UNEMPLOYED MEN.
A RISE LAST MONTH. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. Aug. 2. An increase of 1707 registrations for the Employment Promotion Fund during the four-weekly period ended July 3, 1937, was revealed by the actingMinister of Labour (Hon. P. C. Webb) in a statement issued to-day. On July 3. 1937, the total number of males wholly or partly dependent on the Employment Promotion Fund was 37,546, he said. The following table compares the* position at June 5, 1937. and July 3. 1937, the latter period being mentioned last: Registered but not eligible or not placed on relief ... 2,500 2,901 Receiving rationed relief work 6,136 G,070 Receiving sustenance without work 20,690 21,845 Receiving full-time employment. wholly or partly paid from the Employment Promotion Fund 6 513 6,725
Total 35,839 3/,546 Increase during the four-weekly period ended July 3, 1937, 1707. The comparison between the figures for July 3. 1937, and for July 4. 1936, shows a reduction of 16,692.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 3 August 1937, Page 2
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158UNEMPLOYED MEN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 3 August 1937, Page 2
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