2026-04-161921https://dans.nls.ac.in/handle/123456789/3039October 1921. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Sept, 1921; British index; Enquiry in Japan; Large increase, Vienna. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices (foreign); Comparative prices; Retail price statistics (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Sept, 1921; Industrial unrest, Bengal. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE. HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL WELFARE: Health of the Bombay worker; Vital statistics, 1920; Industrial welfare, Bombay. TRADE UNIONS: Growth since the war; Trade union legislation; Employers and trade unions; Effects of an eight-hour day. CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES: Geneva conference; Industrial disputes committee, Light Railway Conciliation Board; McAlpin committee. LEGISLATION: New Factory Act; Workmen’s Compensation Acts. RIGHT TO STRIKE. LABOUR SITUATION, JAPAN. QUESTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE: Legislative assembly; Legislative council. NOTES FROM ABROAD: South Africa, Holland (Netherlands), Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, USA, Japan. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living index; Retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); India’s Trade; Whole and retail market prices (Bombay); Wholesale market prices (Karachi, foreign); Trade disputes; Retail prices (foreign).