Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 3, November 1922

Abstract

November 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Oct 1922; Cost of living-Collection of data in Ireland; Cost of living and wages-Wage standards in New Zealand. PRICE STATISTICS: Prices and cost of living, Germany; Wholesale prices, October 1922 (Bombay); Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). WAGES: Proposed reduction of wages, Ahmedabad; Wages in the tea industry. HOUSING: Working class rents-Conditions (Bombay, Karachi); Select committee on house rents. FACTORIES: Labour in Bombay. STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS: Industrial disputes, Bombay; Bombay tramway strike; Industrial disputes, second quarter of 1922. LEGISLATION ON INDIAN MINES: Mr Innes’ speech in the assembly; Bill to amend and consolidate Indian Mines Act, 1901; Question in the legislature, Labour situation, Japan; Labour, Siam. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Australia, South Africa, Germany, China, Intl. Labour Office. 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, Sep and Oct 1922); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Oct 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, Bombay.