THE LABOUR MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 14

THE LABOUR MARKET.

The Labour Departments Journal for Sep■kmber contains the following information regarding the labour market in O+ago: — Dunedin.— Boot trade: .All hands employed, Kme of fcJie factcries making stouk. Agricultural implement manufacturing: Busy; ail hands fully employed. Building trades i Bricklayers:* All tradesmen making Ml time. P]&tt*orers : Oomuatent hands are being ad-

vertisecl for. Carpenters . In tiiis bivuich there are a few men unemployed. Stonemaßons: There is no improvement on last month., a large nunibeo: of good workman out of .employment. Painters- Few hands idle, prospects much brighter. P-lnginoermg . Vary little improvement on last month, competent hands iir all branches still iinemployoci. Saddlery: Fairly good, yet there are a lew tradesmen not making full time. Tailoring Factories: Only. fair, prospects incoming

inonfeh brighter. Shops: Exceedingly quiet, and general dullness prevails throughout; la.rge number of men idle. "Woollen milling: Trade in 'iocal mills in a dopiessccl state and no indication of improvement. Timber and K-inery trades- Al' hands are- fully employed, joinery branch exceptionally busy. Retail ta-ados: Drapers. In the laiger shops business is up to the usual season's average; trad-o in the sma'ler shops is on the quiet ride. G-rrc«irs ■ Ordinary amount of business being done in all ela&scs of shops. Bootjnakers. complain of bad season, sales this reason being exceptionally low and considerably less than the corresponding period of last year. Ooaohbuilfling . Very slack ; a number of hands uneinp'oyed. Plumbing, etc.: Fairly bnsy; all hands employed. Dressmaking: Quiet. Millinery: Busy. Unskilled labour: During the. month a largo number of this class of worker made application fcr employment, the major portion r»f them being single men and strangers to Dunedin, many of whom are induced to remain about town owing to the publicity given of the intention of the Government ip proceed w'th the duplication of the Danetlin-Mcgiel line. Sixty-seven persons have boen assisted during the month, 31 being sent to G-overnmeni works, and 33 being pla-oed privately. ; Oamaru.— Building trad.3s: Good in stone ' but somewhat quiet in timber. Good carpenters not fully employed. Engineering trades: Slack; full time not being made by 1 ' regula.r employees. Boot + rade : Good ; re- J gular hands fully emp l oyed. Clothing trade • ' Quiet, both in factories and workrooms, j Eetai! trade (general) : Quiet, yet a fair busi- | ness done during the period in all branches of trade. Miscellaneous : The period has been quiet, and, as a rule, it is so at this season j of the year. Unskilled labour: Twenty-three . persons applied for wgpk during the period, ] i? of whom wore sent to co-operative works. I There are a number of single men out of j employment. It is fully expected tha.t with, j tho return of fine weath-er prospects far employment will improve. j