SLIGHT INCREASE
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED. REGISTRATIONS AT JULY 6. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, July 20. The report of the Unemployment Board on registrations of unemployed as at July 6 reveals an increase in the total number who are wholly or partly a charge on the unemployment fund. The present total of 55,568 represents an increase of 2327 on the .corresponding figure recorded last month. The number in receipt of part-time employment under Scheme 5 or on sustenance in lieu of relief work as at July 6 was 38,085, compared with 37,151 in July, 1934, an increase of 934. The number in full-time employment, but assisted by wages subsidies from the unemployment fund was 17,483, compared with 23,482 a year ago, a decrease of 5999. This makes the total number who are a charge on the unemployment fund, 55,568, compared with 60,633 a year ago, a reduction of 5065.
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Southland Times, Issue 25342, 22 July 1935, Page 6
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