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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1748, 6 September 1905, Page 68

There are more unemployed in Auckland just now (says the “ New Zealand Herald”) than is usual at this time of the year, but the increase is not so marked as to cause anything like alarm. The majority of those out of work are apparently men averse to, or unfitted for, country work, as there is still demand for suitable men from employers of labour in tk© country districts. The slackness in the building trade is making itself felt just at present, and the allied trades, including plumbers, painters, bricklayers, and others, are also suffering in consequeage. The differences between the builders and architects concerning the conditions under which work shall he tendered for may accentuate the dulness of the building trade, as it is said that work is being held back pending an understanding. At the Dunedin Police Court last week Douglas and 00., occupiers of a factory, were sewd 5s and costs for failing to pay a bo-jr of seventeen years of age in their employ with the annual increase of wages stipulated iu. the Factory Act.