NO WORK IN WELLINGTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXX, Issue 8478, 16 June 1906, Page 6

NO WORK IN WELLINGTON.

Those who find employment dillicult to obtain in Wairarapa should hesitate before trying their fortune in Wellington, judging by tho following extract from the ./W :--

With the advent of winter's chilly cla<p the difficulty of obtaining work in Wellington apparently increases. Yesterday a mail called at the Ereuhuj l } o«t offico and told a pitiful story of his vain search during the past two weeks for employment in the city. Recently, ho stated, he noticed an advertisement in the I'nxl requiring the services of a man for two or three days. He promptly applied for the position only to be informed that he was the twenty-ninth who had called, soon afterwards he saw another advertisement for a man to do odd jobs. Within ten minutes of the paper being published he arrived at the address given, but found six others before him. On another occasion ho formod one of a long procession of unsuccessful applicants for the position of a custodian. These are only a few of the difficulties related. When asked if he had been to the Labour Department, the man said he had, but his age—ho is well advanced in years— prevented his " going on the land," though he was willing to to tackle any other work that would bring him in a shilling or two. He is still watching the papers and wearing out boot leather in pursuit of '■ something to keep body and .soul together."