DOMINION UNEMPLOYED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 12

DOMINION UNEMPLOYED.

TOTAL STILL INCREASING. OVER 51,200 REGISTRATIONS. [IST TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Friday. An apparent increase of 216 in the unemployment registrations for New Zealand is shown for tho week ended September 14, when the total was 51,234. The Minister ci Labour, Hon. S. G. Smith, said the number of men who were placed under No. 5 scheme was 53,556. Although scheme 4A was being suspended during the present month, a total of 1227 men was still employed under the scheme on September 14, their period of engagement not having then expired. In addition, 1231 men were working under scheme 4B and a further 218 men had been placed on other works. Men for whom no work was provided numbered 15,002, but many of these would be standing down under the requirements of scheme 5, that they should do so one week in each four, while others would be of the class that was not employable owing to inability to undertake manual work. The suspension of scheme 4A for the month resulted in 199 fewer men being engaged thereunder compared with the previous week. The figures for the last five periods for which totals have been issued are as follows: Ar>plica- Temporarily Unemcations. Working, ployed. August 17 .. 19.132 39.041 10.091 August *24 . . 49,258 4*2,003 7,255 August 31 .. 50.033 -1'2,299 7.734 September 5 .. 51.018 39.181 11,897 September 14 . 51.234 30,232 15,002 PIGGERIES ON FARMS. HELP OF BOARD SOUGHT. A suggestion that the Unemployment Board should assist farmers in the purchase of pigs and in the erection of suitable piggeries was conveyed to the board recently. In reply, the Unemployment Commissioner, Mr. M. Fraser, staled it was regretted that no assistance could be given as far as the purchase of stock was concerned. However, the board agreed that farmers might take advantage of the board's No. 4B scheme for the purpose of building new piggeries. Under the scheme the board paid a subsidy of 33 1-3 per cent, on the labour cost of development work on farms when carried out by registered unemployed men on a contract basis.