UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF.
MORE PEOPLE AT WORK.
SPREAD (OVER ALL AREAS
(Official Wireless.) RU'G'BY, April 29
A big increase in the number of persons in employment and a 'corresponding diminution in the number out of work are shown in the monthly return of the Ministry of Labour. The unemployed on the 'registers at the employment exchanges on April 15 totalled 2,044,i‘G0. This was 109,410 less than on March 25 and 103,735 less than a year ago. The latest total comprised f,033,302 men, 47,989 hoys, 300,943 women and 52,220 girls. A gratifying feature of the returns is that the diminution in unemployment during the period under review was spread over ail areas, but the most substantial advance was in the northeastern area' of England. None of the principal industries in Britain showed any marked decline in employment.
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19564, 1 May 1935, Page 7
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