Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 12, August 1922

Abstract

August 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF: Sir Vithaldas D. Thackersey; Labour legislation, Japan. COST OF LIVING: July 1922. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Jul 1922 (Bombay); Comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur); Wholesale and retail index. LABOUR IN SHOLAPUR. COLLECTION OF STATISTICS BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT-IV: Indian emigration. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; Other provinces. STRIKES AND GRATUITY PAYMENTS: Recognition of trade unions; Conciliation and arbitration, Denmark. INDUSTRIAL WELFARE: Employment of children on wharves, etc; Housing of the industrial classes; Overcrowding in Bombay; Maternity benefits. QUESTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE: Double shift working in Bombay mills; Indian Factories Act-weekly holidays. INDIAN FACTORIES ACT-PROPOSED: Draft rules under the Act as amended; Exemptions under the Indian Factories Amendment Act, 1922. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: Canada, France, Germany, Spain, USA, Japan. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Jan 1920 (Bombay); Retail food prices, Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur (Jul 1914, May and Jun 1922); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Wages in UK (present and pre-war levels); Principal trade disputes, Jul 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale foods and non-foods, Bombay; Strikes, 1921-22, Bombay.