THE PLACEMENT OFFICE

Southland Times, Issue 23047, 14 November 1936, Page 5

THE PLACEMENT OFFICE

WORK FOUND FOR 12,000 MEN LATEST LIST FOR DOMINION It is announced that 12,894 men have been placed in work—6647 of them in permanent work—since the placement scheme was begun. Invercargill with 873 placements is fifth on the list for New Zealand. The Invercargill office has found permanent work for 251 men. The official list of placements made to November 7 is as follows:—

Ternmanent. Casual, porary. Total. Whangarei 60 32 38 130 Auckland 655 329 481 1465 Hamilton 226 42 47 315 Gisborne 376 38 28 442 Napier191 41 159 391 Hastings 143 62 130 335 New Plymouth 242 56 34 332 Taumarunui 246 32 43 321 Wanganui 293 63 99 455 Palmerston North 273 50 115 438 Masterton 150 13 88 251 Lower Hutt 175 57 177 409 Petone 163 107 161 431 Wellington 762 400 686 1848 Nelson 214 133 112 459 Greymouth 304 20 50 374 Christchurch 517 109 256 882 Timaru 157 224 139 520 Oamaru 227 217 85 529 Dunedin 825 192 319 1336 Gore 51 28 25 104 Invercargill 251 531 91 873 Other districts 146 15 93 254 Totals 6647 2791 3456 12,894 The placements for the week ended November 7, are 1030.