Labour Gazette Vol. V, No. 12, August 1926

Abstract

August 1926. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: August 1926; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale and retail prices; European cost of living, July 1926. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial disputes, Presidency; Workmen’s compensation; Employment situation, July 1926; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Labour news, Ahmedabad; Effect of coal strike; Working of Indian Factories Act; Housing progress, UK; Amendment of Factories Act, England; Ventilation and heating of factories; Effects of artificial humidification in cotton weaving sheds; Freedom of association (China); Labour banking, US; Regulation of Oriental immigration, Costa Rica; Speeding up census returns; Unemployment, Germany; Regulation of seasonal emigration; Inter-district employment exchanges, Italy; Sex discrimination in labour legislation; Emigration of British women; Cost of living, Japan; Standard of living of cotton mill workers, Sholapur; Wage changes, UK (Effects of foreign competition); Wage changes in various countries, 1914-25; Immigrant labour in Ceylon. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. CHARTS/STATISTICAL TABLES: Principal trade disputes, Jul 1926; Factory accidents (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, other centres), June 1926; Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index, Bombay; Wholesale prices and retail food numbers (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, June and July 1926; Working class cost of living, Bombay.