MORE EMPLOYMENT
POSITION £N BRITAIN.-..' IMPROVEMENT IN INDUSTRY (British Official Wireless.) A RUGBY, March o. It is estimated that at February 19 there were approximately 9,941,000 insured persons aged from 16 to' 64. in employment in Great Britain. This was 67,000 more than the month before, and 625,000 more than the year before. The industries showing the greatest improvement during ' the past month were building and public works contracting, tailoring, boot and shoe manufacture, and pottery manufacture. There was also some improvement in the iron and steel, engineering and motorvehicle industries, and in the shipping service. - At February 19 the numbers of unemployed persons on- the registers of employment exchanges in' Great Britain were l,88l;532 wholly . unemployed, 340,897' temporarily stopped; and 95,480 normally in casual employment. ; The total was 71,159 less than the number on the' registers at January 22, and 538,729 less ,thau a year before. The total on February 19, 1934,*' comprised 1,883,782 -men, 58.368 boys, . 328,146 ■fvomen, and 47,613'gir15.
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Evening Post, Issue 56, 7 March 1934, Page 9
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162MORE EMPLOYMENT Evening Post, Issue 56, 7 March 1934, Page 9
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