GLOOMY SIGNS
DECREASED PRODUCTION. CONDITIONS IN QUEENSLAND KEPT ALIVE ON LOAN MONEY. , CA HI,B CRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT Rereived 10.45 a.m. to-day. BRISBANE, Sept. 23. Mr. A. C. Elpfiinstone said that in the last three years Queensland’s population had increased by 48,000, whereas the number of factories had decTO«isecl l>y lilt eon, t-he lnntl selected had decreased by 98,00.) acres, _ mineral production had shrank by £6sß,<X>!>. He declared that Queensland was only kept alive by loan money.
UN EMPLOY MENT RELIEF. PAYMENTS BY INSURANCE COMMISSION. EXPENDITURE EXCEEDS RECEIPTS. Received 10.50 a.m. to-day. BRISBANE, Sept. 23. The annual repoit of the Unemployed Workers’ Insurance Commission, tabled in the Assembly, shows that there were 48,980 applicants for sustenance during the tear ended March 31 last. The sum dispensed was £311,833. The receipts for the year totalled £263,523 and the disbursements £360 958. The rate of contribution had since been increased to fourpence.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 September 1927, Page 5
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149GLOOMY SIGNS Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 September 1927, Page 5
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