UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF
OVER HALF IN PRIMARY INDUSTRY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Official figures show there were 75,034 on the unemployment register at July 8, an increase of 2116 after June 10. Of these 5511 were ineligible for relief for various reasons, leaving 69,523 men a charge on the board’s funds. Of these 48,704 were engaged in No. 5 scheme, 10,711 in farm schemes, 3939 in camps, 1850 in subsidised employment by the Public Works Department, 3618 in gold prospecting and 87 in subsidised employment in various industries. Of the 69,523 men it was estimated at least 37,500 were engaged on work of a definitely reproductive and developmental nature in connection with the Dominion’s primary industries.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1933, Page 7
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