A FURTHER DECLINE
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, February 6. A continued decline in the total number of males wholly or partly a charge on the Unemployment Fund as at January 19 is reported by the Unemployment Board. The present total, 52,086, shows a decrease of 2621 on the figure recorded just before Christmas. The number in receipt of part-time employment under schemes 5 or 9, sustenance in lieu of relief work, on January 19 was 32,911 compared with 37,020 12 months ago. This latest figure of those receiving bare relief assistance is the lowest recorded since June, 1931. The number in full time work, but assisted by wages subsidies from the unemployment fund, was 19,175 on January 19 against 27,836 a year ago. The total number a charge on the fund is 12,770 less than a year ago.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20027, 7 February 1935, Page 6
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141A FURTHER DECLINE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20027, 7 February 1935, Page 6
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