THE UNEMPLOYED
INCREASE OF 2003. FIGURES FOR MONTH. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, August 19. The report of the Unemployment Board on the registration of unemployed 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 57,571 represents an increase of 2003 on the corresponding figure recorded last month. The number in receipt of part-time employment under Scheme 5 or 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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Southland Times, Issue 25367, 20 August 1935, Page 7
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137THE UNEMPLOYED Southland Times, Issue 25367, 20 August 1935, Page 7
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