UNEMPLOYED TOTAL
INCREASE LAST WEEK.
OVER 68,000 REGISTERED.
31,500 ON PRODUCTIVE WORK.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, this day
Tho total number of registered unemployed in the week ended April 15 was 68,255, an Increase of 1603 a3 compared with March 18.
Of tho total number, 5312 were ineligible for relief for various reasons, leaving 62,943 as a charge on the Unemployment Board's funds. It is estimated that at Jeast 31,500 men are engaged on work of a definitely reproductive nature in connection with the Dominion's primary industries.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 99, 29 April 1933, Page 9
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