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Northern Advocate, 6 February 1934, Page 11

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UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF. (Speclar to "Northern Advocate."! . V WELLINGTON, .This Day. / The following- details regarding Unemployment relief, as. at January 20, ' ■■ have been released by the Uriemploy*- •' •••< ment Board:— , * Men bn register, unplaced or in-. eligible for unemployment relief for various reasons, 4198; men receiving. - relief under No. 5 scheme (excluding • gold prospectors and intermittent workers), 479; men on register whose relief wages are supplemented for full time employment, 3339; men on regiser. who. are receiving part, time -. vu;; relief under No. 5 scheme, 36,467. Total 44,473. ( . ’Of'this .total receiving relief, estimated-that ll;500 were on developmental and work calculated' to benefit the Do-’ minion’s primary industries. - *. Workers engaged in industrial , undertakings whose earnings are sub- -■ /’ sidised from, the unemployment fund were. ,as 1 ;follows;-—Farm \vprkers, j - VTi 9265; building works, 6637; workers ' in Public Works Dept., 1187; . highf.' V.v',way and backblocks roacjs 800; aff ores?.., tation 524; general 235. : , Workers employed by the P.W.D. at standard, rates of pay (principally. married men).—Land developmept, ’ 926; roads 2067; gold miners and ' v" prospectors, under No. 5 scheme 3373; " others 288; miscellaneous 146. Total , : - 25,448. . ‘ •'( The full total is 69,921. ;