THE LABOUR MARKET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11504, 28 September 1915, Page 2

THE LABOUR MARKET.

I j " ~ " I 'J' 11p, following report on iho Labour ! market, in Christ church appears in ihe j Journal of the Depari inent of Labour ! lor SrpLomijor: i There lias been very iitta' altera ' j lien in trade sine'"' hist- rcpoit. Jho • ! building trades are normal. V. oo«- ,- working are 'ho i riue-Tisin t r;;-!" ■ Imr.iness ha'-- boon j brisk in tb" a:: ri'-nl lu i al-inipleni' nk 'making. brass ami -r-oj>■'i".-:t;i iiiiig, and | olerrrion! hiv-ml, . ami 1 ling and (timing- '"be feat nor ;».''<!<• a;v qui-.u : o!o:lnng trades lair, splendid weal! if i • has pnvaibd <!nring tiie j i.oriorj. aml in very lu-tio jMrne h.i.s !/"er. lost by emI ployed on outside work. linildmg 'l ra<ie;.. ing. Trade i- normal. Caipentry ;m<l joinery: Ti'ade is iair: ii i? reported liiat a., slier!aire of hnrdvoods is rl>'laymg tho additions to Iho i'reozing works: v,ork is offering for marrie.-; men at- the military on nips in <he North Jsland. Painnng: .1 rade las been iairfv busy lor the poiiod. 1. Instering: 'lhero'has been n- flight. improvenient .since last report. I. mm >- ing and gasiitting quiet. stonemason rv very quiet. , VtWhverkuur Trades.- -Cab;r,etmaking and upholstering: Trade- lias been i cpnet ('oope ring busy; a good coo]je] is Tva'nted In- a loenl firm. Sa.sh and door (Victories rpiici. Snwinillmg :No improvement since L'ist report. \\ oodturning. etc., quiet. KuamocruiAX 1 - A p;i*i< ■u! 113 r; 1 1— implement making: 'J'ra.do is satishietory. Poilermnking busy. _ ..ura-ss and copper-smithing: Trade is _ l)iis\ , one largo firm requires the services of six brass-finisher.s. .Ljlectrii'iil engineering : 'l'ra.dc. is busy : tin 1 di.fncult ( > is + 0 obtain wiremen. Pi It ing and turning busy on repair work: there are t\vo vacant positions for fitters. Jron and brass moulding: Trade is brisk ni all branches. ]!angemaking_ busy. Leather Trades. —Bootmakmg (lactones): Trade generally is normal; some firms, however, are busy m completing Government Bootmaking (repair shops) quiet. Saddlery and harness-making: Two firms have been busy in completing Defence order?. . Clotlmig Trades.-—Dressmaking and millinery fair. Shirtmaking: AlMiands are, being kept fully employed. Tailoring (factories): Trade is fa-iv; some factories are being kept iairly busy on Government orders. Tailoring (order): Tra.de is very quiet. Woollen-milling sa i isfacf ory. . , fjnlaii quiet. Drapery lair. Groceries: Trade has declined f-inee last report. Ib-intiug Trades. —Trade generally is quiet. afcal-freezing, etc. Tanning busy. J'Vllmoiigeriitg" quiet._ Slaughtering, tree/,ing and }>resenling: The works havo now rlosrd down(.'oachbuilding Trades.—Trade is norma-!. Cycle and motor trades quiet in all branches 1 . .Miscellaneous.- -Tinsmithing quiet, j Galvanising quiet. Biscuit and con- J feet-ionery making: Trade has been fair for the period. Brushmaking very busy. Unskilled Labour.—A fairly largo number of applications for employment has been made during the month, but orders to send batches of men for labouring work in connection with tho military camps at Trentham and Featherst-on alleviated ihe position so far as men who' were able to leave tho city were c-onrarned. During the ! month forty single and seventy-two ' married men, with 267 dependants, I were assisted to ■employment--twenty- j , eno to private and ninety-seven to l Government works. Tho report on the women's branch is as follows : The following applications were received from employers during the month: Domestics 33, to assist -1, cooks and cook-generals 'lB, house and housopnrlour maids 18, waitress 1, ladyhelps 4, mirsegirls 2. housekeepers *2, married couples 'J, sea-msiress 1, charwomen 10; total 03. l''or the same period from employees were:--Domestics 7, cooks and cookgenerals 12, house and house-parlour maids (>, housekeepers 3. waitress 1, lady-help 1, charwomen 0; total 39. Twenty-six or ilie.se were found suitable etupioyir.cnf, four of whom wero married ai\d twenty-two single or widows. Two came from tho North Island, twenty- two from the South Island. and two from Great Britain. Of the ununited applicants se-vera-1 are elderly, lor whom it is diftlciilfc to get positions ; others are seeking work, in tea rooms or restaurants, and for such there is Little demand at present. Good positions are still offering in the country. but few girls are willing to leave the city.