INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7999, 20 March 1906, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS.

LABOUR JOURNAL REPORTS. Ia t!m Labour Journal for March the following reports, of iuterost to the Wairampa, are published:— EK ETA II UNA. Building trades: Very brisJj at present time; nil local tradesmen fully employed. Retail trade (general): Fair in all branches. Miscellaneous: Sawmilling and flax-dressing, very good busniesa being done; cabiuetmakers, fair trade doiug. The district shows signs of prosperity. Unskilled labour: There ia a certain amount of work doing in navvy-ing-work, hay-making, fenuing, and other locai works, but the wet weather has been against outdoor employment There is not the same □umber of men looking for work as in the past. TINUI. Building Trades: All local carpenters have been busy. Retail trade (general): Pair business doing in all branches during the month. Unskilled labour: All. local men have been fairly well employed during the month at fencing, roadwork, scrub-cutting, and harvesting. There were only a few swaggers seen on the road during the montt, all of them got work at scrub-cut-ting. One contractor here requires thirty meu for scrub-cutting at Is per bour.

' MASTERTON.

There has been a great deal of wet unseasonable weather experienced throughout; this district, during the period. This has caused an almoat complete stoppage of all harvesting work curtailing the earnings and consequently the spending power of a considerable number of men. It has also caused great loss to farmers, the drain in stook iu many instances starting to shoot before it could be threshed. Business in general may be said to be fairly good; there are some complaints of slackness, but in the majority of oases tradespeople are satisfied. Building trades: Quite a number of buildings of various kinds are in course of erection. Carpenters and joiners have been busy during 'the month. Paintors and decorators fairly busy; tradesmen fully employed, except for time lost owing to wet weather. Plumbers, fully employed. Engineering trades: The improvement reported the last two or three months has beeu. maintained, and there is every promise of it continuing. Local tradesmen fully employed during the month. Tailoring trade: About an average for this season. Some faotoriea are busy, and increasing their hands. Dressmakingv: Pair average bueiSaddle and harness making: Fair; very little improvement since last report. Ooachbuilding, etc.: Satisfactory; work coming in freely. Furniture trades: Fairly good in a bianohes. Cement-pipe making: Brisk; a good number of orders on band. Limekilns: Busy. Plenty of work in hand. Retail trades (general): A fair average trade is reported. The wet weather has undoubtedly affeoted business during the month, and it anticipated by some business people that the loss to farmers through spoilt crops, etc., will materially affect trade during pext month. Labour: A large number of men have been waiting about for har-vesting-work, which will be pushed on as soon as the weather settles. There are apparently plenty of men available at present for labouring work in this district. Ten men were sent 10 Government and private employment during the month. GREYTOWN NORTH. Building trades: Slack at present. Clothing trade (factories): Fairly busy. Retail trade (general): Good; up* to the usual standard. Unskilled labour: Looal labour fully employed. The long spell of wet weather is retarding the harvest, and men are making poor wages in consequence.