DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3167, 19 April 1909, Page 3

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR.

mu ? Journal of the Department of Laboui ' contains the concerning , lenu '> ' M^ tello °' Grevtowa and Feathersto*:TENUI.® o u- ~ 'ties: Carpentry and _ Building t-k , ac(esmen have been joinery Local ti. mQnth h j„ [ fairly busy during . ing and erecting otitx. , \ Rstail trades v ery Sv j men | Unskilled labour: A. , . I have been fairly employee* - - t ' enc: j riCT . ! month at scrub-cutting, worF' road-metalling, and at sheep Several swaggers passed th. : here during the month, and a k . i many of them got employment ; this * district at road-making. The ' others kept travelling on towards ; Akitio, where ic is reported that a i contract has been let to fell 700 acres of light bush. There have been several men on the road during the month who are totally unfit to do the kind of work that is goi"g on in this district, consequently they keep travelling on in search of suitable employment. CARTERTON. Building trades: Carpentry and joinery work slack. Painting fairly busy at present. Plumbing and gasfitting busy. Woodworking trades: Boxmaking Mill kept busy. Cabinet-making and upholstering fairly busy. Coopering fair. Sash and door factories slack. Sawmilling—Two mills kept busy.

Engineering trades: Agricultural implement making busy. Leather trades: Bootmaking (repairs shups) busy. Saddlery and harness-making busy. Clothing trades: Dressmaking and millinery and order tailoring bu«y. Retail trades: Clothing, boots, ' drapery, and groceries fairly busy, i Printing fairly busy. 1 Coachbuilding trades: Blacksmithing busy. Coachbuilding fairly busy, i Cycle and motor trades fairly busy. ' 'Agricultural operations: Farming, : dairying, etc., very busy at this : season, but things are beginning to slacken off now. Unskilled labour scarce here at present. There is some roadmaking on the Carrington Estate, which has been cut up by the Government, but" other than that there is very little doing. , MASTERTON. ! Trade throughout the district during the month has remained decidedly quiet. Building trades at present show little or no signs of improvement, and several tradesmen cannot find work St their regular ' occupation. The recent cutting up of the Carrington Estate, near Carterton, should cause a certain amount of building work to be commenced in the near future. In the coachbuilding ti'ades fairly good i business is reported throughout its ' several branches sufficient to keep all in the line busy. Sawmilling is still ' very slack, and several men are 1 forced to look for other employment. The country (station and farm throughout the W airarapa is looking excellent, the recent rains being iust sufficient to brighten everything up.

i Building trades: Bricklaying very slack, and no demand at present for tradesmen. Carpentry and joinery Few wooden buildings in course of ; erection, consequently very little work for carpenters or joiners. Fainting—Trade is fair on account of repainting work; no extra demend for tradesmen. Plumbing and gasfitting slack, several good trades imen at present unemployed. I Woodworking trades: Boxmajung fair; no ext'"a hands required. Cabinet making and upholstering slack; some factorial have reduced : hands, while others are workng halftime. Sash an J door factories very slack. Sawmililng very slack still: several sawmill hands out of employment. Wood-turning, etc., quiet. | Engineering trades: Fitting and ' turning fair, but no demand for tradesmen. t Leath^l' Jto?t®aking (fewlories arid repair stiopsl veiy i all in this line keeping going at full • | time;, there is no demand for extra hands. Saddlery and harness making ' fairly busy; all fully employed. I Clotbingtrac.es: Dressmaking and : milli n ery fairly busy, but no overi time being worked. Tailoring I (factories and order) —Fair business . reported, but no extra hands are in | demand. J Retail tsades: Clothing, boot-, drapery, and groceries—Fair amount j of business being done, but a general : tightness in the money-market is noticable. Printing—Fair trade reported. Meat-freezing,,etc.: Tanning,curry- : ing, and felmongermg, and slaughtering, freezing, and preservingSteady amount of work still offering; all hands fully employed. Coachbuilding trades: Blacksmithing and coachbuilding—A fair amount of business doing—sufficient to keep all tradesmen fully employed Cycle and motor trades—Fair trade doing in repair work. Argicultural operations: Farming, dairying, etc. —As it is nearing the end of the season, there has not been much demand for workers in this industry. It is anticipated a number of men will be required at potatodigging, etc., very shortly. Unskilled labour: Kather more than the usual number of men have applied for work. . The demand for bands is still slack throughout the district. Nine men were assisted tc Government and private work. | GREYIOWN.

Bulding trades: Bricklaying alack. | Carpentry and joinery, painting, and plumbing and gasfitting fairly busy. Leather trades: Bootmaking (repair shops) fairly busy. Saddlery and harness-.tiaking fairly busy. Clothing trade: Dressmaking and millinery and order tailoring fairly busy. Retail trades fairly good. ( Printing fairly good. Coachbuilding trades: Blacksmithing gooti. Cycle and motor trades fairly busy. Agricultural operacions: Farming, dairying, etc.—Farmers generally are having a satisfactory season. The harvest has been good, and root crops look promising. The dairying season, which is drawing to a close, has been a very successful one. Miscellaneous: The local cheesefactorv has hao a good month. More milk is now being brought to the

factory than at this time in any previous year. Unskilled labour: Local labour is fairly well employed. No room for outsiders at present. PEATHERSTON. Trade during 1 the past month has been very good, with splendid weather, which has kept the grass forward. The stock and dairying (the chief industries of this district) I show a better return than for the corresponding month of last year. All unskilled labour (locally) has been fully employed. Building trades: Carpentry and joinery fairly busy; all hands kept fully employed. Painting slack; hands not working full time. Leather trades: Bootmaking (■factories and repair shops) busy. Saddlery and harnessmaking—All hands fully employed. Clothing trades: Dressmaking and millinery fairly busy. Retail trades: Good business has been done. Coachbuilding trades: Blacksmithing—All hands working full time. Cycle and motor trades—Repairs "busy, sales slow. Agricultural operations: Farming, dairying, etc. —Farming work has now finished, and although the "dairying has fallen off the supply is greater than it was last year. Miscellaneous: Butter and cheese factories are still busy; all hands working full time. Unskilled labour: AiTlocal hands i employed.