STILL MORE UNEMPLOYED

Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1931, Page 11

STILL MORE UNEMPLOYED

. MINISTER REPORTS INCREASE. 15,000 NOT PROVIDED WITH WORK By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. An apparent increase of 216 unemployment registrations for New Zealand is shown for the week ended September 14, when the total was 51,234. The Minister of Labour, the Hon. S. G. Smith, said the number of men who were placed under No. 5 scheme •was 33,556. Although scheme 4a was being suspended during the present month, a total of 1227 men was still employed under the scheme on September 14, their period- of engagement not having then expired. In addition 1231 men were working under scheme '4b, and a further 218 men had been placed on other works. Men for whom no work was provided numbered 15,002, but .many of these would be standing down under the requirements of scheme 5 that they should do so one week in each four, while others would be of the class that was not employable owing to inability to undertake manual work. The suspension of scheme 4a for a month resulted in 199 less men being engaged thereunder compared with the previous week.