FEWER OUT OF WORK.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18927, 22 April 1933, Page 3

FEWER OUT OF WORK.

INDUSTRIES SHOW IMPROVEMENT. It is estimated by the British Ministry of Labour that on February 20 there were approximately 9,340,000 insured persons, aged 16-61, in employment in Great Britain. This was 55,000 more than a month before, but 45,000 less than a year before. The numbers of unemployed persons on the registers -of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain on February 20 were 2,241,168 wholly unemployed, 512,587 temporarily stopped, and 1 02,883 normally in casual employment, making a total of 2,856,638. This was 46,427 less than the number on the registers on January 23, and 155,465 more than a year ago. The reduction in the total of unemployed persons would have been considerably greater if it had not been for the fact that local set-backs in | Hie coal-mining industry have occurred in a few areas. A seasonal recovery, such as Is usually experienced in the first half of tlie year in industries like building, contracting, and shipping, is mainly responsible for the better figures. There lias been a -slight improvement in some of the more Important staple industries. These include iron ami steel manufacture, general engineering, and the woollen and worsted Iradc.