DOMINION UNEMPLOYED
DECREASED REGISTRATIONS mtST DROP SINCE APRIL LAST. I [ Per Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, Sept. 28. A very small decrease in the number of unemployed is shown by the figures for the wek ended September 21, 1931, according to information supplied to-day by the chairman of the Unemployed Board (the Right Hon. J. G. Coates). The total at the end of the previous week was 51,234; new or renewed applications during the week were 2025. while 1845 applications were removed, making a net addition of 180. The number placed during the week was 535, so that the net change was a reduction in outstanding applications by 355, leaving a total of 50,879. This figure includes the considerable number of men in relief work under the No. 5 scheme. If this is subtracted, the unplaced applicants at September 21 total 14,015, as against 17,678 a week earlier, a decrease of 3663. This decrease is the first recorded since April 20 last.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 230, 29 September 1931, Page 8
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