Labour Gazette Vol VIII, No. 1, September 1928

Abstract

September 1928. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Sept 1928; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale and retail prices. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial disputes, Presidency; Accidents, May to Aug 1928; Employer situation, Aug; Labour news, Ahmedabad; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Labour situation, Japan; Workmen’s Compensation Act; Administration of the Workmen’s Compensation Act; Failure to give notice (G.I.P. Railway); Wage reductions forbidden by law; Industrial transference board report; Absenteeism in British Collieries; Labour conditions, China; Labour situation, USA; Welfare burden of Japanese cotton mills; Dispute in Massachusetts cotton industry; Industrial and commercial census, Italy; Industrial conference, New Zealand; Maternity benefit for factory women; State aid to industries, Bengal; Representation of labour, Municipality; Revised mining regulations, Japan; Standard of living of cotton mill workers, Sholapur; Unemployment, Japan; Industrial unrest, India; Amendment to Australian commonwealth conciliation and Arbitration Act; Factories, Presidency; Census of woollen and worsted production; Unemployment in Travancore; Immigration, USA; BOOK AND REPORT REVIEWS. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Industrial disputes, Aug 1928; Factory accidents (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, other centres); Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Bombay; Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices and retail food index (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, Jul and Aug 1928; Working class cost of living, Bombay.