Labour Gazette Vol. IV, No. 6, February 1925

Abstract

February 1925. THE MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Feb 1925; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale and retail prices; Securities Index Number; European cost of living index. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Education of factory hands; Labour leaders’ conference; Questions in the legislature; Industrial disputes, Bombay. Accidents and prosecutions. Indian Labour Legislation. Bombay Provincial Postmen’s and Menials’ Conference. Trade Union Congress. Unemployment among Anglo-Indians in Madras, and Middle classes in Bombay. World’s Cotton Industry. Hours of labour in various countries. BOOK REVIEWS. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. STATISTICAL TABLES: Factory Accidents (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, other centres), Jan 1925; Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Cost of living index, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index, Bombay; Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices and retail food index (India, foreign countries); Food retail prices, Dec 1924 and Jan 1925.