DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR.
By Telagraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 18. There is, says the "Labour Journal" for January, practically little or no demand locally for unskilled labour, but the call for experienced farm workers, milkers and ploughmen, in the country at present exceeds the supply. In many cases men used to this class of work decline to take it up owing to the long hours worked. . No difficulty has been experienced in placing suitable men on road and railway work, and now that the harvest is about to sturt there should be no lack of employment for those willing to go into the country. A large number ox new arrivals applied for work, and the majority were assisted to work in different parts of the Dominion. During the period ended the Department has found employment for 45 married and 149 sinple men, with 106 dependents, on private and public works. The majority of those engaged were sent to private employment; in addition seven wives wich 15 children were sent to join husbands in co-operative works.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3095, 19 January 1909, Page 5
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174DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3095, 19 January 1909, Page 5
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