TRADE IN AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14292, 11 February 1910, Page 6

TRADE IN AUCKLAND.

BUSINESS GENERALLY BRISK.

INSPECTOR'S REPORT.

[BY telegraph.—own correspondent.]

Wellington, Thursday. The Labour Department's Journal, issued to-day, has the following, notes on the conditions of employment and k trade for Auckland :— (

There is practically no change in the condition of trade and labour in this district as reported last month, excepting that business is a little quieter, the people not yet, having settled down to work for the new year. The building, trade is fairly busy, yet there are a number of tradesmen out of work. This is probably owing to the fact that the buildings are not sufficiently advanced to employ carpenters and painters, who really predominate in the unemployed. There is every indication that the building trade will be busy during the present" year.

Bricklaying: Fairly busy. No men are reported to be idle.

Carpentry and Joinery Fairly busy; yet 29 men are registered as out of work.

Painting: Normal condition. There are 11 names on the employment book. Plumbing shows no change from the condition of last month's report, there still being three men registered as unemployed. Plastering: Normal. Stoneimasonry : No men are reported to be out of employment. Woodworking and Butter Boxmaking: Fairly busy. Sawmilling : Normal condition , mills working full-handed. Furniture Trades: Normal. Seven men registered as out of work. Coopering : Fair. Engineering Trades: Agricultural implement —Normal. Boilermaking— Fair ; there are five man registered as out of employment. Brass and coppersmithlng and electrical engineering Normal, there being five men registered as out of employment in the. latter trade. Engineering and —There are eight names on the employment book. Iron and brassmoulding— Three men are signing the employment book of the union. Stove and rangemaking— Normal. ,

Leather Trades : Fairly busy. Bootmakirig (factories) : Fairly busy. Retail trade: Normal.

Saddlery and harnessmakiug and tanning and curbing: Busy. Fellmongering: Very busy. Clothing trades, dressmaking, and millinery : jS ot very busy. Shirt-making: Normal. Tailoring (order): Normal condition. Some shops are very busy; others are slack. Factories are fair. Woollen milling is fair. The retail trades are apparently very good, especially in the drapery line, where some firms are forcing trade by sales. Other employers in that line say that they could do more business, yet they do not consider trade slack. Grocers: Normal condition. There are no complaints as to slackness of trade from business me®.

Printing and bookbinding: Busy. Meat freezing and preserving and slaughtering : Busy. ' Blacksmithing: Busy. No men are registered as idle. Coach and car building shows no change from last month. . There are three men reported out of work. Cycle and motor trades: Slightly improved, but there is no' demand for labour. Agricultural operations : . There is still a demand for competent farm Hands, milkers, ploughmen, etc. Gum sorting: Normal. Brush and broommaking: Fair., Boatbuilding: Still fairly busy. Brick and tile making: Busy. 'f Baking and pastry cooking: There are at- present 10 tradesmen out of work. ."{ , Enginedriviny: Eight men are registered, as out of work. / General labourers: Four names are op the employment book. • . .'/ Tinsmithing : There has been a falling off in this trade during the month, and fi*e men are registered as out of work. / .. Unskilled labour: There are still a considerable number of men registering t/ieir names for work, no less than 45 having applied in one day. Many of these men do not care to take on work for the contractors in connection with the city drainage works, but prefer to . follow 00-op*rative work, which is a class of work have been accustomed to. During thq, period from December 20 to January 20 226 men were sent to work, 29 being marked men with 108 persons dependent upon them, and 197 single men. Of this number 43 were pent, to private employment awl 183 to Government and railway works/ -