Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 5, January 1922

Abstract

January 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Dec 1921; Cost of living abroad. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Dec 1921; Retail price statistics (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad, and Sholapur); Comparative retail prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad, and Sholapur). WAGES IN THE PRESIDENCY: Unemployment and public employment agencies; Reform of the Indian factory law. THE BOMBAY MILL AND THE “CHAKRA”. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Dec 1921; Other provinces, British Industrial Court. CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES: Intl. Labour Conference, 1921, Third Session (Geneva); Industrial Disputes Committee; Committee on recruitment of Indian seamen. THE LABOUR SITUATION, JAPAN: Japan and the Washington Conventions and Recommendations. EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN (Maternity and Child Welfare). WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION LEGISLATION: G.I.P. Railway Workmen’s Union. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: Japan, Greece, Italy, Germany, Australia, UK, USA, Holland, Argentine. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index, Bombay; Retail food prices, Nov and Dec 1921 (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, other centres); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Mill production (yarn, woven goods); Principal trade disputes, Dec 1921. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living indexes (India, UK, Canada, Belgium); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay 1921.