Labour Gazette Vol. IV, No. 1, September 1924

Abstract

September 1924. THE MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Aug 1924; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale prices, Bombay; Comparative retail prices. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: AITUC; Report of Central Labour Board, Bombay, 1924; Bombay Telegraphists’ Union; Postal Workers’ Union; Trade Unions in Bombay, quarter ending Sept 1924; Bombay Port Trust Union; Union accounts; Ahmedabad Millowners’ Association; Accidents and prosecutions; Plea for direct and special representation of labour; Concessions for female workers; Nehru’s appeal to Jamshedpur Labourers; Workmen’s Freedom Bill. Industrial disputes in the presidency; Unemployment in India; Hospital Accommodation, Bombay; Industrial decentralization; Food supply of India; Alleged decay of rural administration; Workmen’s meals; Welfare work in mills; Industrial welfare in England; Labour in Japan; Statistical Year Book of Poland; Automatic Couplings and Safety of Railway Workers; Labour legislation. The Collection of Statistics by Legislative Enactment. Reviews of reports; Current Notes from Abroad. STATISTICAL TABLES: Principal trade unions, Bombay; Income and Expenditure of principal trade unions, Bombay; Principal trade disputes, Aug 1924; Factory accidents, Aug 1924; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices Index numbers, Bombay; Retail prices index numbers, Bombay; Retail prices of food, Jul and Aug 1924. CHARTS: Cost of Living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1924; Securities Index; Rainfall, June to Nov 1923; Retail prices of rice, pulse, cereals and other foods, 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.