MORE MEN AT WORK

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13240, 16 January 1941, Page 7

MORE MEN AT WORK

Striking evidence of the way Lltions manufacture and other Lrtime industries were reducing Lniplovment in Australia is given [ fac tory employment returns up I Qct 31. made available by the Lmonwealtli Statistician (Dr. RoL Wilson). ( T hese returns show that in spite I heavy enlistments in the A.I.F. Li R.A.A.F.. both of which have Lgn many men from factory jobs, |j ploy merit in factories increased by |arly 10 per cent, in the twelve Ijntlis ended October 31. IThe rate of employment as growI, fasl< For the four weeks ended Itoher 31. the following increases I employment in factories were re-l-ded: New South Wales. 1.5 per lit.: Victoria, 2.2 per cent.; South Istralia. 1.5 per cent. |]n West Australia there was no Inge, and small decreases in einlyment for the four weeks were lorded in Queensland and Taspnia. ■Trades union employment returns lifirm the way war industries are ii„g unemployment and show that g, percentage of trades unionists leniployed is now only 7.5—a figJL nearly 3 per cent, below that Immediately before the depression, irhe spectacular decline in unemiyment since production of munipns began is regarded by the FedI, Government as a strong ground' i removal of special emergency |es imposed by the States when employment exceeded 20 per cen.t King the depression, fcemoval of these taxes would aslit the community in bearing the Saw new war taxes.