affect tlio supply. I Building trades: Bricklaying quiet, although there are no journeymen unemployed at present. Carpentry and joinery quiet, and a number oi journeymen unemployed. Painting very quiet; there are a number of journeymen -idle, and the prospects for the immediate future do not look •too bright. Plastering: Although there is very little going on at present, no idle men are reported. Plumbing and gasfitting fairly busy, and all hands employed. Woodworking trades: Cabinetmaking and upholstering trade has been very quiet, and unless it improves immediately there will be a. number of journeymen out of employment. Engineering trades fairly busy, and all hands fully employed. Leather trades: Bootmaking (repair shops) busy; all 'hands fully employed. Saddlery and harnessmaking very fair; full time being worked. Clothing trades: Dressmaking and. millinery very busy. Tailoring (order) /very busy; all hands fully employed, and overtime has been worked. , Retail trades: Clothing, boots, drapery, and groceries fair Printing trades: Bookbinding fairly busy. Printing busy; all local operatives fully employed. ■ • Coachbuilding trades: Blacksmithing, coach and carriage building, still continue busy in all branches, and all hands iare fully employed. Cycle and motor trades are still busy, but mostly with repairs. Agricultural operations: Farming, dairying, 'etc.—Harvesting is just about over, and excellent results are in many instances reported. Grassseeding is now in full swing, and it has absorbed a considerable amount of labor. . , ‘r~,. Miscellaneous : Brick and tile-mak-ing. Brickmalking is still busy, and all hands are fully employed. Unskilled labor: During the month a. considerable number of men have been placed, but as numbers arrive by each boat, it has been a difficult matter to find employment for all. with the result tliat at the presenttime there are a few idle men about, the place. Thirty-nine men were sent to Government works, and fourteen were found .private employment.