Labour Gazette Vol. IV, No. 2, October 1924

Abstract

October 1924. THE MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Sept & Oct 1924; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale and retail prices; Securities Index Number. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: India and foreign; Accident prevention; Homoeopathic Charitable Dispensary, Bombay; Sixth Session of the Intl. Labour Conference; Indian Workers’ View; Workers’ Standpoint; Some criticisms of Intl. Labour Conference Answered; Position of Indian Cotton Mill Industry; Accidents and prosecutions; Effect of an 8-day in France; Maternity Benefits to Women Factory Workers; Accident of 29th July in an Ahmedabad mill; Welfare work in mills; Health and environment, England; Indian Employees of Indian firms in the Dutch East Indies; Industrial disputes in Bombay; Industrial disputes in other provinces, Madras. RENTALS IN BOMBAY: I. House rents in Bombay; II. Enquiry into Housing Conditions among the lower middle class in Bombay (South). LABOUR LEGISLATION. BOOK REVIEWS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. STATISTICAL TABLES: Principal trade disputes, Sept 1924; Factory accidents, Sept 1924; Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi).