Labour Gazette Vol. III, No. 8, April 1924

Abstract

April 1924. THE MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: March, 1924; Working class Cost of Living; Bombay European Cost of Living Index. PRICES: Wholesale Prices, Bombay, Mar 1924; Comparative Retail Prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad, Sholapur and Poona); Fall in Prices; World Prices; Securities Index Number. WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOUR: Wages in Agriculture, Bombay; Statistics of Wages and Hours of Labour; 8-hour day. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Presidency, Mar 1924. TRADE UNIONS: Fourth Session of AITUC Congress, Resolutions; Trade Unions in China. INDUSTRIAL WELFARE: Welfare Work, Tata Group of Mills and in Madras. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION: Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, Draft Resolution. MISCELLANEOUS: Questions in the Legislature; Postal Conference; Classification of industries and occupations; Unemployment Insurance Act, 1924; New Factory Bill. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Bombay Cost of Living Index; Wholesale Market Prices, Bombay and Karachi; Wholesale Prices Index Numbers, Bombay; Retail Prices of Articles of Food in Feb and March 1924 (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Sholapur and Poona); Bombay European Cost of Living – Table A, Summary Table; Index Number, Wholesale Prices (India, Foreign Countries); Securities Index; Factory Accidents, Mar 1924; Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Principal Trade Disputes, Mar 1924. CHARTS: Cost of Living Bombay; Progress of the Monsoon, 1923; Securities Index; rainfall, June to Nov 1923; Index numbers of Wholesale Prices (India, wholesale); Retail Prices (rice, pulses, cereals and others articles of food), Bombay; Cost of Living Indexes (India, Foreign countries); Imports and exports of Merchandise, India; Rate of Exchange, Bombay; Wholesale prices in Bombay, foods and non-foods; Bombay strikes.