Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 7, March 1922

Abstract

March 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Feb 1922; Scope of the index. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Feb 1922; Wholesale and retail prices, Bombay; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). LABOUR IN BOMBAY: Labour organisation. THE COMPOSITION OF BOMBAY CITY POPULATION IN RELATION TO BIRTH-PLACE: Questions in the legislature; B.B. & C.I. Railway Union, annual report. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; Sholapur strike; Industrial disputes committee. BOMBAY MILLOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, ANNUAL MEETING: Recognition of associations of its employees. LEGISLATION: Indian Factories Amendment Act, 1922; Workmen’s compensation legislation; Trade union legislation. BASIC WAGE IN AUSTRALIA. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: USA, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, UK, Russia. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices (Bombay); Retail food prices, Jul 1914, Jan and Feb 1922; Wholesale prices (Karachi); Retail food prices (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, Feb 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; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay.