Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 7, March 1923

Abstract

March 1923. THIS MONTH IN BRIEF: International labour conference, 1923. COST OF LIVING: Feb 1923. PRICES: Wholesale prices, Feb; Comparative retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur), Retail prices, principal countries. WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOUR: Wages to peons, Bombay; Agricultural wages; Hours of labour; Wage reductions in Ahmedabad; Labour office budget. WORKING CLASS BUDGETS, BOMBAY. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay, Feb 1923; Labour legislation; Bombay Millowners’ Assoc.; Double shifts, Bombay mills. TRADE UNIONS: Bombay presidency, first quarter of 1923: HOUSING: Industrial classes. INDUSTRIAL WELFARE: Maternity and child welfare; Infant mortality, Bombay; Welfare Work in Mills. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION: Workers’ compensation, UK; Questions in the legislation. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Canada, South Africa, USA, Japan, Geneva. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Principal trade unions, Bombay, Income and expenditure; Factory accidents, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Bombay (Jan 1920); Comparative retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad, Sholapur and Poona); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes (Fen 1923); Cotton spinning returns (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1922; Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Rate of exchange, Bombay; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay; Rainfall, India (Jun to Nov 1922).