UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
REDUCTION Of 15,000 IN YEAR [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, December 8. On November 21 the total number of males wholly or partly dependent on the Employment Promotion Fund was 42,341. The following table shows the position at October 24, 1936, and November 21, 1936, respectively:— Oct. 24. Nov. 21. Registered but not eligible or not placed on relief ... 2,173 2,258 Receiving rationed relief work 12,582 11,141 Receiving sustenance without work ... 24,301 22,068 Receiving full-time employment wholly or partly paid from the Employment Promotion Fund ... 7.084 6,874 Totals 40,140 42,341 The decrease during the four-weekly period ended November 31, 1936, was 3,799. A comparison between the figures for November 21. 1936. and those for November 23, 1935, shows a reduction of 14,905.
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Evening Star, Issue 22517, 9 December 1936, Page 15
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124UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES Evening Star, Issue 22517, 9 December 1936, Page 15
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