2026-04-161929-08https://dans.nls.ac.in/handle/123456789/3130August 1929. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: August 1929; Comparison with cost of living in other countries; Wholesale and retail prices. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial disputes, Presidency; Employment situation, July; Workmen’s Compensation Act; Accident after leaving work; Labour news, Ahmedabad; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; How to avert labour unrest; Profit-sharing and labour co-partnership, UK, 1928; Unemployment insurance, Belgium; Workers’ Budget, Moscow; General Council of Soviet Trade Union; Labour conditions, Italy; Head Masters’ Employment Committee, UK; Trade Union reorganisation, Italy; Minimum wages; Unemployment Insurance, Canada; Bombay prevention of Intimidation Bill; Labour movement, Japan; Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923; Trade Disputes Act, 1929; International Labour Conference (Twelfth Session); Japanese Factory Act. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. MISCELLANEOUS TABLES: Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Industrial disputes, July 1929; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Bombay; Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, Jun and Jul 1929; Working class cost of living, Bombay.