UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF
THE LATEST REGISTRATIONS INCREASE SINCE LAST MONTH (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, August 19. The report of the Unemployment Board on the registrations of unemployed men as at August 3 reveals an increase in the total number of males wholly or partly a charge on the Unemployment Fund. The present total of 67,571 represents an increase of 2003 on the corresponding figure recorded last month. The number in receipt of part-time employment under scheme No. 5 or receiving sustenance in lieu of relief work as at August 3 was 39,825, compared with 38,294 on August 4, 1934. The number in full-time employment but assisted by wages subsidies from the Unemployment Fund was 17,746 compared with 24,157 a year ago. This makes the total number who are a charge on the Unemployment Fund 57,571, compared with 62,451 a year ago.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22654, 20 August 1935, Page 9
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141UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF Otago Daily Times, Issue 22654, 20 August 1935, Page 9
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