THE UNEMPLOYED.
PRESENT POSITION. INCREASE IN REGISTRATIONS. (By Telegraph,—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Satur da y. For the week ended May 25 Hie unemployed registered throughout the Dominion totalled 40,507, compared with 39,553 for the previous week an apparent increase of 954. Returns supplied .by the Minister of Labour show that although new and renewed applications for work totalled 3379 during the week 24,329 men qualified and were placed in work under the Unemployment Board's No. 5 scheme which means that the real increase for the week was 5385, leaving 10,178 men still unemployed. The registrations arc:— With Without Dependents. Dependents. Auckland ... 2480 3000 Wellington .. 1403 2219 Christchurch 2830 1840 Dunedin 1292 1051 Invercargill . . 050 294 Excluding men placed under the No. 5 scheme the position on May 25 wasAuckland 1128 Wellington 588 Christchurch 730 Dunedin 597 Invercargill 480 Other parts 049
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18343, 1 June 1931, Page 9
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