STILL DECREASING.
1 UNEMPLOYMENT IN N.S.W. 25,900 ON REGISTER. SYDNEY, March 28. The Premier, Mr. Mair, said yesterday that nearly 90,000 people were employed now in New Soutli Wales and unemployment was decreasing still. He added that there were 2~>,900 registered unemployed in the State, of whom about 10,000 were doing relief work. The percent age of unemployed was only 2.0 of the number employed and was the iwst ever recorded in the State. Actually (here were only 1">,000 un- I employed who wei'c not on relief work i ;ind among thr>r were men unfit or tooold for hard work. They were reeeiv- ! ing social service benefits. J
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 76, 31 March 1941, Page 6
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108STILL DECREASING. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 76, 31 March 1941, Page 6
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