REDUCTION IN NUMBER
UNEMPLOYED FIGURES DOWN. PRESENT TOTAL 50,000. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 8. The report of ,the Unemployment Board on the registration of unemployi)d as at February 16 indicates a further improved position in the total number of males who are wholly or partly a charge on the unemployment fund. The present total of 50,134 shows a decrease of 1952 on the corresponding figure of last month. The number in receipt of parttime emplo3 T ment under the scheme No 5 or on sustenance in lieu of relief work was 31,884, compared with 34,789 on February 17, 1934, a decrease of 2905. The number in full-time employment but assisted by wage subsidies from the Unemployment Fund was 18,250, compared with 29,191 a year ago, a decrease of 10,941. This makes the total number who are a charge on the unemployment fund 50,134, as compared with 63,980 a year ago, or a total redaction of 13,846.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 9 March 1935, Page 5
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