AUCKLAND LABOUR MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2848, 14 October 1908, Page 64

AUCKLAND LABOUR MARKET.

AUCKLAND, October 5. With the advent of spring the unemployed difficulty generally diminishes before an increased demand for labour. At the local labour bureau there is afc present considerably more demand by the Government for unskilled labourers, principally navvies. The bureau has sent, and is sending, men up to the northern lines for railway construction work. A number of others have been despatched to Opotiki for the Roads and survey Department. During August the "bureau found employment for 155 men. Last month 196 were sent out— l 74 single and 22 married. The institution of a branch of the Government female labour bureau in Auckland has proved successful. During August 108 female workers were applied for by mistresses, and there were 69 applicants for employment. Girls willing to accept engagement as "generals"can command wages ranging from 12s to 30s weekly, with liberal holidays and every possible convenience, but they are not *to be tempted. Next in demand come waitresses, housemaids, and cooks in the order named.

No few*r than 20,000 peisoce are reported missing in London every year. OnJy about one-fifth of those missing person"! are ever accounted for. The others disappear from friends altogether. Many. of them are '" wanted " by the police, which explains why they do net reappear. Number* of tb«m Leave London. ' .