2026-04-161929-05https://dans.nls.ac.in/handle/123456789/3131May 1929. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: May 1929; Comparison with cost of living in other countries; Wholesale and retail prices. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial disputes, Presidency; Workmen’s Compensation Act; Employment situation, April; Prosecutions under the Indian Factories Act, April 1929; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Labour News, Ahmedabad; Lancashire Cotton Industry; Grievances of railwaymen; Maternity benefit for factory women; Rules under Trade Disputes Act, 1929; Trade Unions, Presidency; Fawcett Committee’s Report; Index numbers of wholesale prices in foreign countries; Cost of living index numbers, foreign countries; Industrial advancement in the Nizam’s dominion; Workmen’s Compensation Statistics, 1927. COST OF LIVING INDEX. BOOK AND REPORTS REVIEWS. GENEVA LABOUR CONFERENCE. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Industrial disputes, April 1929; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Bombay; Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, Mar and Apr 1929.