§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Works if, in view of the criticisms of the financing of the Festival Gardens Ltd., as outlined in Command Paper No. 8277, he will give an undertaking that in future all contracts will be placed at open tender
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE ABERDEEN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AT 21ST MAY, 1951, AND 15TH MAY, 1950 Industry 21st May, 1951 15th May, 1950 Males Females Males Females Agriculture and Horticulture … … 64 5 68 5 Forestry … … 35 — 53 — Fishing … … 131 — 258 — Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing … … 85 — 163 2 Brewing, Malting, Wholesale Bottling and other Drink Industries … … 24 26 47 85 Building and Contracting … … 116 1 235 1 Sea Transport … … 59 — 82 — Distributive trades … … 162 79 213 87 National Government Service … … 27 14 39 12 Local Government Service … … 63 7 73 7 Sport, other Recreations and Betting … … 46 2 52 3 Catering, Hotels, etc … … 40 75 58 61 All other Industries and Services … … 414 165 618 224 Total … … 1,266 374 1,959 487