UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
LAST WEEK'S TOTAL SMALLER OVER 12,000 WITHOUT WORK. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. A further decrease in the number of registered unemployed is shown in the figures for the week ended November 23, the total being 48,462, compared with 48,795 a week earlier. The highest number that has yet been recorded was in the first week in October, when the total was 51,408. The past seven weeks has thus shown a reduction of nearly 3000.' The number of men who were employed on part-time relief work in the week ended November 23, was 3C,145, and the number unplaced 12,314, a decrease of 580 for the week. The comparative figures for the preceding weeks are as follow: — Appli- Temporarily Unemcations. Working, ployed. Oct. 19 ... 50,737 30,538 13.599 Oct. 2G ... 50,266 36,424 13,842 . Nov. 2 ... 50,284 30,758 13,526 Nov. 9 ... 49,935 33,546 16.359 Nov. 16 ... 45,7f)5 35.595 12,900 Nov. 23 ... 48,462 36,148 12,314
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 283, 30 November 1931, Page 5
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153UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 283, 30 November 1931, Page 5
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