Labour Gazette Vol VIII, No. 11, July 1929

Abstract

July 1929. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: July 1929. Working class cost of living-table. COMPARISON WITH COST OF LIVING IN OTHER COUNTRIES. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES: Wholesale prices, Bombay; Comparison between Index numbers of Wholesale prices (Bombay, Calcutta); Comparison with wholesale prices index numbers in other countries; Food retail prices, Bombay; Retail prices index numbers of food articles, 5 centres, Presidency. MONSOON PROGRESS, 1929. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial disputes, Presidency; Employment situation, June; Workmen’s Compensation Act-Details of proceedings; Prosecutions under Indian Factories Act, June; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Strike in Bombay Textile Mills; Indian Mines Act, 1923; Employment of Children, Ceylon; Maternity Benefit Act, 1929; Indian Factories Act, 1911; A labour college for Bombay; Mill hours, Japan; Compulsory sickness insurance of seamen and airman, Italy; Indian Textile Industry; Indian Labour, Ceylon; Report of Ministry of Labour, UK, 1928; Labour conditions, Russia; Workmen’s compensation, Dutch East Indies. SPECIAL ARTICLES: Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923-Proposed Amendment by government of India. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. MISCELLANEOUS TABLES: Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Industrial disputes, June 1929; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Bombay; Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, May and Jun 1929; Working class cost of living, Bombay.