LABOR BAROMETER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3709, 19 December 1912, Page 5

LABOR BAROMETER.

MONTHLY REPORT OX GISBORNE

IMPROVEMENT CONTINUES.”

In the current number of the Labor Journal, the report on Gisborne is as follows :

| “The improvement reported last j month still continues. As the season jis opened increased employment has i been found for all classes of labor. The | excellent prices realised for -all comj modifies produced in the district has j put the settlers in good heart, the ; result being that there is no scarcity j of labor and there is not likely to be I any for some time to come. Although | the number of applications for em- • pioyment is the same as last month, very few of tliesp have made a second application, and it is fair to assume that they 'have found employment independent of the Department’s efforts. "Building trades.- —Bricklaying, carpentering and joinery, painting, plastering. plumbing, and gasfitting are very busy. Applications have been j received from several employers for i bricklayers, carpenters and painters. “Woodworking trades. —- Cabinetj making and upholstering, sash and ! door factories, sawmilling and woodi turning are busy, and every available j hand is employed; there is still a shortage of labor in the sawmilling ; industry. ! “Engineering trades. —Agriculturalj implement repairing, electrical engin- ; eering. fitting and turning are busy, and all hands are fully employed. 1 “Leather trades/—Bootmaking (repair shops) and saddlery and harnessj making are fairly busy, but there has ! been no inquiry for hands. 1 “Clothing trades Dressmaking ! and millinery seem somewhat quieter | than last month, and very little overj time has been worked in any of the j factories. Tailoring (order) is exceedingly busy, and likely to be more so up to Christmas; there is an opening for one or two good coat hands and several female operatives-. “Retail trades. —Clothing, hoots, drapery and groceries are normal. “Printing trades. Bookbinding and printing are normal. •'Aicat-freezing, etc. —Tanning, currying, fellmongering, and slaughtering, freezing, and preserving are now going on full-handed, and there is every prospect of an exceedingly busy season. “Coachbuilding trades.—Blacksmitliing. and coach and carriage building are still busy; there is a difficulty in obtaining hands in the higher-skilled branches of this trade. “Cycle and motor trades. —All hands are fully employed. “Agricultural operations —Fanning, dairying, etc. —The excellent spring has' made feed very plentiful, and dairying is now going at full swing, while there is every indication of the season being a good one. “Miscellaneous. —The local brickyards, which have been closed through the winter, owing to the had state of the roads, are now working up to their full capacity, and during the summer months, or as lone as the roads are kept open, they will employ a number of hands. “Unskilled labor. Twenty-three men applied for work, and employment was found for four.