UNEMPLOYMENT

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 February 1939, Page 13

UNEMPLOYMENT

THE LATEST RETURNS [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Feb. 4. The unemployment returns for the four-weekly periods ended December 17, 1938, and January 14, were issued by the Minister of Labour (Mr. Webb). The returns, which include those on the register who are, for health or other reasons, unfit for employment, are as follow: —

Registered but not on relief, December 17, 1938, 407; January 14, 1939, 553. On sustenance awaiting placement: On scheme 5 relief, December 17, 1938, 510; January 14, 1939, 483. Total: December 17, 1938, 917; January 14, 1939, 1036. On sustenance, unfit for employment for health or other reasons, but being afforded relief from the Employment Promotion Fund: December 17, 1938, 7285; January 14, 1939, 7,809. The January figures disclose a reduction of 7211, as against the corresponding figure for January 15, 1938. For the four-weekly periods under review, the expenditure from the fund under the heading of promotion of employment, as distinct from relief expenditure, was estimated at £516,880 for December and £429,081 for January.