FEWER UNEMPLOYED

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1935, Page 7

FEWER UNEMPLOYED

STEADY DECREASE REPORTED. POSITION MORE SATISFACTORY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The report of the Unemployment Board on the registration of unemployed as at December 22, 1934, shows a still further decline in the total number of males who are wholly or partly a charge on the unemployment fund. The present total is 54,707, or 1732 fewer than the total of 56,439 recorded on November 24, 1934. A comparison of the latest returns with the figures recorded a year ago shows the present position to be very satisfactory. The number in receipt of part-time employmen under scheme No. 5 or sustenance in lieu of relief work hs at December 22, 1934, was 34,226, compared with 37,870 on December 23, 1933, a decrease of 3644. The number in full-time employment but assisted by wage subsidies from the unemployment fund was 20,481 on the same date, compared with 29,870 a year ago, a decrease of 9389. This makes the total number of those who are a charge on the fund 54,707, as compared with 67,740 a year ago, a total reduction of 13,033.