UNEMPLOYABLE MEN
7604 RETURNED SOLDIERS HEADQUARTERS FIGURES Unemployable returned soldiers in New Zealand totalled 7604 at the end of September, according to figures contained in a circular fi-om headquarters received by the executive of the Gisborne branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. The figures were given in showing how the allocation of the £ISOO allowed from the Canteen Fund was made for July, August, and September.
The Returned Soldiers’ Associations distribute the fund to their members, the amount decided on for each centre being based on a percentage of the total number of civil unemployed in each district. The circular showed the total unemployable men in New Zealand at 7604. Auckland had the highest total with 1693, and Christchurch was next with 1320. Dunedin was third with 878 arid Wellington fourth with 645. The Christchurch allocation from the Canteen Fund was £256.
Gisborne’s total of unemployable ex-servieemen was 192, and the allocation made to this district from the Canteen Fund grant was £37.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 23 November 1939, Page 4
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163UNEMPLOYABLE MEN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 23 November 1939, Page 4
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