N.Z. UNEMPLOYED
462 INCREASE
(By Telegraph. —Per Press Association)
WELLINGTON, August 21
An apparent further increase of 462 in the unemployment registrations is shown for the week ended August 17, when the total registered was 49,132. The Minister' of Labour, Mr Smith, states that the number of men' who were placed under the Number Five scheme was 32,978. A total of 4,948 men were engaged under Scheme 4A, and 1,115 men under Scheme 48.
The men for whom no work was provided duiing the week numbered IQ,091. The Minister stated that many of these would be standing down under the requirement of Scheme Five that they should do so in one week put of each four, while the other men would be of a class that was not employable owing to inability to undertake manual work.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1931, Page 4
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