ENGINEERING BUSIER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18080, 3 May 1922, Page 6

ENGINEERING BUSIER.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOUTH. MOTOR-CARS RECOMMISSIONED. [BX TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday. In contrast with the experience of many months past there are very few unemployed engineers or other metal trades workers in Chrijstchurch at present. Mr. S. W. King, secretary of the various engineering unions, said to-day that he had less than a dozen men on his unemployment book, whereas a few months ago the number ran nearly into three figures. The engineering firms, including makers of agricultural implements, had much more work in hand, and ha'd taken on a number of extra men. This, he presumed, was due to the fact that farmers were spending some of their wheat cheques on needed agricultural machinery, and on repairs to that which they owned already. Much the sarr.e was true of the motor trade, which was really busy just now. A large number of people in town and country had laid up their cars when the slump came, but now it appeared they were having them overhauled in readiness for use once more. Regarding immigrant engineers, about whom so many complants had been made lately, Mr. King stated that out of 52 on the books of the various unions ' less than half-a-dozen were now unemployed. He was not prepared to say that all of them were working at their own trades, but they were working, and that was the main thing. _" •■■•"-