THE LABOR MARKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 16 January 1912, Page 5

THE LABOR MARKET.

WLACK' OF JOBS. . ' By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. , "There is no need for any able-bodied man to be out of work," says the Labor Department, The Department had not the slightest difficulty, 'fe placing all the applicants who arrived recently by the Ruapeh* and the Somerset. The whole of the callers who sought work had their needs in this direction satisfied. The Department at the present time could' place, something like 150 farm ' hands add "jiWghmen, many of which vacancies h#ve been on the books since Deeemb'er* The Department is not getting the assistance it looked for in < filling these vacancies. In connection with the immigrants from Home, it was that a large number of them invsskbfy*%xpresß a desire to go to Auckland,"" work was offered them in Wellington City and district. An 'officer of the Departments when "' asked to' explain this curious state of affairs, expressed the opinion tut' an impression had got abroad in tfe Old Country that Auckland is the leading city of the Dominion from the point of view of labor activity. Examples were quoted of men, the new arrivals from overseas, who preferred to trayel to Auckland, first passing work in thifc city, > on the chance that they; would flijd employment in the north. What thdy said was in effect, "If we get vmk up there, well, we can always retwn»"