REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED

Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1933, Page 7

REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED

73,000 ON RELIEF SCHEMES

MAIN SCHEME ABSORBS HALF.

BIG INCREASE SHOWN IN JULY;

By Telegraph—Press Association.

Wellington, Aug. IS.

Unemployed on the register at August 5, or transferred to schemes other than scheme No, 5, numbered .78,091. This figure shows an increase of 3057 compared with July 8. Of the 78,091 men 5125 were ineligible for relief for various reasons, leaving 72,966 a charge on the board’s funds. These were engaged as follows: Scheme No. 5 (excluding gold prospecting) 49,219, subsidised employment on farms-11,566, land improvement and development 1630, highways and backblock roads 1184, afforestation 1232, subsidised employment at standard rates of pay by the Public Works Department 1828, building subsidy 2411, gold prospecting 3744, miscellaneous (subsidised employment various industries) 102.

It is estimated that at least 40,000 men are engaged on work of a definite reproductive development nature in connection with primary industries. The total numbers shown since the present form of returns was adopted have been:—

1932:— September 3 73,241 October 1 73,596 October 29 71,971 November 26 . 69,311 December 24 69,281 1933:— January 21 67,865 February 18 . . 65,782 March 18 66,652 April 15 68,255 May 13 70,502 June 10* 72,918 July 8 ..... 75,034 August 5 78,091