THE UNEMPLOYED

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1933, Page 6

THE UNEMPLOYED

Ll'sTlUßl'TloN in ENGLAND

EEEoiifs TO Mti! PROBLEM

(United Press Association—By Electric T*i*graph—Copyright.)

LONDON, August 15

In the southern counties of England), including the London area, the percentage of unemployment continues relatively low'.' In the whole area of Greater London with a population of .over.eight millions, the Average of unemployment is 10.6 per cent, of the insured working population, anch without the narrow figures of the city of London 5 -itself the figures are 2.9 per cent; which, is one of the lowest in Britain, and only in some villages and seaside resorts is the percentage low-

The unemployment percentage in Hertfordshire, Sussex i a nd Surrey is just over seven per cent:; Buckinghamshire' : 8, Middlesex 9, Kent, and Essex 12." The highest percentage s of unemployment is iri some of the smaller' textile manufacturing towns. The ■fallowing are comparative figures:— Birmingham. 12.3, Manchester ■ 15.4, Liverpool 28.2, ' Leeds 16.6, Sheffield 29.6, Bradford 13.9, and Glasgow 28.7. Lal’gbly aS'tlie result of a lead given -by the- Priti’ce of Wales in / fostering lbcal sOcia.l work, sbiiie fresh efforts have -.been undertaken, and something of : a/ 'Practical value accomplished by personal .iiiitiative- and ; local combination bf ioirts fin m'.iny villages where efforts are hhing made to face the local problem of unemployment. Many thousands bf ffiterf and women are taking piil't. in Addition. a council is interested in 600 schemes operating for J the training,, employment and entertainment of unemployed. .

INCREASE IN FIGURES

WELLINGTON, August 16

. tThempioj4d. on the register on August 5, of transferred to a scheme other thah scheme No o, totalled <8,091, an of 3057 compared with July 8. ’ .

bf'7Bo9l men, 5125 were ineligible for rtlief, for various reasons, leaving '72966 jis a charge oh the Board’s funds. ' These were engaged as follows scheme No 5 (excluding gold prospecting), 4.9,219, 'subsidised etapioyment on / firms;’ 11,5&0? lahd improvements 'arid devel.bpment, 1680 ; highways and backblock' roads,'\ilß4; afforestation, 1232; subsidised employment at standard rates? bf pby by tile Public Works department, 1828; building subsidy, 241, gcda 'nrttpehtfne:, £3744; miscellaneous '(subsidised eiliployment in various industries), 102.

It is estimated at least 40,000 men are engaged on.,'work of a definite reprbkdiictitfia b«» nature In cohnection with the primary industries.