FEWER ON RELIEF.
INDICATION IN BRITAIN.
(British Official AYireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 20. Figures issued by the Ministry of Labour show a general decrease in the number of persons in receipt of poor relief.
In forty-seven selected areas in England, Wales, and Scotland the number receiving relief in July was 1.3 per cent less than in the previous month and 5.2 per cent less than a year before. The decrease was somewhat greater in the case of outdoor than indoor relief.
JUVENILE UNEMPLOYM ENT. REDUCTION EFFECTED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 20. A special analysis of unemployment among juveniles carried out by the Ministry of Labour shows a reduction of 8000 in the number of registered unemployed boys and girls under 18 years on June 24. as compared with November 26, 1934. The total in June was 102,000. of whom about 56 per cent were under 16, a somewhat higher proportion than last November.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 226, 22 August 1935, Page 7
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