TRADE AND LABOR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 May 1915, Page 7

TRADE AND LABOR.

SATISFACTORY IN XIOW PLYMOUTH. Tin;- reports received as to the cuintitioii ol trade and labor in Xev i'lyiuoHtU for tiie period ending April 27 show that business generally has been sutisfnutory. Several buildings are in course of erection and all tradesmen in the i)ji,ilding trade are likely to be steadily employed )."r some time, llamifactnrijig' trades arc reported as showing a flight improvement, and retailers an: uJeased at the manner in which business is being maintained.

the details of the eondjyous existing in the various trades are;—

Building trades.—lirii'kla ving, fair, carpentry and joinery, busy; painting, very satisfactory, plastering, quiet; plumbing and gasfitting, busy.' Clothing Trades.—-Dressmaking and millinery, busy, and some millinery establishments have been working over- j time; shirtmakim,'. busy; (order), fair, but there has been a .slight falling oil' since last period. Keliiii trades,.—Clothing, hoots, and drapery, in trade business people 1 report that last month lias been quite equal to, if not better than the corresponding period last year; groceries, conditions are not as "ood as last month, still tradesmen consider that there is no cause for complaint. trades.—Bookbinding and printing, very satisfactory, all worker* employed and working full time. Meat freezing, etc., Tanning, currying, aiul busy. Slaughtering, freezing, and preserving, this industry centsuues 1)'.;.-y and there is every prospect of iu remaining ;>o i\n* seine time to eomo. £ n,ieiihuiMin<: f rules.-- IHacksini thing, busy. Cycle and motor trades.—A very busy month has been experienced in all branches. Agricultural operations. Variuin;t\ dairying, cLe., have slackened oil", in couseipteiu'e of (lie period of tlie year. I uskillcd labor. —'l'liere have been very few callers during the month, and there is no demand i*<u* this class of labor.