Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 8, April 1922

Abstract

April 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Mar 1922. PRICE STATISTICS: Mar 1922, Bombay; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). POPULATION OF BOMBAY CITY AND ISLAND: Distribution according to occupations; Welfare conference. DIETOF THE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL LABOURER. TRADE UNIONS: Bengal Trade Union conference; Proper Trade Union Functions. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; other provinces. REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES COMMITTEE: Welfare work, UK. LEGISLATION: Indian Factories Amendment Act; Factory legislation in Japan; Canadian Industrial disputes investigation act; Conciliation and Arbitration in New Zealand-Amendment Bill. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Japan, Persia, Argentina, Switzerland. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices (Bombay, Jan 1920); Retail food prices, Jul 1914, Feb and Mar 1922; Retail food prices, Feb and Mar 1922 (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Mar 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Monsoon progress, 1921; Cost of living, Bombay; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay.