UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASE
THIS WEEK’S FIGURES A large increase in unemployment is shown by figures supplied by the Labour Department this morning, the total number of men out of work being 984 compared with 859 last week. Of the total of men out of work 867 ar9 classed as fit for heavy work and 117 as suitable for light work. Last week’s figures were 758 and 101 respectively. During the week 30 men were placed in work compared with 176 for the week ending April 21.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280428.2.255
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 340, 28 April 1928, Page 32
Word Count
85UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 340, 28 April 1928, Page 32
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.