BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYED
THE‘LATEST FIGURES ; - • A SLIGHT DECREASE./ : ' i ...- i (British Official Wireless.) , ‘ RUGBY, October 10. The riumber of insured persons' in cm: ’ployinent on September 20, the date of the latest, report of the Ministry of Labour, was approximately 923,200, These figures, however, were substantially reduced owing to , .the trade dispute in the manufacturing section of the cotton industry, otherwise there would have been an increase of' about 37,000 in the number of persons in work compared with a month ago, and about 31,000 a year ago. ” ' The total numbers of unemployed on the registers on September 26 were 2,110,1218, wholly unemployed, 039,100 temporarily. stopped, and 99,033 normally in casual employment. .This total, Which is "1817 less than the numbers on the "registers in Augiiat, comprises 2,303,182 men, 79,044 boys, 420,034 women, and 55,151 girls.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21774, 13 October 1932, Page 9
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