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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

A TOTAL OF 64,000. The number of Government employ-A ees to-day is estimated at over. 64,000. : included in the total are 42,198 per- - , ?• .emeut 'employees and about 22,000 cas- : ' .mis. The aggregate must be a record V' if sold. or;* in the war years bo cxd§| eluded from past totals. id’ Ibompted by the heavy engagement' -i of labour for unemployed relief works, r inquiries were made on Thursday t(* discover how many were at present on ' the State payroll. As a result, tem/ porary employees were set down at 22,000, of whom 15,000 to 16,000 are engaged on public works or relief. , works of other kinds. The total is, of course, exceptional, and is due to the special effort made by the Government to relieve unemployment. . The permanent employees are distributed among the departments as follow: Railways 13,368 Education 9,653 Post and Telegraph . . 8,565 Public Service . . . . 7,,746 Police .. .. 1,114 Navy . . . 1,106 Military .. 506 Others . • 140 Total 42,198 The totalegiven for the Public Service relates to thore directly under the Commissioner, Mr Yerschafjilt. It wil! be noted that three of Jpc- departments —Railways, Post and Zi’elegraph? and Education—account >for about" three-fourths of the totalJff

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Shannon News, 5 November 1929, Page 1

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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Shannon News, 5 November 1929, Page 1

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Shannon News, 5 November 1929, Page 1

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