SMALL INCREASE
DOMINION UNEMPLOYED 78,027 REGISTERED (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. The smallest increase for some time past is shown in the 'monthly returns of the Unemployment Board. From August 5 to 'September 2, 526 new men were registered, while during the previous month the increase was 3057. The total number of unemployed at September 2 was 78,627. Of this number 4517 were ineligible for various reasons, leaving 74,110 a charge on the board’s funds. It is estimated that at least 35,500 men arc engaged on work of a definite reproductive and developmental nature in connection with primary industries. Under the No. 5 scheme, excluding those gold prospecting, 49,299 men are now employed, and in subsidised employment on farms there are 9867. In various camps there were 4370 and in subsidised employment at standard rates of pay by the Public Works Department 21H7, most of whom are married men. Those engaged in the building subsidy scheme total 4595, in gold prospecting 3852, and in subsidised employment in various industries lit).
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18193, 14 September 1933, Page 3
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171SMALL INCREASE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18193, 14 September 1933, Page 3
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