N.Z. UNEMPLOYED

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1933, Page 4

N.Z. UNEMPLOYED

LITTLE CHANGE IN POSITION

THE FIGURES FOR. DECEMBER

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WELLINGTON, January 7,

The number of unemployed registered during the week ended 24th December, 1932, was 69,281, a reduction of 30 compared with the week ended 26th November;.,l932. The figures for the week ended 24th December are:— Men on register 24th December. 1932, or transferred therefrom to schemes other than Scheme, No 5., 69,281. Of these- 69,281 men, 5199 were ineligible for relief for various reasons. This leaves 64,082 men a charge on the Board’s funds. These are engaged as follows:—Scheme No 5, 47,425; subsidised " employment on farms under Schemes Nos. 4A and 4B and the farm camp scheme; 9209; camp scheme (mostly single men), land l improvement, and development, 1689 ; highways arid backhlock’ roads ’ 1651; -afforestation (mostly State Forest Service) 469 j building ocheme subsidy 3243 j gold prospecting scheme (exclusive of 1274 men prospecting under Scheme No 5) 232; miscellaneous (subsidised employ, ment'in various industries) 164. Of the 64,082 men it is estimated that at least 32,000 men were engaged on work of a definite reproductive development nature' in connection with the Dominion’s primary industries.

OVER 11,500,000 IN U.S.A. WASHINGTONannary 7. Unemployment in the United States reached the unprecedented total of 11,580,000 in November, according to preliminary figures • that were released to-day by Mr William Green, President of the American Federation of Labour.