THE LABOUR MARKET.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 9

THE LABOUR MARKET.

'DEPARTMENTAL NOTES

• Tho -Labour Journal " for March, which was issued yesterday, • the,-following notes?i>n-.labour : jctmdition^:in'' jWelhngtop.:•: ' V-During >the/{month 1 jilstMded'.trado 'gbnerally- has been'good. ■ ■Factories have'been Lept. busy, and all hands have ■ bcen:;fully employed;' and", inj many'cases employers, re- ! ■port aidiffieulty.iin'6biaihing j 'suitable' workora. -Tffifloi dressmakers aro exception-ally-busy, ( aiid:6wing ; to the ; shbrfcnessof girl;la,bbur: they . are'; uriablo: jto" supply' orders 'to' -tiiiie:V; ; Building:trades':"' ; Very/;{ busy, in ';'a(l -branches.'' BmployerV'.'report''.'a difficulty' in getting .enough .cpmpetentV'liands.' Building throughout the city, and::snburbs,and.'there'i? every prospect ".of this ,briskness ,'■ continuing .'.for ! 'witfe]i^ey.;.'B^^^iig''^nul^3 : ': , brisk. ■Order s' continuo to ; „cbme' aloiig,- and .'airlands ■ are:■■ fully omployed.■ - CoachbuildingiV Only fair, although' quite' equal' to;, the." correspond-ing-month of previous years. ' j excpptionallyi'-biisy-,-. : and : difficulty is.boing. experienced : in- getting suitable girls;' :Ovei-tiine; continues to' bo'worlced;'Tailoring : Also, continues brisk, and all hands' :have : been kept busy. : .'"A good deal .of overtime 'is ■heing worked. are only 1 fair,/'altlipugh' all:;hands'' employed,'alio''niak;iiig'■full ''.times. -'JThero;;is' iio! prOspcct'i :: 'trades lsept' busy,:'.'ahdall:hands 'are 'fully-"6mplo^edr'Woollen-mills: ''Busy; all hands • fulljj"employed,-;and 'still ;, a :diffibiilty'Hn\ob.- l tainirig' hands. ' 'Plumbing; and '■ gasfitting: : Fairly . busy! ' 1 , There' are no' 11 li aiids'out of eniiployni'ent;"'Plastering:' ~Thi's {trade 'continiies; ! brisk,'?ai'id fall 1 hands aro, fully 'employed'.Tlio. briskness is -likely:to.- continue.' •Pamting: : Continues , brisk, and .there aro no ha'iids'out of ', employment., .Saddlery: • Tins trade 'is fairly.vgood, "and {quite equal to the corresponding ' iponth: of ; . previous -years; ;': I)[n-; skilled labour: 'Work has been fairly plentiful- 1 during'i.the l period.v i. .TKore! has ■good 'demand for "flax-cutters ,and navVies, :biit.'owing' V.to"'}'.tbe{'" continued'Vdiy ; { weather and.'bush-fire's'' tho ;demand, for,, farm:.hands, (milkers)}-has 'eased{'.off. "considerably;''''-but thore are pur'nig'thor.inonth- 26L men' ment'-on public .'{and;priyato ' works'. ; Of. tlys : iiumber';sS were from' Great Britain; 48, .from 'the'''Comittoiiwealth'it,??'. {from'-,the{Scmth;"ls-' land,\"7o': fclohgecl,to '.tile ..'lsland,',' and .9 Avere:'frpin' miscellahepus''piirts;,''■