TRADE IN MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10414, 7 September 1911, Page 5

TRADE IN MASTERTON.

AN ENCOURAGING REPORT. ■ln. Ms annuel report to the D>epartmianit of Labour, Mr J. GoorgeBon, Inspector of Factories, at Mas-' . trton., says:— .". Taking' 'J.Qie whole period under re'view into consideration, trad* and ibusiineias generally may h® sand to 'hav© .maintained a fair level. Aljtihioaigh eoveral huisiincro premises iha.ve ceased operation's drarong the ~ ethers for© been established, bo that genei-aliy the variation has not been great. "Several .trades have not shown, any marked improvement, although almont all . workers have •been steadily employed. Building trade®, which are usually a- (fair indicator -as- regards prosiperiiity and progress, havolraen well sus- | -tained. The- new freezing works of the Weffinrrton Farmers' Meat Company, Ltd., situated .at Waingawa,, commejiced operations during the early part of last year, the braidings and maohineiry equipollent coating", , approximately, £40,000. The building's and nttsig-up of these works caused a oanisaderabie amount of steady employment (tradesmen and others the year, and Bines the. works have herein': completed MpwardsHcf.-200 ;hands; L^y.e- 'been ieimJployed in- jjhe meat freezing and fell-1 mongering- ladtostry. Within the "Borough. 38 .in accordance with- the by-lJlaws have been, issued: to contractors for huildingis, estimated to cost, iappxoxdm- / ately, £12,000. ■ Several residences (have beep erected throughout the dastriot an the viiainity .of Maisterton, land a considerable muanlbeir of build-', ' ang tradieismieitt were also engaged for | several months oh the new Solway : Showgrounds, grandstand, stock buildings, and yards, iso that taken j BIU (round very few tradesmen have! been unemployed during the year. Ooadh and carriage ouilding has liiaiatained' a marked imjproveiment, I end during the period under review bH ta'adesm'an have been fully employed, a consdderabJe daffioulty ibeing experienced at times' in obtaining competent ttradesoneni, especfialfly im the painting amd 'smitniiig departments. Aigrioultural implement manufiac-i ifcuring, ongiineering, and iron working ] have furnished very steady employ-1 nnent to the regular tradeS'mem following these, indugtries. . t '■"'■■ and cycle repairing, has ftmoislhed very isteady employineat to ' oM workers engaged. Extensive *ad- '., tlßifcions to one of the local'factories Sirte, contemplated, • iso that all olasisies. fef wyrk i <athi®Atirade may be fuffly -undertaken.. The (trades have not been so busy as, was expected;, eiawnfilling les-pecially .being very slack, .fflhis .is, or course, readily accounted for, as most of the accesailble bush is now out out, and timber for local requirements has to be obtained from the 'Main Trunk and elaeiwhere. , . The cemiemt pipe and tile manufacturing ; industry has experienced a vary good year, all hands haviitg been kept isteacily iemplioyed, and good prasipeats are anticipated. Steady employlment throughout ltihe year 'ha3 been furnished in the . leather , trades—saddlery, harnessanakiing, and bootraaking and repairing- ' In the clothing ltrades( tailoring land dressmaking) almost regular emflploymient has been experienced in the majority of cases, very Mttle time -being (bst, and a •considerable amount of overtime has been worked. The dairying industry, in the manufacture of both .butter and oheeise, iiais experienced, (jtiite a record for quantity of output -laisiif iseason; and motraathstandung that considerable add&tiionsiwere made to factories last year, it as now expected to again in<jrea.se <fihe Ifaoi'lflties by way of cap- : acnity and machinery for the handilling, of next seasonV isiipply, w r hich dis expected to be still greater than Oast. An excellent iseason has been experienced throughout the districb, and t/he condition of :sttoak has been iwelJ maintained.