UNEMPLOYMENT
DECREASE SHOWN
MINISTER'S STATEMENT
Figures released today t>y the Minister of Labour (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong) show a decrease in the number of males wholly or partly dependent on the Employment Promotion Fund on August 29 last. The following table compares the position at August 29 and August 1:—
Comparison between the figures for August 29. 1936, and those for August 31, 1935, shows a reduction of 9959.
Aug. zu. ai legistcred but not eligible or not placed on relief 2,700 iccelvins rationed relief work under scheme Xo. 5 .... 15,569 lecelvlng sustenance without - work 25,391 tecelrlng full-time employment wholly or partly paid from Employment Promotion, fund l).38t Totals 50,847 lecrease during four-weekly period ended August 2'J. 193U 3,150 .ug. l. 2,801 13,043 26,200 S.958 51,003
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 67, 16 September 1936, Page 12
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127UNEMPLOYMENT Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 67, 16 September 1936, Page 12
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