MORE UNEMPLOYED
LAST MONTH'S FIGURES
There w.ere 807 more unemployed re* gistered on March 18 than were registered oh February 18, states the Unemployment Boai'd, the total beingl 66,652. Of thesa a total of 5585 men were ineligible fpf relief for.: various reasons, -which left a total of '61,067 a charge. on the- board!s funds." Of these it is''estimated'that at least 29,500 were engaged on work' of a definitely reproductive and developmental nature in connection.with the Dominion's primary industries. The followihgitable shows in what way the men in work were,engaged:— ' ."••: Scheme No. 5 ';.'..■ 45,136 Subsidised employment on farms under Schemes 4a, 4b, camp '■ scheme, etc. > . '... 8,450 Camp Scheme— Land improvement and development i 2,175 Highways and baekblock roads 2,264 Afforestation /mostly' State Forest Service) *•' 409 Building scheme subsidy I,SOS Gold prospecting schemes (exclusive of 1762 men prospect- 7 ing under-Scheme No. 5) .... 453 Miscellaneous (subsidised employ- ■ > ment in various industries) .. 370 Total ■„..... 61,067 Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. F<m; influenza, colds.—Advti: - .
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 5
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160MORE UNEMPLOYED Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 5
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