A SMALL DECREASE
LATEST REGISTRATIONS
A slight decrease in tho number of registered unemployed in New Zealand is recorded in the latest returns. The number registered on • 21st January was 67,865, a decrease of 1416 compared with the figures for a month earlier. Of the 67,865 men, 6272 were ineligible for relief for various reasons, leaving" 61,593 men a charge on the board's funds. It was estimated that at least 30,000 were engaged in work of a definitely reproductive and developmental nature in connection with the Dominion's primary industries. Employment was allotted as follows, the figures in parentheses showing the totals for the previous month:— Scheme So. 5, 46,431 (47,425). schemes No. 4a, 4b, farm camp scheme etc 8342 (9209). ' Camp scheme— Land improvement and development. Highways and backblock roads, 1764 (1651). Afforestation (mostly State Forest Service), 287 (469). Building scheme subsidy, 2500 (3243). Gold prospecting schemes (exclusive of 1319 men prospecting under scheme No. 5). 9Q9 f>3'') Miscellaneous (subsidised employment in various industries), 190 (164). Totals, 61,593 (64,082). ' Discussing the failure of the unemployment registrations to show any appreciable decline during the summer, the Minister of Employment (the Hon. A. 'Hamilton) said yesterday, that unless they fell it would be difficult for the Unemployment Board to keep up its allocations at their present figure throughout the year. The board had anticipated a decrease in registrations in the country, and its difficulties would be accentuated if they did not fall off. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 8
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241A SMALL DECREASE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 8
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