Unemployed at 45,409
PA Wellington There were 45,409 persons registered as unemployed or on special work in 21 of the. 22 Labour Department dis-; tricts at October 27, according to figures released yesterday by the Minister of; Labour (Mr Gordon). No information was available for the Wellington employment district where statistics were disrupted by an industrial dispute in the office last month. Figures for the 21 districts showed 1587 fewer persons registered unemployed or on
i! special work than at October 13. At October 27, 24,931 . were on special work in the districts, including 154 .’engaged on flood-relief I work, Mr Gordon said. |! "They are cleaning up ; houses and outside work ■ such as disposing of dead stock, clearing roads, drains, and fence lines and similar work in Southland and Otago, he said. Arrangements had also been made with the flood relief committees for university students to undertake flood-relief work during the long vacation.
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