INCREASING TOTALS

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 301, 16 September 1936, Page 11

INCREASING TOTALS

Operations of Placement Scheme A further increase of 661 in the number of men placed in employment through the operation of the Labour Department’s placement scheme is shown by the figures for the week ended last Saturday. Placements now total 6758, of which more than half have resulted in permanent employment. ' ■ Details of the operations of the scheme since its inception are as follows :—

a a S a> CL| c5 0 co as o aS O Cm 8 $ 3 § Whangarei . . 33 8 19 60 Auckland . . 209 81 206 496 Hamilton . 116 17 28 161 Gisborne . 171 6 6 183 Napier .... . 97 13 86 196 Hastings • • . 48 11 47 106 New Plymouth 144 7 14 165 Taumaruniii’ . 121 4 16 141 Wanganui . 129 25 50 204 Palmerston 1 s’. 126 12 71 209 Masterton . 98 6 73 177 Lower Hutt . 138 35 114 287 Petone .... . 119 66 95 280 Wellington . 456 150 486 1092 Nelson .... . 126 36 86 248 Greymouth . 174 6 42 232 Christchurch . 293 39 138 470 Timaru .... . 94 70 98 262 Oamaru . 129 123 53 305 Dunedin . 508 98 139 745 Gore . 24 8 12 44 Invercargill . 138 477 45 660 Other centres 30 7 8 45 Totals . 3521 1305 1932 6758