Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 6, February 1923

Abstract

February 1923. THIS MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Jan 1922; Criticisms of the English index; Cost of living, India and the UK. PRICES: Wholesale prices, Jan 1923; Comparative retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur), Retail prices, principal countries. WAGES: Collection of wage statistics; Wages and cost of living. FACTORIES: Indian factory statistics; Accidents and prosecutions; Labour in Indian coal mines. TRADE UNIONS: Associations of employees-the meaning of recognition; Second Clerks’ conference. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay, Jan 1923; Disputes, other provinces; Geneva conventions and recommendations; Recruitment of Indian seamen; Committee on Indian Mercantile Marine. LABOUR LEGISLATION: Workmen’s compensation legislation, Bill passed by legislative assembly; Legislation, Indian mills; Factories Act. EMIGRATION: Indian emigaration to Ceylon and Malaya. QUESTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Australia, France, Russia, USA, Japan, Hong Kong. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices, Bombay; Wholesale prices index, Bombay (Jan 1920); Retail food prices, (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur), July 1914, Dec 1922, Jan 1923); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Trade disputes, Jan 1922; Cotton spinning returns. CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail prices of food, Bombay; Cost of living, foreign countries; Exchange rate, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay; Rainfall in India, Jun to Nov 1922.