UNEMPLOYMENT
DECREASE IN NUMBER. A decrease in the number of men wholly or partly dependent on the Employment Promotion Fund as at 29th August is shown in a return released yesterday by the Minister of Labour, Hon. H. T. Armstrong. ’ The Minister compares the position at 29th August and Ist August as folows:
Comparison between the figures for 29th August, 1936, and those for 31st August, 1935, shows a reduction of 9959.
Registered but not eligible . 29th 1st Aug. Aug. or not placed on relief Receiving rationed relief work under scheme No. 2,700 2,804 J. 0 Recciv’g sustenance with15,569 15,945 out work Receiving full-time employment wholly or partly paid from Employment Promotion 25,994 26,296 Fund 6,584 8,958 Totals 50,847 .54,003 Decrease during four- * weekly period ended 29th August. 1936 3,156
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 September 1936, Page 6
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