FEWER UNEMPLOYED
POSITION IN DECEMBER. FIGURES ANALYSED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Jan. 19. The Minister of Employment (Hon. 11. T. Armstrong) stated to-day that the unemployment returns for December 18, 1937, including those on tho register who arc for health or other reasons unfit for employment, disclose a reduction of 15,919 compared with the corresponding figure for December 19, 1938. The reduction compared with the figures for November last is 2909. Details as at December 19 are as follow:
Registered but not on relief, 737; on sustenance awaiting placement, 4294; on scheme No 5 relief, 3336: total, 8367 On sustenance, totally unfit for employment for health or other reasons, but being afforded relief from the Employment Promotion Fund, 8000. For the four-weekly period under review the expenditure from the fund under the heading “Promotion of Employment” as distinct from relief expenditure is estimated at £207,000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 11
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145FEWER UNEMPLOYED Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 11
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