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LABOUR GAZETTEPREPARED AND EDITED AT THE OFFICES OF

THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR, WHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W.l.

P U B L IS H E D M O N T H L Y .

VoL. XXIX.—No. L] JANUARY, 1921. [ P r ic e S ix p e n c e N e t .

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EMPLOYMENT, DISPUTES, WAGES, AND PRICES IN DECEMBER.

E mployment.E m p l o y m e n t in December showed a marked further decline. In some industries, including agriculture, coal mining, and potteiy, hrick and cement manufac­ture, it continued good, and it yvas fairly good in the building, pig iron, cutlery, and glass trades; but in most of the other principal industries unemployment and short-time working were general, and towards the end of the month many works were closed down for extended holiday periods. The textile, clothing, boot and shoe, furniture, and leather trades were especially depressed.

The percentage of unemployed among members of Trade Unions (mainly of skilled workpeople) fromwhich returns are received rose from 3‘7 at the end of Novem­ber to 6’1 at the end of December, and the per­centage unemployed among the 11,900,OOO-workpeople insured under the Unemployment Insurance Act rose from 3*7 to 5*8 in the same period. In addition, large numbers of workpeople were on short-time.

The number of workpeople on the Live Eegisters of the Employment Exchanges on 31st December was approximately 748,000, of whom 500,000 were men,

. 188,000 were women and the remainder were youths and girls. In addition, 186,000 males and 260,000 females were registered as working systematic short time, or as affected by extended holiday suspen­sions, in such a way as to entitle them to benefit under

; the Unemployment Insurance Act. At the end of November, the total number on the Live Register was 520,000, of whom 374,000 were men and 103,000 were w'omen. The number of vacancies notified to the Exchanges, and unfilled at the end of December, was 49,000, of which 18,000 were for men, 25,000 for women. At the end of November, the total was 53,000, including 23,000 for men and 24,000 for women. Eurther details, showing the state of employ­ment in the principal industries, are given on pages 16 to 28.

Trade D isputes.The total number of trade disputes, involving

stoppages of work, reported to the Department as beginning in December, was 34. In addition, 65 dis­putes which began before December were still in pro­gress at the beginning of that month. The total number of workpeople involved in all disputes in progress in December was about 72,000, as compared with 1,138,000 in the previous month (when about .1,100,000 workpeople were on strike in the coal-mining ,industry) and 110,000 in December, 1919. Of the total number involved, the majority were accounted for by■jy® one affecting 45,000 coal miners in the.fihondda district, who stopped work with a view to securing the reinstatement of certaiu workpeople who ■Dad been discharged, and the other affecting 10,000 work­people in shipyards throughout Great Britain, owing to

s nke of joiners and carpenters against a proposed e uction in wages. The estimated aggregate dura- ifin ot all disputes during the month was about 429,000

working days, as compared with 3,631,000 days in November, 1920, when the coal strike was in progress, and 1,808,000 days in December, 1919, when iron- founders in most districts were on strike throughout the month. Detailed statistics, together with par­ticulars of the principal disputes, are given on page 31.

W ages.

In the industries for which statistics are available, changes in rates of wages reported to the Department as having been arranged to come into operation in December affected nearly 120,000 workpeople. Of these, 115,000 received increases amounting to about £28,500 on their weekly wages, and over 4,000 sus­tained decreases amounting to over £2,000 per week. The number affected by increases is much smaller than that recorded for any previous month in 1920. The principal bodies of workpeople affected by the changes were road transport workers in London, who received increases amounting to 4s. per week for men and 2s. per week for youths, and workpeople in the cai*pet trade, to whom an increase of 20 per cent, on pre-war rates was granted. Among the workpeople whose rates oi wages were reduced were fishery coopers at various ports and hosiery operatives at Dumfries. Details of these and other changes reported will be found on pages 32 to 40.

Orders made by the Minister of Labour under the Trade Boards Acts, fixing minimum rates of wages or raising minimum rates previously fixed, came into operation in December for cei’tain classes of workpeople in the stamped and pressed metal ware trade (Great Britain), the rope trade (Great Britain), and the retail bespoke tailoring trade (Ireland), and for all classes in the sugar confectionery and food-preseiwing trade (Ire­land). Summaries of these Orders are given on pages 46 to 49.

Retail P rices.

At 1st January, the average level of retail prices of all the commodities taken into account in the statistics prepared by the Ministry of Labour (including food, rent, clothing, fuel and light, and miscellaneous items) was 165 per cent, above that of July, 1914, as compared with 169 per cent, at 1st December. The decrease during the month was mainly due to reduc­tions in the prices of several of the principal aidicles of food and in the prices of clothing. Eor food alone, the increase at 1st January, over the level of July, 1914, was 178 per cent, as compared with 182 per cent, at 1st December.

The statistics are designed to indicate the average increase in the cost of maintaining unchanged the average pre-war standard of living of the working classes. Accordingly, in making the calculations, the changes in the prices of the various items included are combined in proportions corresponding with the rela­tive importance of those items in pre-war working- class expenditure, no allowance being made for any changes in the standard of living. For further parti­culars reference should be made to the article on page 14.

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At tho l.oginninR of 1020 there wns much une"'P'°y.ment in tho engineering influHt 17

enatingfl resulting from n general stnlie of ‘ronfounders

still in progress. In other industries employment was

strike, in January, employment m ‘h®

was good until tho summer. In July, August imd Seplomber, however, a decline in employment, winch had already become apparent in certain trades, espe­cially boot and shoe manufacture, leather tanning and curiwing, cotton weaving, and the hosiery and jute trades, gradually spread to a considerable number of other industries, and by the beginning of October depression was reported in most branches of the textile and clothing trades, and in the boot and shoo and leather trades. In October and November tlio shortage of fuel caused by the general stoppage of work at the coal mines, which continued for over two weeks, resulted in general slaoknesa and much unem­ployment and short-time working in nearly all tho prin­cipal industries. There was a partial recover^' shortly after the settlement of the strike, but the improvement jiroved only temporary', and after a renewed decline during December employment at the end of the year was slock in most of the principal industries. The percentage unemployed among members of Trade Unions (mainly of skilled men) from whom returns are received, which was 3 2 at the beginning of the year, and had fallen to 0 0 at the end of April, had risen, at the end of December, to 61. The proportion un­employed among tho 11,000,000 w'orkpeople covered by the National Insurance Act at the end of the year w as 5*8 percent. In addition, large numbers of w'orkpcople were w’orking short time.

The advance in rates of w’ages, which had been in progress since 1015, continued during 1020, and th«i aggregate amount of increase in the industries for which statistics are compiled exceeded that recorded for any previous year. Reductions in full-time w'ork- ing hours were also obtained by over half-o-railliou workpeople, the reductions being in continuation and completion of the widespread reductions in hours of labour in 1010. Owing, how'ever, to the serious decline in employment in the second half of the year, actual w'eckly earnings in many industries w'ere con­siderably lower in December, 1920, than at the end of 1019, notwithstanding the substantial increases in w'age rates which were granted during the year.

The general level of retail prices rose continuously from the beginning of the year until the end of October, and although there was a fall during November and December, prices, on the average, were higher at tho end of the year than at any date prior to October. At the end of December the average in­crease in the co^t of maintaining unchanged the pre-war standard of living of working-class families, as shown by the statistics regularly prepared by the Department, was 105 percent, above the level of July, 1014, compared with 125 per cent, at the beginnins of the year.

The number of trade disputes causing stoppages of work, reported to have begun in 1920, w'as 1,715, the highest total recorded for any year. The total number of W'orkpeople involved in these disputes (including those thrown out of work at the establishments w'here the disputes oeeurred) was about 1,930,000, and a further 90,000 wore involved in disputes in progress in 1920 which began in 1919. The aggregate loss of work­ing days m all disputes in 1020 w'as about 27,000.000. These totals are smaller than those for 1019, but the nurnherof w'orkj)eop]c involved is greater timn that for

a n y y e a r p r i o r t o 1 9 1 9 . a n d t h e a g j ^ e g a t e lon ii o f i n g l i m e s h o w n i s g r e a t e r t h a n i n a n y y e a r 1 9 1 2 a n d 1 9 1 9 .

Detailed particulars with regarl to cmplf^n„^ wages, hours of labour, retail prices, and trad#*are given below.

KMPbOYMKNT.At the beginning of 1920. employment in the «ngin^ industry ond in somo other hrnneh*-* of the niftal ir was adversely nlToctcd hy tho Bhorlago of ca jtin p rMnii from the general strike of ironfounderv which had progress for over throe montljs, and there wm much « ploymont and short time in these industriM. In c trades employment was good, on the whc le, aUhmj|(h it only moderate with sonmon and slack with Irish tii«i operatives. After the settlement in Janaary, of foundry dispute, there was n steady improToment in engineering and allied trades, and by the end of omploymont was brisk in nearly all the principal indaiUws The improvement wa.s reflected in tho percentages of work- leopie recorded os unemployed. In tho induslri#*

uy tho National Insurance Acts of 1911 ond 1916 th# centngo unemployed fell from 6-6 a t the beginning of ih- vonr to 3‘6 a t tho end of M arch; and oraonif wrUin Trads Unions from whom returns are obtainof! it fell from 32toM during tho same period. During the next three months «». ployinont generally was good, and a t the end of J ob,. tho percentage unemployed in industries covered h» th» National Insurance Acts had fallen to 2 6, whilst aneeg members of Trad© Unions making returns it was 12. ployment continued slack, however, in the Irish liiwr: trade, and signs of a decline began to appear in other industries. Tluise first affected were boot and skv- manufacture and leather tanning and currying in tprd followed, in May^ by cotton weaving and, in June, by ths hosiery and jute industries.

In July and August, though employment was vtill good on tho whole, tho decline continued, and soread to otlwr industries; and in September nla kneas and sboit timt « « reporto<l in most of the textile trades and in thf resdv- mado clothing, boot and shoo, and leather imlusim*#. B the O lid of September tho pcrcentugo uneroploy<-<l had ri»r to 3-8 in tbo insured trades and to 2*2 among meioberk « Trade Unions making returns.

In October the national strike of coal miners and th* consequent shortage of fuel seriously nlTvcted employmcni in the principal industries, and a t the end of that month, and in the first half of November, most of these induitns* wore very slack. On tho basis of such information u available, it would appear that between 6tb October and 4th November there was an increa.se of a t least 350.000 in the total number of workpeople unemployed, and. in ndduKA largo numbers were placed on short time. The lettlsauHit of tho dispute was followed by a partial recovery, but the end of November employment was still considsrsbW worse than a t tho beginning of October. There w m . further decline during December, and at the end of th< year there was serious depression in most industries. Tho percentage of Trade reported as unemployed had risen to 61. of workpeople out of work in the indusiries* ^embrsciAg about 11,900,000 workpeople) c o v o ix m I by the n*»w Unsm*

Sloyment Insurance Act, uhich lajue into opersiioa is ovomber, showed about 5'8

these industries at the end numbers of workpeople in the ing, engineering, napor-makiug, and other industries were on short time. The total ounib^-r of workpeople on the Live Registert of the Employment Exchangew at the end of the j'ear was approximately 748,000, of whom siX), were men, 188,000 were women, nearly 29.'XO vi boys, and over 31,000 were girls.

The following Table shows tho prop<irtion.<i of work­people unemployed a t tho end of each month, (u) in in d » tries (embracing about 4 million workpeople) eov<-r*Hl bv the Insurance Acts of 1911 and 1916, and (6) in Tr.ule Union* (with an aggregate memborsbip of over 1) millions) from which returns arc obtained. The Insurance Ai ts of 19U and 1916 were superseded by the new Act of 1920. which came into operation in November, and statistics relating to the industries covered by the two earlier Acts are not available for any date after IStli Octobt»r. 1920. It should be observed tha t of tho workpeople in iudustriiw imured under the Acts of 1911 and 1916, nearly two-thirds won* in the building, engineering, and shipbuilding industriflk but tiiiit skilled ftntl unkikillod uorkers of both swincluded. The Trade Union figures are distributed over a wider range of industries, but relate mainly to dulled men. Neither set of figure.s tako.s any account of nh«'ft time working, or of work|>eopU‘ on strike* or lockid-out.

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End of December.

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The mean percentage for 1920 was below hhat for any of the years 1900 to 1912 and identical with that tor 1919. The percentage for the end of December, though below the percentage for December in the years 1903-4 and 1908-9 was higher than that for the corresponding date in any year since 1910. At the present time, more­over, the proportion of workpeople on short time (and not included in the figures) is probably greater than at many

Iv .dates before the war when a higher percentage of unem­ployment was recorded.

As will be seen from the Table given on page 17, returns received from firms in tlie t6xtil6 trades, with over 235,000 workpeople in the week ended 18th December, 1920, showed that these firms employed in that week 5-1 per cent fewer workpeople, and paid 11*4 per cent, less in wages, than in the corresponding week of 1919. Similar returns received from firms employing 221,000 workpeople in various other indus­tries (including, inter alia, the boot and shoe, tailoring, paper, printing, pottery, glass, brick, cement, and certain food industries) show a reduction of over 6 per cent, in the numbers employed and an increase of only 1 per cent, in the amount of wages paid, notwithstanding the increases in rates of wages which were granted in all the principal industries during 1920. In some of these industries there were marked reductions both in numbers employed and in the total amount of wages paid.

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Coal miners wore well employed throughout the year, except during the general strike which began on 18th October and terminated on 4th November. The number of men employed at the mines remained about the same as at the end of 1919. At iron mines employment was good, except during the coal strike (in which iron miners in most- districts were also involved), and at shale mines it was good continuously. At tin mines it was fair during the first four months, fairly good during May, June and July, but slack during the later months of the year. With lead miners there was a slight but steady improvement during the early part of the year; employment was fairly good from April to October and good at the end of the year. At quarries it was good throughout the year. In the pig iron

• Tayment of unem ploym ent benefit or out-of-w ork donation is conditional on the “ lodging” of an unemployed persons' insurance book or donation policy.

t Figures for insured trades relate to 15th October ; no later statistics are available in regard to workpeople under the Acts of 1911 and 1916.X Excluding coal miners, who were on strike throughout the country.

industry employment was good until the furnaces were damped doivii during the coal strike, and fairly good after- ivards. At iron and steel w’orks employment was good after the settlement of the moulders strike, in January, although the shortage of castings continued to bo felt for some time. I t continued good subsequently except during the period of the coal strike.

The engineering industry was severely affected by the iron moulders’ strike, and employment was bad in January; after the termination of the dispute the shortage of castings continued to have an adverse effect, and although there was a gradual improvement it was not until May or June that employment could be described as good. In the second half of the year there was a decline, and during the coal strike the industry was quite disorganised. Afterwards, although there was some recovery, the former level was not reached. In the shipbuilding industry employment was good during the first part of the year, but the industry was hampered by a shortage of raw materials and from May onwards there was some decline until October, when the effect of the coal strike was severely felt. After the strike there was some improvement, but a general strike of ship joiners began in December, and employment was only moderate a t the end of the year. In the tinplate trade and in the other metal trades employment was good during the first nine months of the year, but in October and November it was seriously affected by the coal strike. After the strike there was some recovery, followed however by a further depression in the tinplate trade and by some decline in the other metal trades. There was practically no unem­ployment in the cotton trade until May, when, owing principally to a failure of orders from China and India employment in the weaving section declined rapidly. The spinning section was not much affected until August, but during the last four months of the year short time and unemployment were general throughout the industry. In the woollen and worsted industry employment was good until August, after which a depression set in and by November employment was bad and short time general. The hosiery trades were well employed until June, when a decline began, and from September until the end of the year employment was bad. In the jute trade, employment was good until June, moderate during July and August, slack from Sep­tember onwards; in October organised short-time was com­menced.

In the linen trade employment in Ireland was slack throughout the year; iu Scotland it was good until June, but slack afterwards and bad at the end of the year. In the lace trade employment was good during the first few months, after which first the levers section and then the curtain section became depressed; in the final months employment was bad in all departments. In the textile bleaching, printing, dyeing, etc., trades, employment was fairly good at the beginning of the year, and subsequently improved until March, when it was good. Later in the year, how­ever, there was a falling off, and in the last quarter of the year it was slack. In the carpet trade employment was good until November, when it declined to fair. In the leather and boot and shoe trades there was practically no unemployment a t the commencement of the year, but after the first few months there was a marked decline, and a t the end of the year employment was bad and short time was general. Employment was fairly good on the whole during the year in the various sections of the clothing trade, although there was a decline in the later months. In the woodworking and furnishing trades employment was good on the whole during the first half of the year, after which there was a decline, particularly in the furniture section; the effect of the coal strike was felt severely in October, and slackness was prevalent afterwards. In the building, cement, brick, glass and pottery trades, workpeople were well employed throughout the year, except during the coal strike, when the brick, glass and pottery trades were affected by shortage of fuel. In the paper trades employ­ment was good until November, when it became slack, except in the printing section.

The food preparation trades continued fairly well em­ployed throughout the year, except during the coal strike. In agriculture the supply of labour was always about equal to the demand, except for local scarcities of skilled labour. With dock workers and with seamen employment was gener­ally fair except during the coal strike.

CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES.*

I . — T rades in w h ic h t h e N um bers of W orkpeopleAffected are R epo r ted . !

The changes in rates of wages reported as having taken effect in 1920, in the trades! for which statistics of the numbers of workpeople affected by such changes are com-

• The figures given throughout are prelim inary and subject to slight re­vision. Those for 1919 and earlier years have been revised in accordance w ith the latest inform ation available and changes in the wages of railw ay servants, w hich have not in past years been included in the published statistics, have now been inclnded, both for 1920 and for earlier years.

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piloci hy tln' Dopurtiiioiit. rcNullc<i in an u^rt'^nU^ inrrnadn of nojirly £«1,700,000 in tlio weekly wa«es of about 7,600,000 workpeople. These totals are than t!i<js« r(s-f)rdcdfor any previous year. In tlio whole of the seven years 1910-16j a period of risinR wages, the increases in weekly rales ot wace.s recorded in the same indiisirice amounted to less than i;2.000,000. In 1917 the total rose to ahoiit £^600,000, In 1918 nearly 6J million workpeople in those indu.strios received advances, amounting to about £3,200,000 a week; and in 1919 the corresponding totals wore about 6,160,000 workpeople, and £2,400,000 increase in w'eekly wage rates. Too increase in numbers in 1920 ns compared with 1918 is partly accounted for by the rise in the numbers einploycd in variou.s industries ns a result of the demobilisa­tion of the Forces and hy the fact that, owing to the iinproyoineiit in the numerical strengtli of the workers’ organisations, larger numbers are affected by the changes in wages negotiated hy such organisations, which form the great bulk of the changes recorded by the Oepartmont. Hut oven when duo allowance has boon made for these two factors, it is evident, from the great rise in the aggregate amount of increase recorded, tha t 1920 was a year of unprecedented advance in money rates of wages.I t should bo observed, hmveyor, that, owing to the serious

th]decline in employment in the closing months of the year, particulars of which are given on pages 2 and 3, actual weekly earnings in many industries wore considerablylower, a t the end of 1920, than a t the beginning of the year, notwithstanding the substantial increases in rates ofwages which had been obtained. This reduction in earnings is illustrated by the figures given in a Table on page 17.

The following Table shows, both for 1019 and 1920, the numbers of workpeople affected by the changes reported, and the total amount of increase in weekly rates of wages, in each of the principal groups of trades. In comparing the amounts of increase shown for different trades, it is neces­sary to bear in mind th a t the advances in wages granted to men have usually been greater than those given to women, boys and girls, and th a t the average amounts ofincrease per head ore affected, therefore, by the varying proportions of men, women and juveniles employed indifferent trades. I t should also be noted tha t the changes reported mainly consist of those arranged between organised groups of workpeople and employers, and th a t many changes among unorganised worlcere^ especially those affecting only the oniployoos of individual firms, escape observation.

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Qroupa of Trades.or wages were

reporte<l as changed in

Total increase in the weekly wages

of those anocted. at compared with the

preceding year.

1019. 1030. 1910. 1920.

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M a n u f a c tu r e ......................Engineering, Shipbulldini;, and

Other Metal ......................Textile .................................Olothing ..............................Transport (excluding Trum-

w ays) ...................................Paper, Printing, etc....................Clieroical, Olass, Brick, Pottery,

etc..............................................O ther Trades ......................Public Utility Borvloos*

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290,(Wueo.in:i 400,0001,280,000

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720,000

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670.000190.000

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96,00»74,000

673.000132.000

220,000B70J)00300,000

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In the building trades the system of area grading schemo^, whereby uniform rates of wages were agreed upon for towns of certain grades in various districts, which was adopted in some di.stricts in 1919, was extended during 1920, and at the end of the year such schemes were in operation in all districts of Great Britain outside London, although afew totvns remained outside their scope, and painters and labourers in Scotland were not affected. The arrangementsmade under these schemes during 1920 resultod in the estab­lishment of uniform rates of wages for skilled men in the larger towns for the whole of the Northern Counties. York- shire, Lancashire, the Midlands, the South-Western Counties, South Wales and Scotland, whilst lower uniform rates were made applicable to the larger towns in the remaining districts. In most cases two or more increases wore granted during the year, and in the larger towns the amount of such incronses ranged from 6d. to 8d. per hour. In the coal mining industry an advance was granted inMarch of 20 per cent, on earnings, exclusive of *' war 1} •.«wage " and “ Sankey wage,” with a minimum of 2s. a shift to workers of 18 years of ogo and over, of Is. to those of 16 and 17 years, and of 9d. to those under 16 years. Early in November, following on the general strike, a further advance of 2s., Is., or 9d. per shift, respectively, was granted to workers in tho same age groups.

* Includlntr tramway, gas, electricity and water Dndertakiav'H (both of local autborltICH and private compaDies), and tbo road, saoltary and other services of local authorities.

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In the enginwniig. iMjih-rni .king and shipbuiMing in­dustries^ iiicn'ases were granted, under a decision of the Industrial (,’oiirt, amounting to 6v per week, or tu l f» f hour, in the case of time-workers, and 16 per cent in th

I • , a . ^ Ilf i n ^caseof picro-workers, taking effort in two er|iu} instalments in April and .luno. These increosos worn extended to work people in other metal Iradon, including the light c is ting ' sheet niotnl. gas-meter making and tul>« makinir t rad e . ’n n /1 4 a ^ ^ ..I a 1__________ i • • . ^ .trallo^ »n tho honvy chiTnical nnr) cxpU ivr-

For workers a t hlantfurmicos, whose wages move in arcord- anoo with the se ling pneo of pig iron, the mcrea^w gr.'inleu in the principal districts in 1920 varied in amount In Cloyoland wages were a t 104i jter cent, above the sUmUrd o t the beginning of tho year and I63| i»er cent at the

from 168i to 2561; m South Wales and Monmouthshire th * wages of tonnagemen were raised from 136* per cent to 1864 per cent, on stcindard rates; and in Scotland pTceiit

on standard of 110 or 115 were raiswi to 197* and 202* respectively. In all these districU certain raUvi of bonus payable in addition to the standard rates and r>er contage increases remained unchanged during the vUr For workpeople in the manufactured iron and steel tr.ide*. tho odvarireB, resulting from increases in selling prices a 80 varied. In the North of En„land the percen^e'^nddi;155 to 'Ti'l «■' from P“ 'ldler8 nnd millmen in the.Midlands the percentage was raised from 170 to 265 on2424“’''"flr'’" ' r ’l “ '“‘ ‘u from IM to» j "molters generally the perccnta«e on

« Vb w tonnagemen in iron and steel works* inbouth Wales and Monmouthshire the incre.ises were theS hcT to blastfurnace workers in the same

In the cotton industry, bonuses of £4 or £9 were granted to adult males during the first months of th - year with smaller amounts for females and youths, the payments being spread over three or four months. In^Mav an ncroase was granted of 70 per cent, on list prices (equiva-

lent to nearly ^ p e r cent, on current wages), together with on additional 10 per cent, on current wages to stripr*ers

leading men in the cottoii room. In the wool textile industry in Yorkshire, the “ costof living wage was raised, during the year, from 125 to

#0 per cent, on baais rates for workers, whilst for inece-workera, with a few exceptions, the percentage on basis rates was increased from 100 to 144 56 in the case of males, and from 106-25 to 152-17 in the t-ase of females. In addition m the woollen spininng and raanufiuturing scc- tions a further increase of 10 per cent, on ba>is rales pay­able a t the beginning of the year was increased to 15 m-r cent, and added to the basis rates on which the ” cost of ii>ing wage is calculated. whiNt a corre'fponding iiir-reas on basis raU*s was granted in the worsted spinning section. In the textile bleaching dyeing, finishing, etc., trades, tho

w .g e ” was increispd in Yorkshire fn>me or ^ time-workers, andfrom 96 to 1314 cent, for piece-workers, and in Lama-Hhiro and Scotland from 36s. 3d. to 49s. 7d. per week for adult males, and from 21s. 7d. to 29s. 6d. for adult females ly th smaller amounts for youtlw and girls. For boot and sJkw operatives the national minimum rate of wages was raised from 56s. to 68a. per week for the majority of the adult male workers, from 53s. to 65s. per week for the remainder, and from 30s. to 40». per week for adult females

In the transport trades, rates of wages were ngrc«*d upon for tho principal cla.sses of adult male workers engaged in tho mani'piilation of railway traffic, except signalmen engine drivers, firemen and cleaners, to take e S e t from 1st January, based on the addition of 38s. per week to the |)re-war average rates of tlie various grades, such rate** to be subject to variations in accordance with the Ministry of Labour index number of retail prices (see page 14). In Juno additions were made to these rates ranging from 2s to 7s. 6d. per week, whilst at the end of the year a further 7s. per week had aivrued under the sliding acale arrange­ment. For engine drivers, firemen and cleaners revised rates were agreed upon in June, and at the end of the veer these had been increased, under sliding scale, by 4s.* per week. To carters and motor vehicle drivers an iucre*a*e of 5s. per we.'k was granted generally in April, and later in the year further iiicrea.ses of varjing amounts were given in certain of tho large centres.

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^yorkpeoplo employed at eh'ctricity and water under­takings, on tramways, and in tho non-trading services of local authorities, n'ceived various increases during tlie year; whilst under arrangements arrived at by tho Joint Industrial Councils, grading schemes were adopted in many areas which resulted in furtiier increases in wages for some classes of workers. Gas works employees generally received an iticreaso of Is. per day.

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III tho' printing trades general increases nmounting to 15s per week for males and to 5s. 6d. ^ r week for femal^ were granted throughout England and Wales and Scotland whilst early in the year in the provincial towns in England .ind Wales'a further increase of Is. 6d. per week for males took effect in completion of an increase agreed upon in 1919- in Ireland the increases for compositors usually amounted to 17s. 6d. per week. In the furniture trades increases ranging usually from 3d. to 6d. per hour were granted in the large towns. In the vehicle building trade the most usual increases amounted to 4d. to 5^d. per hour; whilst in the baking trade the total increases during the year were usually 10s. to 21s. per week, though in a few cases rather smaller or greater amounts were granted.

In the various trades covered by the Trade Boards Acts, the number of Orders issued in 1920 was considerably in excess of the number in any previous year, and covered nearly all the trades to which the Acts have been applied. In all trades in which minimum rates had been fixed prior to 1920, the rates were increased during the year, and minimum rates were fixed for the first tihie in many othertrades.

I I .— Trades in w h ic h th e N um bers Affected are notR e p o r t e d .

In the case of several large groups of workers, though some information is available as to the nature and amount of the increases granted, the numbers affected by changes in rates of wages are not reported. Accordingly, statistics of such changes are not included in the Table on page 4.

Amongst these, ordinary adult male agricultural labourers in England and Wales had their minimum rates increased by the Agricultural Wages Board by 4s. to 5s. 6d. per week in April and by a further 4s. generally in August. In­creases in the minimum rates were also granted in several districts in Scotland and in all districts in Ireland. To the majority of police constables bonuses ranging from 3s. 6d. to 12s. per week, according to distficts, were granted in consideration of the rise in the cost of living. For permanent Government employees (other than those en­gaged on manual work of a kind common to Government and other employment whose remuneration is determined by other recognised machinery) a revised bonus scheme was adopted as from 1st March (see L abour Gazette for Decem­ber, 1920, page 663), and the amount of bonus was increased as from 1st July, and again from 1st November, following the ri.se in the cost of living. The same scheme was adopted for a considerable number of clerical workers employed by Municipal Authorities. For the male clerical staff of rail­way companies a revised scale of salaries was adopted early in the year to be made retrospective to August, 1919. Si'nce its adoption increases have been granted, under slidin; scale arrangements, amounting to £35 a year. For severa other important bodies of clerical workers agreements were arrived at during the year granting increases in wages. Large groups of shop assistants, notably those em­ployed by Co-operative Societies, also received advances of varying amounts.

CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR.*The reductions in normal weekly full-time hours of

labour taking effect in 1920 iii the tradest for which statistics are compiled by the Department, affected about 560,000 workpeople, whose recognised full-time worki'ng week was reduced by an average of 3*7 hours. These reductions were for the most part in continuation and completion of the general movement for a shorter working week, which was so marked a feature of the year 1919.

The outstanding reductions resulted from the adoption of a 44-hour week in the building trade in those districts in which it was not already in force, and of a 48-hour week for workpeople in the wholesale clothing industry. The remaining changes resulted from the adoption of a shorter working week, usually of 48-hours, in a number of smaller industries. The following Table shows the numbers of work­people affected by changes in hours of labour in the various groups of trades and the aggregate amount of the reduction in weekly hours.

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Number of work­people whose honrs

were reported as changed.

Aggregate reduction in the working honrs of a full week, for those

affected.1919. 1920. 1919. 1920.

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314.000 1.807.0UO

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65.090130.0C047.00022.000

965.0005.365.000

13 237.0007.021.0001.052.000

12,873.0001.242.000

904.00044.00035.000

363.000422.000158.00069.000

T o t a l s 6,461,000 560,000 41,765.000 2,086,000

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t See t note on p. 3.preliminary and subject to revision, accordance w ith the latest information

Those for available.

The figures given relate to the normal hours of a full working week, and do not include the effect of the short- time working which, owing to the decline in employment, was in operation in many industries a t the end of the year.

RETAIL PRICE!( a ) F O O D .

During the first quarter of 1920 there was little movement in the average level of prices of the principal articles of food, but from April to October there was a succession of increases, and at the beginning of November the cost of the average pre-war dietary of w'orking-class families, as indi­cated by the statistics regularly prepared by the Depart­ment, was 191 per cent, above the level of July, 1914, as compared with 136 per cent, a t the-beginning of the year. During November and December there were reductions in the prices of sugar, flour, bread and some other articles of food, and at the end of the year the average increase in food prices had fallen to 178 per cent, above the pre-war level.

The average percentage increase as compared with July, 1914, in the retail prices of the principal articles of food, as indicated by the cost of maintaining the pre-war dietary at the beginning of each month was as follows : —

Prices of Food Average percentage Increase over July, 1914.

1920. Per cent. 1920. Per cent.January ... 136 August ... 162February ... 135 September ... ... 167March ... 133 October ... 170April ... 135 November ... 191May ... ... 146 December ... 182June ... 155 1921.July :. ... 158 January ... 178

I t should be noted that the percentages given in this article represent in all cases fluctuations in prices, on the assumption of a uniform consumption, no allowance being made for possible alterations in consumption which may have modified the actual expenditure on the articles in­cluded, in regard to which statistics are not available.

The following Table shows the average prices of the separate articles of food included in the statistics a t 1st January, 1920, and 1st January, 1921, in comparison with July, 1914: —

Average Retail Price Average Percentage In-(per lb. unless other­ oreaRe as compared

♦ wise stated). w ith July , 1914, a t

Article.1st 1st 1st 1st 1st

July. Jan., Jan., Jan., Jan.,1914. 1920. 1921. 1920. 1921

Per PerBeef. British— 8. d. 8. d. 8. d. cent. cent.

Ribs ....................... 0 9 | 1 81 2 01 110 161Thin Flank 0 6 | 1 3 1 5f 127 168

Beef, Chilled or Frozen—Ribs ....................... 0 7i 1 1 3! 144 116Thin Flank 0 4} 0 I l f 0 9 | 144 102

M utton, British—Legs ....................... 0 104 1 9 2 34 104 168B r e a s t ....................... 0 64 1 14 1 61 108 181

M utton, Frozen— 9Legs ....................... 0 6f 1 4 1 34 133 126B r e a s t ....................... 0 4 0 8 0 7 95 72

Bacon (streaky)* .. 0 lU 2 44 2 91 156 197F i s h ................................. — — 128 133Flour .. per 7 lb. 0 104 1 4 2 5f 52 181Bread . . .. per 4 lb. 0 5f 0 94 1 33 62 172Tea ................................. 1 6| 2 104 2 84 87 76Sugar (granulated)Milk .. .. per quart Potatoes .. per 7 lb.M a r g a r i n e .......................B u tte r -

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Cheese. Canadian or U.S.* 0 8i 1 71 1 9 122 142Eggs (fresh) .. .. each 0 U 0 51 0 54 341 369

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With the exception of imported meat, tea and milk, all the articles specified were dearer at the end of 1920 than at the beginning, though with fish, potatoes and margarine the change in price was almost negligible. More than half of the average net advance during the year was due to the increases in the prices .of flour and bread, mainly con­nected with reductions of the Government subsidy in April and October. The average price of bread was 9Jd. per 4 lbs. from January to the middle of April, Is. O^d. to Is. 0|d. from that date to the middle of October, Is. 4d. from October to the beginning of December, and Is. 31d. on 1st January, 1921. Flour showed similar price-movements. Other foods showing marked increases in price were British meat, bacon, butter and sugar.

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Rl'nfs of working-rlnM dwollinfi continnod to bo Biibjoct ^ thp provisionn of tbo fncronRo of Ront HoRtriction« ArU,For tho snme nccommodation, thoreforo, thoy romninod unchanRotl, oxropt in respect of incroisod rates, until August, when tho further increases permitted by tho In­crease of llont and Mortgage Interest (Hestrictions) Act, 1920, first took effect. As a result of these incronses, tho average level of working-class rents (including rates) rose from under 10 per cent, above tho pre-war level a t tho beginning of 1920 to about 42 per cent., above the pre-war level a t the end of tho year. Of this latter percentage about one-half is accounted for by increase's in local rates and water charges, and of tho remainder, five-sixths is in r e je c t of the landlord’s responsibility for repairs.

The general level of retail prices of chfhivfj rose steadily for tho first four months of the year, and then remained almost stationary until tho early autum n; since then the prices of all classes of goods have been falling, with the result tha t a t the end of 1920 tho average level was about tho same as twelve months earlier. For goods of the kind purchased by tho working classes, tho returns collected by the Department indicate an average incroa.so in prices, at the end of December, of about 290 per cent, above the pre-war level, taking, as far as possible, tho same quality of each article a t the two dates. A noteworthy exception to the general course of prices of clothing in the first few months of 1920 w’ns provided by boots, tho prices of which showed little change during the early part of the year, when other articles were rising in price.

The retail price of household coal was nearly £1 per ton higher, on the average, a t tho end of 1920 than a t the beginning of the year. This increase was chiefly due to the general advance of 14s. 2d. per ton which took effect in May; but there were also smaller advances in the early part of the year, and again in August, as a sequel to in- creasea in railway rates. The total effect of tho changes in 1920 was to raise the average increase in the price of coal, as compared with July, 1914, from about 65 to between 145 and 150 per cent. For gnu the average increase, as compared with July, 1914, rose during the year from about 55 per cent, to over 90 per cent.

The only other change of importance was in fares, rail­way fares being advanced to 75 per cent, above the pre-war level in August, and tramway fares being substantially increased at different dates in different places.

ALL ITEMS.

Tf the average increases for all the items included in the statistics are combined in accordance with their relative importance in pre-war working-class family expenditure, the following figures are obtained, representing the in­crease in the cost of maintaining unchanged the average pre-war standard of living in the working classes at the heginning of each month of 1920: —

.4/7 Items : .Avrrngf percentage Increase over July, 1914.1920. Per cent. 1920. Per cent

•Tamiarv 4 * 9 ... 125 August . . 155Febriinrv 4 • * . . 130 September . 161March w e # ... 130 October ... 164April • • • ... 132 November . . 176May ... ... 141 December . 169June . 150 1921.July ... •

P * ^ . . 152 January ... 165The figures .show’ a continuous advance from the be­

ginning of the year, when the average wa.s about 125 per cent, above the level of July, 1914, until the beginning of November, when the average increase was about 176 per cent, above the pre-war level. Since tha t date prices have receded, and at 1st January the average net advance over the pre-war level waa about 165 per cent. There was thus a net rise during the year of 40 points, equivalent to about 18 per cent, on tbo average prices of Januarv. 1920, Of these 40 points, 30 points accrued in the three months. April, ^[ay and October; the increases in April and October were mainlv due to reductions of the subsidy on flour and bread, and that in Mav was mainlv due to in- rre.Tses in the prices of sugar and coal.

TRADE DISPUTES.The number of trade disputes causing a stoppage of work,

reported to the Department as having begun in 1920, was 1.715. The number of workpeople involved in these disputes (persons w’ho were involved in two or more disputes being counted ns often ns they were involved* and those thrown out of work at the establishments w’here tho disputes occurred, though not actually parties to tho disputes, being included, in addition to those on strike or locked out) was about 1,930,000. In addition, nearly 90,000 w’orkpeople were involved in disputes which began in 1919 and continued into the following year. The total number of workpeople involved in all disputes in progress during 1920. therefore,

• Workpeople Involved in more than one dispute dnriair tho yoar are rouDt^d more thun once In tnialn for the yw ir The extent of •ooh diipHcfttton is not verv c^'DRldorihle except In the eonl minio^r fftovp In IPW and 1912, about S14,000 workpeople io and 106,000 workpeople tn 1P13 betoe Involved In more than ooo dlipute.

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The principal dispute in 1920 was that in the cos! mining inuufitry, in which nbout 1,100,000 workpeople readied worlc throughout f;reat Britain on 16th October in order to ^ i i r e an advance in wage.s, not conditional upon output. Work was rMHiimeU aft4*r a stoppage of 15 dayn, an agre^- ment having boon reached unuer which an advance was granted, temporarily, subject to adjustment under a sliding scale arrangement whereby both miners’ wages and owners’ profits rise and fall with the total value of export coal (calculated upon an output basis). The strike of iron- moulders. coremakers, etc., for an advance in wages of 15s. per week, which began on 22nd September, 1919, and in­volved about 65,000 workpeople, remained unsettled until 1920, when it wn.s agreed as the result of a conference of the parties held on 12th January that work he resumed at an advance of 5s. per week, in accordance with the terms of the General Engineering Award of the Court of Arbitrs- tiqn dated 5th November. 1919. About 20,000 cotton spinners, piooors. etc., in the Oldham district came out on strike in oeptember, rendering idle about 20,000 cardroom operatives, etc., employed at the establishments involved in the dispute, owing to diseatiafnetion with the terms of an agreement signed by representatives of employers and workpeople modifying a war-time arrangement whereby extra payments had been received by spinners and ** big piecers ” in cases where female creelers had been substi­tuted for men employed as '* little piecers.” The work­people were idle for a fortnight in most cases, and gradually resumed work on terms of the agrei'ment. Themajority of tho other disputes occurring in 1920, and in­volving a stoppage of work, arose out of questions rcwpect- ing wage.s or the employment of particular classes or persons. Of tho total increase in the number of disputes in 1920 more than ono-hnlf is accounted for by small disputes in the building and textile trades.

The following Table shows the total number of disputes reported tn the Department ns beginning in each of the years 1906-1920, together with the total number of work­people directly or indirectly involved in these disput<«, and tho aggregate number of working days lost in nil disputes in progress during the year (irrespective of the date of commencement) at the establishments where the disputes occurred ; —

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*he total number of workpeople involved in disputes was exceeded only in 1919, when there were large disputes in the mining, transport, textile, engineering, and shipbuilding industries, and nearly 2,600,000 workpeople were inyolved. The aggregate loss of working days recorded in 1920, as the result of these disputes, was greater than in any previous year except 1919 and 1912. In this connection it may be observed tliat in each of the years 1912 and 1920 there was a general strike of coal miners throughout the country, in which the aggregate number of working days lost amounted to 31,000,000 in 1912 and 16,000,000 in 1920.

LABOUR LEGISLATION IN 1 9 2 0 .A CONSIDERABLE amount of legislation dealing with matters affecting labour was passed in the year 1920. Tlie following is a brief review of the more important enactments.

As regards labour, probably the most important Act was the Unemployment Insurance Act. There were also two other Acts dealing with tlie question of unemployment: —

U n em plo y m en t .The Unemployment Insurance Act^ 1920. received Royal

Assent on the 9th August, and came into force on the 8th November. The Act extended compulsory insurance against unemployment to substantially all persons who were already insured for Health Insurance, except out­workers, persons employed in private domestic service, and those employed in agriculture. The employees of local authorities, of railways, and of certain other public utility undertakings, and persons with rights under a statutory superannuation scheme are also excepted in certain cir- cuiUxStances; but, generally, the exceptions are only those which also apply to Health Insurance.

The Act is contributory, the Unemployment Fund being financed by contributions from the employer and the emnloyed person, and by grants from the State.

Unemployment benefit is a t the rate of 15s. a week for men, and 12s. a week for women; contributors under 18 are entitled to half the full rate. No benefit is paid for the first three days of unemployment.

In general, contributors receive their unemployment benefit through the Employment Exchanges; but associa­tions or societies which provide unemployment benefit from their own funds may, under certain conditions, make arrangements for paying out the State benefit to their members.

Industries may. with the approval of the Minister of Labour, set up “ special schemes,” giving equal or superior advantages to the general scheme; such schemes will he administered by a Joint Board of Management, representing the employers and employed persons in the industry or industries concerned. Industries may also, without con­tracting out of the general scheme, adopt supplementary schemes in order to provide benefits in excess of those granted under the general scheme, including payment for short time and for three waiting days.

(A summary of the Act appeared in the L abour Gazette for August, i920, page 418, to which reference should he made for further particulars.)

Under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, un­employment benefit is pavabl© for not more than fifteen weeks, or such other number of weeks as may be prescribed; subject also to the limitation that benefit must not exceed one week’s benefit for every six contributions paid, or such other pro­portion as may be prescribed. Section 44 of the same Act, however, provides that, for a period of twelve months after the commencement of the Act. every person in respect of whom not less than four contributions have been paid shall be entitled to receive unemployment benefit for periods not exceeding in the aggregate eight weeks.

This provision, however, did not meet the case of a large number of persons who .were already unemployed on the 8th November, and who were, therefore, unable to qualify by payment of the minimum of four contributions. I t wajs, therefore, deemed advisable +o pass an f^mending Act, the Unemployment Insurance (Temporary Provisions Amend­ment) Act, 1920, which received Royal Assent on the 23rd December. The A^t removes the difficulty referred to above by providing that—

Any person who has been engaged' at any time in each of not less than 10 separate calendar weeks since the 31st December. 1919, or at any time in each of not less than four separate calendar weeks since the 4th July, 1920, in any employment insurable under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, shall, as respects the right to benefit, up to the 31st March, 1921. be treated as a person in respect of whom four contribu­tions have been paid.

The Act does not apnly to any person who is, after the commencement of the Act. entitled to out-of-work donation.

The Unemployment (Belief Works) Act, 1920, whichon tbe 3rd Decembor, is intended to

facilitate the compulsory acquisition of. and entry upon, land required for relief works. It applies to land required

for works of “ public utility,” the provisions of th® Housing and Town Planning Acts of 1909 and 1919, so far as they relate to the compulsory acquisition of land, ” works of public utility ” being defined as the construction or improvement of roads (including bridges, viaducts, and subways) or other means of transit; the construction or improvement of harbours; th© construction of sewers or waterworks; afforestatioii; the reclamation or drainage of laud; and any other work, being a work which a local authority has power to execute, and which is approved as a work of public utility by the appropriate Government department.

The above powers of compulsory, acquisition are not to be exercised except where it is certified by the Minister of Labour to be desirable to exercise them in view of the amount of unemployment existing in any specified area. No order authorising the compulsory acquisition of land may be made unless an order could have been made under some enactment in force at the commencement of the Act.

An important section of the Act enables the Minister of Transport (or, with his approval, any local authority) to take possession of land required for an arterial road forth­with, on giving seven days’ notice only, if it appears that the land cannot be acquired quickly enough under the ordinary provisions of the Act.

A local authority may contribute to a scheme being carried on outside its own area, or two or more local authorities may combine in a joint scheme. A local authority may borrow money for the purpose of any such joint schemq, or for a contribution to a scheme carried on by another authority. The approval of the Ministry of Health is required in all these cases.

The Act remains in force for twelve months only, unless Parliament otherwise determines.E m ploym ent of W o m en , Y oung P e r s o n s , and C h il d r e n .

Two Acts were passed in the Session of 1920 which put into force four Conventions, and a .recommendation, adopted a t general conferences of the International Labour Organisa­tion of the League of Nations. Both Acts received Royal Assent on the 23rd December.

The Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act, 1920, carries out four Conventions adopted at general conferences of the International Labour Organisation at Washington on the 28th November, 1919, and a t Genoa on the 9th July, 1920, These Conventions related to—

(i) The minimum age for the admission of children toindustrial employment, which is fixed at fourteen years;

(ii) The employment of women, and of young persons,at night; “ young persons,” in this connection, means persons under 18 years of age. The night- work of women and of young persons in industrial undertakings* is generally prohibited, with ex­ceptions as regards certain processes in iron and steel manufacture, glass works, the manufacture of paper, the manufaeture of raw sugar, gold mining reduction work, coal and lignite mines, and baking; also in special circumstances of emer­gency or force majeure;

(iii) The minimum age for the employment of childrenat sea, which is fixed at 14 years. The Act also contains a section (which does not form part of the Conventions adopted by the International Labour Organsiation) permitting women and young persons (of the age of 16 and upwards) to be employed, under certain conditions, in shifts, averaging not more than eight hours a day, and beginning and ending at any time between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. (6 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday). This section remains in force for five years only. ('Full particulars will be found in the L abour G azette for December, 1920, page 669.)

The Women and Young Persons (Employment in Lead Processes) Act. 1920, carries into effect a recommendation adopted by the general conference of the International Labour Organisation at Washington on the 28th November, 1919. I t prohibits th© employment of women and of young persons (under 18) in certain processes connected with lead manufacture, and lays down regulations for the employ­ment of women and of young persons in processes involving th© use of lead compounds.

The Home Secretary, in introducing the Bill, explained that the practice of this country was already, in all sub­stantial respects, either abreast, or in advance, of the standard laid down in the Convention. The Act was, there­fore, required only to satisfy our international obligations under th© Covenant of the League of Nations.

M in in g and A g ricu ltu re .Two other Acts of general importance, namely, the

Mining Industry Act and the Agriculture Act, though not specifically concerned with labour, contain provisions affecting labour.

The Mining Industry Act, 1920, which received Royal Assent on the 16th August, sets nn a department of the Board of Trade, to be known as the Alines Department, under a Parliamentary Secretary of the Board, to be known

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For ono year after the 31st August, 1920, the Hoard of Trade are authorised to give directions regulating tho export of coal, and tho supply of coal for tho bunkering of ships, and regulating the pithead price to ^ charged torcoat sold for inland consumption, or for bunkering in the coastwise trade. While any such directions are in force theHoard of Trade may also (i) give directions us to tho wages to bo paid to workers J n coal mines, and (ii) regulate tho distribution of profits, on tlio “ pooling " principle.

The Board of Trade are required to appoint twoadvisory committees, one for coal and the coal mining industry, tho other tor the metalliferous mining industry; and they may also appoint other advisory committees. The ^ ' *d '' ^ ^ .................................Coal Advisory Committee is to consist of a chairman and 24 other members, viz., four representatives of coal-owners and four of workers in or about coal mines; three repre­sentatives of employers and three of workers in other in­dustries; and other representatives of mining engineers, of agents or managers of coal mines, of coal exporters, of coal factors or merchants, of commercial men (other than coal dealers), of co-operative traders, and of persons '* export knowledge of medical or otnor science.’’

P art 11 of the Act provides for tho regulation of mines under “ p it ” and “ district ” committees, under ** area ’* and “ National ” boards; but it should be noted tha t the whole of this P a rt of the Act is to cease to have effect if, a t the end of one year from its passing, those entitled to appoint representatives on tho p it and district

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C9al|d) disputes, including disputes as to wages; e) other questions prescribed by the regulations.

The “ district ” committees, the " area ’’boards, and the “ National ” Board have similar functions for their several territories. All these bodies are to be composed of repre­sentatives of tho ow ners or management, and of tho W'orkers, in equal numbers. Recommendations made by district com­mittees, by area boards, and by the National Board may, under certain conditions, be made compulsory on persons engaged in the industry. The area boards are also rw|uired to formulate schemes for adjusting the remuneration of the w'orkers within the areas, having regard (intfr aim) to the profits of the industry within the areas. The district committees or area boards may be authorised to exercise the powers of conciliation boards, or of joint district boards, under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912. For the purposes of the Act tho United Kingdom is divided into 26 ‘‘ Districts ” and 7 “ Areas.”

Section 20 of the Act sets up a fund for purposes con­nected with the social well-being, recreation, and conditions of living of workers in and about coal mines, and with mining education and research. The fund is supported by a levy (for 6i years) of a penny a ton on the saleable output of each mine.

Section 24 of the Act repeals the Price of Coal (Limita­tion) Act, 1916, as from tho 1st September, 1920.

Power to initiate drainage schemes, and to make generalor special regulations for metalliferous mines, on the lines of the Coal Alines Act, 1911, arc among tho further pro­visions of the Mining Industry Act, 1920.

The Agriculture Act, 1920, w’hich received Royal Assenton the 23rd December, 1920, continues with amendments the Corn Production Act, 1917 and amends the Agricultural Holdings Acts. The provision of most importance, from the point of view’ of this article, is an amendment of the Cbrn Production Act. 1917, which removes Wales from the authority of the Agricultural Wages Hoard, and sets up in Wales the machinery for fixing minimum wages similar to that provided by tho 1917 Act for Scotland. The Act does not apply to Ireland.

M iscellanrous.Interest {Itestrictions)

Act, 1920, which received the Royal Assent on the 2nd July restnetH the powers of landlords to raise house rents and gives toiuinte security of tenure, subject to ceVtain. . . . ------- . subject to certain

Tho ront.s of working class houses may not be raised bv more than a specified amount over the ‘‘ standard*’ rent, »» the case of houses let on the 3rdAngiist, 1914, IS tlie rent at which they were then let Ihp landlord can only obtain possession of tho house if certain specified conditions are satisfied; in several cases t u.s mvolve.s (inter iiHa) the ability to satisfy the Court that altern.ative accommodation is available Specialadvantages, however, are given to ex-Service men in obtain­ing possession of houses.

(.\n account of th e Act appeared in the L abour Gazette f 1920. page 354, to which reference should be madefor further particulars. The Ministry of Health have alsoissued a full summary of the Act in pamphlet form.)

Thn Shops (Kurlu <[to$ing) Act, 1920, which recwiv id Royal Assent on the 3rd December, continue* in force until the 31«t DiTomber, 1921, tho early dosing Order by the Secretary of S tate on tho 24th April, 1917 j|« ,t,b

e ^ I I ef requires shops (withcertain exceptions) to bo closed not Inter than 8 o’clock onevery day except Haturdny, and not later than 9 o’clock on Saturday.

It may also bo noted that the Wage* (Temporan Intion) Acta 1918-19, as continued by tho Industrial KAsun- Act, 1919, expired on tho 30th September, 1920 while in accordance with the terms of the Act, the effective operationol tho Restoration of Pre-Wor Practices .\ct 1919 ter. niinated on the 15th October, 1920.

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UNEM PLO YM ENT: REMEDIAL M EASURES.IARTICULARS woro givon, in tho L a bo u r OAzrrTB for November and for December, 1920, of the principal nieoauree propped, or already taken, to deal with the riuea- tion of unemployment, and particularly of the continued presence on the lirt of unemployed of large numbers of ex- Sorvice men. The whole question of unemployment was discussed in a debate in the House of Commons on the 21st December ; and further meaeures to deal with the problem are now in operation, or under consideration; while those already noted are being developed q.s rapidly as possible.K m p l o y m e n t o p b x - S e b v ic b M e n i n r n i B u il d in g T r a d e s .

The final proposals of the Government for the admission of additional ex-8ervice men into the building industry were made in a letter from the Minister of Labour to the

Federation of Building Trade Operatiree, dated 18th D^cmber. After referring to the arrears of housing, to the depletion of certain branches of the building trades as compared with tho period before the war, and to the n u m ^ r of young ex-Service men now out of employment the Minister s letter proceeded: —

‘‘ The Government is of opinion, therefore, that the absorption into the industry of n large body of ex-.Service men ns adult apprentices, or traineee, with a view to becoming skilled craftsmen shouldJ r . • sKiiled craftsmen should be com­menced forthwith. The numbers to be absorbed should be on the basis of one in five, calculated on the number of skilled men in the whole indurtry, but the propor­tion must vary in different trades. The highest per­centages should be applied to the three branches ofthe industry where the need is greatest, namely, brick­layers, slaters and tilers, and plasterers; and theininimum number of men thus admitted to the skilledcn purposes shall be not less than50,000. The proportion.* to be admitted in the various crafts above specified will be arranged with the Minister of Labour.

In return for an undertaking to admit and train these cx-Scrvioe men, the Government are prepared to make a T railing Grant of £5_per head to the Unions for each man admitted to the Trade Unions concerned, and trained in any of the trades in the building industry. This grant will be paid as follows' —

£2 on the ad mission to training.£3 at the completion of the training.

Men appointed as instructors of the new entrants will be rated and paid as leading hands.

The Government accept the principle of a guaranteed rate of pay on housing operations for time lost owing to wet and inclement weather, subject to the Trade■ T Mm mm A X l_ _ M ^

mes or mis principle on the following basis, vix. :_‘ In tho case of a man employed, or standing by

to work on a job when called upon, for a fuDweek, the payment for time lost through stress of weather shall be 50 per cent, in respect of tiBie lost up to 22 hoiini per week.

‘ In the rase of time lost in excess of 22 hours the hours lost over and above 22 hours shall be paid for at the rate of 75 per cent, of the time rate.’ ”

The letter concluded with a suggestion that, in view of the heav>’ arrears of building work, no risk of unemploy­ment was involved in these proposals. Assuming, however that tliero was some risk, it was within the power of the

iuuiiuauuu lur uiiv uuuiiioii wnicn enp i nions might desire to make to the ordinary provision under the Unemployment Insurunce Act.

Tho Government’s offer has been submitted to a ballot of certain of the Trade Unions affiliated to tho National Federation; and it is understood that the result will be announced towards the end of this month (January).

Arterial R oads.In the course of tho debate on December 21st, reference

was made to the echeniw for Uio employniont of men. now unemployed, on arterial and other roads, and on road and sewerage schemes in connection with housing operations.

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- ^ “beerstarted in 44 provincial districts and 7 London dis-tricts. Moreover, tne number of authoritiee which have, either under consideration, or in operation, schemes of nev arterial road work is nearly 70 The number of men at work on such schemes on the 15th January was Inaddition, there were 1.239 men not at work on that day, for whom part-time employment has been provided. Ihese numbers are rapidly increasing, now that tlie preliminary work in regard to the majority of the schemes has beencompleted.

L ord St . D a v id s’ CowiiiTTEE.Quite apart from, and in addition to, the assistance

already given to local authorities under these special schemes, it has now been decided to put a sum of £3,000,000 at the disposal of a Committee, under the chairmanship of Viscount St. Davids, for the purpose of assisting local autho­rities in carrying out approved relief schemes providing useful work, other than work on roads and housing schemes. The selection of the schemes to be assisted, and the amount of iissistauce to be given in any particular case, will be decided by the Committee. Works wiU be approved only in areas where the existence of serious unemployment, which is not otherwise provided for, is certified by the Minister of Labour. Preference in employment must be given to unemployed ex-Service men. The grant must not in any case exceed 30 per cent, of the wages bill of the additional unemployed men taken on for work.

N ational F actories.Alternative work is now being carried on, to a large

extent, in Government establishments, to make up for the great reduction in military requirements. This includes the repair of locomotives, the construction and repair of waggons, the repair of lorries, the production (in conjunc­tion with the Mint) of war medals, the reconditioning of machine tools, general repair work, and the execution of miscellaneous orders for private firms.

U nem ploym ent I nsurance (Temporary P r o v isio n s)Am endm ent A ct, 1920.

A Bill to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, was introduced and passed through all its stages in the House of Commons on the 21st December, and r^eived Royal Assent on the 23rd under the above title. Particulars will be found in the article on “ Labour Legislation in 1920,” on page 7.

The purpose of the Act is to bring into benefit persons, not previously insured, who had been unemployed since the 8th November, 1920, when the principal Act came into force, and who were, therefore, unable to take advantage of the provisions of Section 44 of the principal Act.

Oth er R em edial P roposals.Various other proposals to remedy the evils of unemploy­

ment were also made during the course of the debate on 21st December. Several of these are now under considera­tion by the Government Departments and other bodies concerned; but no concrete schemes, based on these pro­posals, have yet been introduced. The proposals included:

(a) A suggestion that each industry should carry its own load of unemployment.

(h) A suggestion that a special Commission should be appointed to investigate the whole problem of unemploj'ment; or that one or more conferences (similar to the Industrial Conference of Febru­ary, 1919) should be summoned for that purpose,

(c) Schemes for facilitating trade with foreign countries by establishing credit systems; and for the release of part of the large stores of wool now held in this country, with a view to reviving industry in countries abroad.

R ecommendation op Short T im e .The Minister of Labour has issued a circular to Joint

Industrial Councils and Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees, and to Trade Boards, calling attention to the advantages of short-time working, in preference to the dismissal of a portion of the staffs, as a means of spreading the amount of employment available, when it is impossible to keep the whole body of workpeople fully employed.

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DURING DECEMBER, 1920.General Conference.

Conference of representatives of Joint Councils and Interim Industrial Reconstruction

Committees was held at the Ministry of Labour on

Wednesday, 8th December, 1920, under the Chairmanship of Mr. S. J . Pascall, of the Cocoa and Confectionery Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committee. The meet­ing was attended by 74 delegates, representing 32 Joint Industrial Councils and 9 Interim Industrial Re­construction Committees. The Minister of Labour, and the Right Hon. J . H. Whitley, M.P., addressed the Conference during the morning session. During the afternoon session, discussion took place on Unemployment Insurance, with particular reference to special schemes, and on the development of Works Committees. The Conference re­ceived the report of the Provisional Committee appointed to make recommendations as to an Association of Joint Industrial Councils and Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees, and adopted the report for submission to all the constituent bodies.

R eports of M e e t in g s .Duritig the four weeks ending 26th December, 1920,

meetings were held of 21 Joint Industrial Councils, 25 District Councils, 6 Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees and 15 various Sub-Committees.

In the following summary of the more important items of business transacted, the various Councils or Committees are grouped according to the main industries concerned.

B u ild in g and Al l ie d T r a d es .Building—In consequence of the inability of the

National Council to reach an agreement as to the report on the reorganisation of the industry submitted to the Quarterly Meeting in November, the Management and Costs Committee decided at a meeting held on 16th and 17th December, 1920, to take no further steps in regard to this report as a whole, but to endeavour to deal individually with the following m atters: —

A scheme of unemployment pay;A minimum system of accountancy and costing;A system of superannuation; regulari'sation of demand

for, and decasualisation of, labour.The Committee is accordingly proceeding on these lines;

and a supplementary scheme for the industry under the Unemployment Insurance Act is being considered.

The Administrative Committee of this Council met on 16th December. A resolution was passed in favour of an exhaustive investigation into the alleged hi^h cost of build­ing. I t was reported that the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Society of Architects have nominated feur members each to serve on the Council in an advisory capacity.

M in in g and Q u a rry in g .Quairying.—At a meeting of the Chalk Quarrying Asso­

ciation on 2nd December, it was decided to proved with the establishment of a Sectional National Council for the Chalk Quarrying Section of this industry; negotiations are now in progress to this end. The Limestones Sectional Council of the industry, on 20th December, decided in favour of the grant of a week’s annual holiday, with pay, to workers who had attended regularly for 12 months, and had averaged, in the case of time-workers, 46 hours per week, and in the case of piece-workers, 43 hours per week.

M etal, E n g in e e r in g , etc .. T r a d es .Latch, Lock and Key Industry.—The first meeting of the

Joint Industrial Council was held on 8th December, when the draft constitution was adopted.

Optical Instruments Interim Industrial LteconstrucHon Committee.—The report of the Apprenticeship Sub-Com­mittee was adopted by the Committee on 24th November, except in regard to wage rates for apprentices, which question was referred back to the Sub-Committ€^. The report embodies a training and apprenticeship scheme based on a five years indenture at the age of 15, with provision for continued part-time education and technical instruc­tion during that time. A form of indenture was prescribed. The question of rates for apprentices was further considered by the Sub-Committee on 14th December^ when a scale of percentage rates based on the adult maximum was agreed upon for recommendation to the full Committee,

T ex tile T rades.Asbestos.—The quarterly adjustment of wages, in accord­

ance witli the sliding scale agreement of l\iay, 1920, was mad© at a Council Meeting on 8th December. The Council also reviewed the progress of the Works Committee move­ment in the industry, and decided to invite representatives from all existing Works Committees to attend the next meeting of the Council.

P ottery and Ch em ic a ls .Pottery.—This Council, on a previous occasion, had under

coii6iderq,tion a shortage of potter’s plaster, reported in the industry, and decided to approach the leading manufac­turers. At a meeting of the Wages and Conditions Com­mittee on 6th Decernber, the report of the deputation to the Gypsum Association was received with the intimation that ail additional 40 tons of plaster per week have been promised. The position is to be reviewed in three months’ time. The same Committee received records of progress

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Pum.lO UtIUTY fcsKUVICKH.Local /luf/iorifies {Admini/tirativCt Technical and Clerical

iS'crviccs^,—C 'onforoncos with regard to tlie cbtahitHhinont of Provincial Councils under tho National Council have boon hold on the following dates: —

24th Novoinh(‘r—Devon, Dorset and Cornwall;26th November—West Hiding Area;2nd Docomher—Norfolk and Eastern Counties Aren;8th December—W'est Midlands Aren;13th Doccniber—Homurset, Gloucester and Wiltehire

Ar(*a.The formation of a Provincial Council was in each cose

d(x:ided upon. Tlio Provincial Council for the Houth Whales Aron hold its first mooting on 8th Decomber. Tho National Council met on 17th December, when a report on proposed scales of salary for men and women sanitary inspectors wan discussed, and held over for further consideration.

Local Authorities {Non-Trading Nervicea).—The National Council mot on 3rd Decomber, and. in addition to various other business, made a rocomiueiKlution, as regards over­time, tha t double time should continue to be paid for Sundays, and specified Public Holidays, where work on sucli days did not form part of tho ordinary week’s work, but that such work should be paid for a t the rate of time-and-a-half in cases where, although Sunday work was p a rt of the ordinary week’s work, regard had not been paid fixing tne rate.

Tramways.—A special meeting of the Council was hold atthe M inistp' of Labour on 16th December, under the Chair­manship of Sir David Shackleton, to discuss the possibilities of n settlement of tho Trade Union side’s claim for an in­crease of wages. In consequence of the inability of this meeting to roacli an agreement, the Minister decided to establish a Court of Inquiry under P art II. of tho Industrial Courts Act, 1919.

W'ORKS COMMITTKKS.During the month tho establishment of, or negotiations inj^uring me month tho establishment of, or negotiations in

regard to, Works Committees have most actively proceeded in the flour milling and pottery industries, more especially in the Glasgow’ area of the latter industry.

TRAM W AYS INDUSTRY DISPUTE.COURT OF INQUIRY.

I he Minister of Labour has appointed a Court of Inquiry under Swtion 4 (1) of the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, toinquire into the causes and circumstances of the dispute between the employers' representatives and the work­people’s representatives on the National Jo in t Industrial Council for the Tramways Industry, and to report thereon to him.

The dispute arose out of an application, submitted by the workpeople’s side of the Council in October,, - --------------------» 1920, for (i) animmediate advance to all tramwav employees aged 18 years and over of 12s. per w'eek upon the wages at present paid, and (2) an immediate advance to all youths under 18 years of ago of 6s. per week upon the wages a t present paid.

The Council, w'hich includes representatives of bothmunicipal and company undertakings, considered this claim a t a spwial meeting held on 26th October, 1920. The em­ployers’ representatives of the company undertakings inti- mated that they could not enter into negotiations which might result in tho payment of increased wages, and with­drew from the m ^th ig . The remaining representatives diKUsscd the application and finally appointed a sub-com- rnittee to collect information about the financial position of the municipal tramways.

At a special meeting hold on 17th November, the report of the sub-committee w’as considered, and the employers’ representatives of the municipal undertakings stated thatthe report justified them in rejecting the application The workpeoplo s representatives, however, r, 7, - * , .----- ' ------ pressed the claim,ana the municipal employers decided to consult their con-stituonte on the question of referring the application to arbitration.

A further meeting of the representatives of the Municipa Undertakings and the Trade Union Side of the Joint industrial Council w'as held on 7th December whenthe replies of the Undertakings on tho (jiiestion ot nrbitrution wore* rnmniimion+A/i Xhe r^u ltarbitration were communicated to the Council. .^u .v of the voting had been tha t by o 8mall majoritv tho Under­takings rojeetod arbitration. The Municipal roprosontntives fctated that they were, therefore, unable to agree to that

inattcr wae not discuseed further by the Coun- . Ministry of Labour tlum took the matter into con­

sideration and called a special meeting of tho full Council on 16th December under tho Chairmanship of the Chief Labour Adviser. The employers’ representatives of both themunicipal and the company undertakings declined arbitra­tion. In the circumstances, tho Minister i ^ , --------------- of Labour decidedto set up a Court of Inijiiiry under Part II. of the Industrial Courts Act, 1919.

Tho iiK'nilicn-liip of the (V>urt is as follows:_Tho Hi. Hon. Hir Daviu G.C Ii., e u ,

{(Jhainnan).11. GoNi.mo, Esq., C.ll.G. H. lluUK, Eim|.W. F. PuRiiY, E ^ . , O.H.E., J .p .S i r H kiuikiit JHiw k l l , K .H .E .

Mr. H. C. Kmmrrmo.n , Miniitry of I.abour,{Secretary).

At tho p ^ l im in a ry meeting of the Court hold on i l th Jan u a ry , 1921^ it wan agrtHMj th a t the inquiry should held HI |iublic. The Court will f i t a t 8 t . Krimn'i Hotol Caxton b t ree t Westminster, b.VV.l.

W A(iB INCK tASB IN COAL INDUSTRYUn d e r t e r m s o f s e t t l e m e n t .

Und^ the Terms of Settlement of the recent coal strike (« e L abour Gazutte for November, p . 692) it was provided that an immediate increase of 2s. a shift should be airento persons of 18 years of age and over, with smaller increases to those under 18. For the period from the 3rd January, 1921, onwards, however, the increase of wages was to be automatically adjusted on the following lines* —

If the weekly average of the proceeds of export during the test period are maintained a t the weekly average of the proceeds ol export coal during the bep- tember quarter, the advance shall be Is. a shift to persons ol 18 years of age and over, 6d. to those of 16 and 17, and 4Id. to those under 16. If (after the deduc­tion of the cost of extra output) this weekly averageext^ 'ds the beptomber figure, an additional 6d., 3«l.,

respectively, wifi be paid for every complete1)288,000 of the excees.

The •• test period ” for the four weeks. January 3rd to 31st, was the five weeks ended December 18lb.

The •• proceeds of export coal ” are obtained by multiply­ing the calculated excess of the annual tonnage produced over 219 million tons, by the average f.o.b. price of export coal for tho quarter ended tho 30tfa September, 1920.

The cost of extra output ” is assumed to be 16s. a ton for ©very ton produced in excess of tho rate ot output for the quarter ended the 30th September, 1920.

The outputs during the five weeks ended 16th December (i.e., the five weeks of tbe first “ tost period “) were reepectiveiy: —

6,210,700 tons 6,176,500 6,176,200 6,206,400 6,307,000 „

The Secretary for Mines has now issued a notice that the advance m wages tor tho period 3rd to 31st Jaouary uiider the terms of Settlement, will be increased to : —

3s. 6d. a shift for workers of 18 years and over;Is. 9d. ,, ,, ,, ,, 16 and 17 years;Is. 3Jd. „ ,, ,, ,, under 16 years.

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l a b o u r p a r t y a n d t r a d e unio nc o n f e r e n c e s .

L abour P arty Convebencv.A si’EciAL conference of the Labour Party was held a t the Central Hall, Westminster, on December 29tb, 1920, at which resolutions were passed on the questions of (i) Ireland, and (ii) unemployment.

Tho two resolutions on Ireland called for a judicial inquiry into tho question of reprisals, and condemned both the outrages conducted in the name ol bum Fein, and the reprisals for these outrages; they also suggested a possible line of settlement for the present difficulties in Ireland.

The resolution on unemployment called for the resumption trade with Husain, and the restoration of tbe economic

life ot Central Europe by a scheme for providing adequate credit.s; condemned the Government for not making earlier provision for dealing with unemployment; and called upon tho Government and the l(x:ai authoritiee to make the fullest use of their legislative and administrative powers to facilitate the provision of immediate work under satisfactory conditions. As an emergency measure, to meet the immediate situation, they demanded

(i) Tnut a person for whom no work is available attho Employment Kxchangt^, or through his or her Trade Union, shall 1 entitled to maiuten- aiice, and

(ii) That the rate of maintenance (including otherh(‘m>fits) shall be at least 40s. jper week for each householder, and 25s. per week for each single man or woman, with additional allowances for dependants.

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In conclusion, the resolution urged the imperative need tnr dealinc witli the permanent causes and conditions or uuemplovinont, and declared that the workers were not nrepared to remain the victims of the pernicious economic sN-stem which exposed them, and their families, to hardship S demoralisatron, as a consequence of unemployment.

CONFRRENCK OF IR IS H R.NILWAYMEN,‘"'ilifT'' l),k I A eouference of Irish members of the National Union of

k Hailwaymen was held at Dublin on the 31st December, a t ^i»'k n“ lie I ,i,ich it was decided to abandon the policy of refusing to

work trains carrying troops or munitions. A r^olution was passed to resume normal working a t once, without dis­crimination as to the class of traffic tendered or conveyed, Drovidod there was no victimisation. This resolution was conveyed to the Government; and work has now been generally resumed on the Irish railways.

EMPLOYMENT OF EX-SERVICE M EN.N ational S c h em e .

Vi’ to and including the 29th December, 23,448 Certific^es had been issued to employers under the scheme. Ine undertakings given by these employers cover 258,239 dis­abled ex-Service men. , 1 1

The continued industrial depression renders the problemof placing disabled men in employment a matter of incr^s- iiig difficulty. Employers are, however, retaining disabled men so far as possible when reducing their stalls.

The preference that is being given in the allocation of Government Contracts to firms on the King’s National Roll has brought into the Scheme a large number of firms who had hitherto ignored the many appeals made on behall of disabled men. The Government’s example in this direc­tion is being followed by a number of local authorities.

The recent appeal on behalf of the National Scheme to Chairmen of Local Employment Committees, asking them to endeavour to obtain undertakings from Local Autho­rities not on the Roll, has resulted in a large number of undert-akings being i^eived from those public bodies.

I nterrupted A p p r e n t ic e s h ip s .Up to the close of 1920, 43,194 apprentices had been

acceptod for training with 17,222 employers, and of these, 21,186 were accepted during the year. After the end of September, except in speci'aT cases, no further applications were accepted. The majority of the trainees were ip the following industries: Engineering (15,341), Building (7,168), Printing and Bookbinding (6,046), Shi'pbuilding (2,067), and Furniture (1,623). 1,885 apprentices havebeen rejected. Of those accepted, 15,688 have ter­minated training and 27,506 are still in training. Nearly all the training has been in workshops, only 803 of the apprentices having received institu­tional training. The demand for the latter has been small, but there has been an increase recently on the part of apprentices suspended or on short time, many of whom have b^n provided for. Sufficient facilities have not always been available.

The number of eligible applicants not yet provided for has been considerably reduced in recent months, in spite of the difficulties caused by depression in trade. Those who remain are not numerous, but may contain a high propor­tion of difficult cases. The depression has also caused apprentices, already under the scheme, to be put on short tnne, suspended, or even dismissed. Every effort is made to induce employers to retain them and where this is impos­sible, to arrange for institutional training. Reports on the training and progress of the apprentices are, on the whole, satisfactory; and most of them are retained by their em­ployers as journeymen after the close of their apprentice­ship.

General Sta tistics .The number of disabled ex-Service men registered for

employment at the Employment Exchanges on the 31st December was 21,415 (including 3,931 in Ireland), as com­pared with 20,251 on the 3rd December.

The number of non-disabled ex-Service men on the Live Register on the 31st December was 271,067 (including 1^844 in Ireland). On the 3rd December the figure was 243,302.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OF EX-SERVICE MENIN 1 9 2 0 .

T h e total number of men in training on 4th January, 1921, was 24,964, compared with between 16,000 and 17,000 on 1st January, 1920. During the first six months of 1920, the numbers rose rapidW until by the end of June the total exceeded 24,000. Since that date, partly owing to the increase in the rate of terminations and partly, in the latter months, to trade depression, there nas been no marked growth in the total, although it has on several occasions risen to over 25,000.

Nearly all Divisions started the year 1920 with long wait­ing lists, which totalled nearly 30,000 names, and during the first three months of the year the num ^rs on these lists tended rather to increase than to diminish. Prom April onwards, considerable improvement has been shown.

and the number has been reduced to about 16,000, including the constantly growing Irish list, which is responsible for over 20 per cent, of the present total. At least 25 per cent, of the 16,000 are men who have been approved by Local Technical Advisory Committees or approved for admission to non-special trades, and are therefore ready to step into vacancies as they arise, and the majority of the remainder are now cases.

The “ terminations ” between 1st August, 1919, and 1st January, 1920, were 4,500. By the end of 1920 this figure had increased to 23,000, and men were leaving the training centres at the rate of about 400 a week, compared with a weekly average of about 200 only for the first three monthsof liie year.

Steps taken during the year towards the solution of the accommodation problem have been very largely successful. On 1st January, 1920, there were 13 factories at work with about 2,000 men under instruction, or 12 per cent, of the total number in training at the time. The number of Government Instructional Factories was increased during the year to 59, and at the end of the period over 9^000 men, or 36 per cent, of the increased total, were in training under factory conditions. During the last two months of the year, "the number of men training in Government Instruc­tional Factories rose by 1,620.

About 11,000 men passed through the training centres and workshops, while the Ministry of Pensions was respon­sible for the training arrangements. Since the Ministry of Labour assumed responsibility, over 23,000 terminations have been recorded, and 25,000 men were still in training at the end of the year. Thus by 31st December, 1920, the total number of men who had been given an opportunity of re-establishment in industry th ro u ^ Government training schemes was nearly 60,000.

THE COTTON RECONSTRUCTION BOARD.Considerable interest has recently been ev in ced , especia lly in Lancashire, in the question of the disposal of the surplus funds of the Cotton Control Board, which was set up during the war to regulate the cotton industry, so as to secure the minimum dislocation from shortage and irregularity of supplies of raw material arising out of the war. Under the Raw Cotton Order, 1917, and the Cotton Restriction of Output Order, 1918, firms in the cotton industry were allowed to work only a certain percentage of their looms or spindles. Where the prescribed number was exceeded, under licence from the Board, a levy for each additional spindle or loom worked was imposed. Out of the funds thus accumu­lated, the operatives who were partially or wholly, unem­ployed were paid an allowance; and there is, a t the present time, an unexpended balance of about £1,500,000 standing to the credit of the Board.

The Court of Chancery have now approved a Deed which constitutes a Trust to use and apply this surplus for any of the following purposes; Granting war disablement pensions to operatives or former operatives; assisting the relatives of dependants or operatives who lost their lives in the war, or have been fatally injured during their employment in the cotton industry; assisting in the educa­tion of the children and relatives of cotton operatives; making grants for scientific or educational research in the cotton trade; the development of Empire cotton, and the investigation of textile trade conditions in foreign countries; unemployment in the cotton industry. Eight trustees, representing employers and operatives, have been appointed. The representatives of the employers are Mr. J . S. Addison, of the Calico Printers’ Association; Sir E. Tootal Broadhurst; Mr. F. A. Hargreaves, Chairman of the Cotton Spinners’ and Manufacturers’ Association; and Mr. R. H. Jackson, of Messrs. Hoyle and Jackson, Oldham. The operatives’ representatives are Mr. J . Crinion, J .P ., President of the Amalgamated Association of Card and Blowing Room Operatives; Mr. J . Cross, J-P-, General Secretary of the Amalgamated Weavers’ Association; Mr. J . Duxbury, General Secretary of the General Union of Associations of Loom Overlookers; and Mr. Edward Judson, J .P ., President of fhe Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners and Twiners. The Board wiD in future be known as the Cotton Reconstruction Board; and Mr. J . S. Addison has been elected Chairman in succession to the late Sir A. Herbert Dixon.

I t will be observed that the Board may make grants, inter alia, for the relief of unemployment; and a scheme has been drawn up, which has received the sanction of the Board of Trade, “ to assist the operatives in the cotton trade to meet, to some extent, the situation caused by the acute unemployment now obtaining in that ii\dustry.” Benefit will, for the present, be paid only to totally unemployed operatives who were employed on the 30th June, 1920, at cotton spinning mills or weaving sheds in the dis­tricts which were under the jurisdiction of the Cotton Con­trol Board or who have since been so employed, and who have now become unemployed, and have not taken up employment in any other occupation. The rate of benefit will be 7s. 6d. per week for men, 6s. per week for women, 3s. 9d. per week to boys under 18, and 3s. per week to girls under 18. in addition to these amounts, operatives who are parents of children under 14 years of age, who are not earning wages, are entitled to receive an additional sum at the rate of Is. 6d. per week, or 3d. per

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or employed in a lternate weeks only, will not be eligible for benefit; and persons in receipt o{ sicknesB benefit under the National H ealth Insurance Acts, or of compen.'^ation under the W orkmen's Compensation Act, are al8 > excliideil.The Board may pay benefit through the agency of the trade unions, or, in districts where no trade unions exist, through the agency of individual employers.INDUSTRIAL FATIGUE.

F’aTIOUR and KpPICIRNOY in tub IllON AND STP.KL IsUtsTUY.T itr Industria l Fatigue Itesoarch Board have issued a R ^ o r t dealing with the iron and steel industry.*The llep o ti gives a detailed description of the various processes in the iron and steel industry , illustrated by numerous plates, and accompanied by various statistical tables and charts. I t is shown th a t the p lant provided differs enormouslv in efficiency in one works as compared with another, and th a t there is often much loss of efficiency owing to a lack of foresight and com bination; for example, in one d istric t, where iron works and steel works are dotted about in numerous localities, i t is exceptional for those works to bo in proxim ity, so th a t i t is impossible to run the molten iron direct from the blast furnaces to the steel furnaces, which is the most efficient method, and is the method adopted in districts where the iron and steel works are run in combination.The lack of mechanical efficienev is very often aocum- pauied by a g reat increase in the heaviness of the labour, BO th a t the inefficient p lant is both unprofitable to the employer, and a cause of much heavy and unnecessary labour to the workers. For example, it takes four to eight times as many men to charge blast furnaces by hand as by machine, and the labour of the men who charge by hand is far heavier than th a t of the men who charge the furnaces mechanically. The following is a summary o?some of the principal conclusions of the Report, so far as they relate to fa tigue: —In pig iron j^roduction, the men charging furnaces by hand work an eight-hour shift. Every th ird Sunday they work a double shift (16 hours), and the ir ra te of charging during this shift drops by from 8 to 15 per cent. The ra te of charging is 16 per cent, less in summer than in winter.On the other hand, no evidence of fatigue could be obtained among men charging furnaces mechanically, though they were on 12-hour shifts.The reduction in hours from 12 to 8 does not, speaking generally, tend to much increase of ou tput, but i t tends to improve time-keeping, and it is often possible to r ^ u c e the number of men per shift.In steel making, the work of the steel melters who " fe ttle ," or mend, the furnace floors, in the open-hearth process, is very exhausting. In steel making, again, mechanical charging is enormously more efficient than hand charging.

The reduction of hours from 12 to 8 per shift caused a slight increase in to ta l ou tpu t (9 per cent, a t one works and 2 per cent, a t another); but the substitu tion of hot metal for cold (i.e., where molten iron is run direct from blast furnaces to steel furnaces) caused a 30 per cent, increase. The ou tpu t usually showed a seasonal variation; a t one works it was 11 per cent, less in the summer than in the winter.In iron puddling, the ou tpu t was 8 per cent, less in summer than in winter.In steel rolling, the output a t two works was from 9 to 13 per cent, less in summer than in winter. The steam

^ 1 . 1 • , , i* . * 11s a t the end of each shift, a factwhich points to fatigue among the stokers.As showing how efficiency and organisation affect output to a greater degree than 'hours of labour, it may be mentioned th a t the reduction of hours from 12 to 8 did not lead to any increase of ou tpu t; but a t one works, where delays (due to the lack of m aterial, deficient steam pres­sure, breakdowns, etc.) were investigated and reduced the ou tpu t rose by 16 per cent* *liickness and mort(dity are higher among some classes ofworkers in iron and steel works than among others; forexample, both are considerably higher among blast furnace-men than among steel workei-s. Some classes {e.g., puddlers)are particularly subject to rheumatism and res^piratorvdisoas^, largely because of the alternation between heavVwork 111 g reat heat and periods of rest or of litrht workI t was found th a t puddlora suffered much more from th(«cdiseases than tinplate millmen, whoso work is almost continuous; th a t is to say, although the millmen have littleor no respite from their hot and heavy work, they sufferless than the puddlers from rheumatism and respiratorydiseases, owing to their escaping these dangerous alter- n a t i o n s . _____

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GERMAN TRADE UNIONS IN 1919.T "/' of I.^bour ifUichs-ArhetUblatt) for 26th October gives sta tistic t shoving tb«momberslup of the three principal federations of OeTmanIrad e Lnioiis for the y«ar 1919, with comparative figure.for the preceding year, fhe largest of these, th a t of theGoHerkschaften, or Social-Democratic Unions had ato ta l membership of 7,338,123 (including 1,612 636 'women)aL xqo ^ the year, as against 2,866,0li (including 666,392 women) a t the ^ g in n in g , giving an increase of ore? 4i millions during the twelve months. The following unions affiliated to the Federation had a mem-liership roll of 400,000 or over: Metal workers 1 700 000- agricuTlurnl workers, 700,000; factory workers ( ir r4 sp e i^ e of trade), 64^087; transport workers, 559,660 railwav workers, 500,000; textile workers, 493,471; bricklayers^

*"*"* “ ' 436,060; woodworLrs’ 400,332; non-manual workers, 400.(XX).Second in ‘ 'unions comeijiomberHhip of 1,000,770 (including 160,024 women) a«compared with 538,559 (including 72,409 women) in 1918The th ird group, the ‘ Gewerkvereine ” or “ Hirsch-Duncker Lnions (non-political) also showed a com-parntivelv largo increwo between 1918 and 1919, althoughthe abspfuto membership figures fell considerably short of*®i federations. The total for 1919 was18,086 women), as compared with 113,792 (11,684 ivofnen) in the previous year.

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ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEFIN BELGIUM.*

A Hoyal Deckke, dated 30th December, h u been Uaued bythe Belgian M inistry of Industrj-. Labour anfl FoodSuppliM, establishing a National Emergency Unemolov-nieiit b und for the purpose of assisting persons belongimj toapfifoved unemployment insurance societies who are out ofwork owing to the existing industrial crisis, and who areno longer able to draw unemployment benefit from theirawioty. The fund is to be managed by an autonomouaCouncil appointed by the Government an^ subject to S tate in s^ 'tio D . 'The Fund is to be formed by S ta te subsidieo and by sub­scriptions and vo untary contributions from em ployee and other persons. The following classes of unemployed will be en titled to draw benefits from the F u n d ;_

(1) Insured ^ r s o n s who have completed the qualifyingperiod and who have exhausted their right to unemployment benefit from their society;(2) Insured persons who have completed the qualifyingperiod and who belong to societies whoro funos are exhausted;(3) Insured persons who have not completed thequalifying period but have been members of an unemployment insurance society for a t leastthree months. (This clause will become void on 31st March, 1921.)The amount of the benefit derivable from the Fund bv any member of a society will be equal to that provided under the rules of the society, but must in no case exceed 3 trancs per day. In addition an allowance of 60 centimes a day will be made for a wife who is not herself a worker niid for each child under 14 years of age.Tnemployment insurance societies are required to contri­bute 15 per cent., and municipalities which deeire to secure the advantages of the Fund 10 per cent, of the coat.The benefits are payable in respect both of to tal con­tinuous unemployment and of short time. Benefits will be suspended in case of a strike or lock-out if the workers con- t'enicd refuse to submit the dispute to conciliation or arbitration.This new organisation is intended to assist the unemploy­ment insurance societies and the municipal unemployment funds which have existed in Belgium for some rears. Before the war a number of municipalities had instituted such funds with a view to encouraging trade anions to form unemployment insurance sections or societies. In 1914 theix? wore in e.xisteiu'e 29 municipal or inter-mnnicipal funds representing 101 municipalities. In motrt cases operations were entirely smspended during the war, but since the armistice both* unemployment insurance societies and municipal unemployment funds have been reorgan ise , and their numbers have greatly increased. There are n6w 84 municipal funds representing 627 municipalities. The present membership of the unemployment insurance scKieties is over 800,000, as compared with 126.278 in 1913. With a view to substituting unemployment insurance for the system of free donations, the State granted to approved societies a subsidy equal to ^ per cent, of the contributions

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TRADE UNIONS IN BELGIUM.The issue for 30th November of th e Bevue du Travail (the journal of the Belgian M inistry of Labour and Supplies) contains an arti'cle showing the streng th of two principal federations of trade, unions in th a t country. The larger of the two bodies is the Trade Union Com m i^ion of th e Labour Party , to which certain independent unions are also affili­ated* A t the tim e of the 19th Congress, held on 17th and 18th October last in Brussels, th is F ederation had affiliated to it 31 organisations w ith a to ta l membership of 720,000.* Details as to trade groups, however, are given up to 31st December, 1919, only. The largest single union a t th a t date was th a t of the miners, with 123,468 members, and was fol­lowed in point of size by the m etal workers w ith 116,300. Other large single unions w e re : tran sp o rt workere, 90,000 members; factory workers (irrespective of trade), 42,642 members; textile*workers, 46,258 members.The second federation is th a t of the Free “ C hristian ” Unions. This body has resum ed the publication of its reports a fte r the war-time suspension. According to the report covering the period from the Armisti'ce to 31st March, 1920, the unions affiliated to th e Federation had a to ta l membership of 156,631, including 28,441 tex tile workers, 17,315 railway, postal, telegraph, etc., workers, 10,461 “ general workere,” 8,644 miners, 8,560 m etalyvorkers, v'hile three other unions had each about 8,000 members.

STATE AID FOR NECESSITOUS MOTHERS.Recent Legislation in the U nited States, Canada, N ewZealand and D enmark.A FORM of legislation which has had considerable extension during recent years, particularly in th e U nited S tates, is th a t concerned with the provision of assistance to necessi­tous mothers for the upbringing and education of their children.In the U nited S ta tes the earliest step in th is directionwas taken by the S ta te of Missouri, where, in April. 1911. a law was passed providing an allowance to mothers ‘‘ whose husbands are dead or prisoners, when such m others are poorand have a child or children under the age of 14 years.” In June, 1911, a “ Funds to P aren ts Act ” was passed in Illinois providing th a t if the p aren t or paren ts of a de­pendent or neglected child were poor, b u t were otherwise proper guardians, and i t was for the welfare of the child to remain a t home, an am ount considered necessary by the Court should be gran ted to such p aren t or paren ts. In succeeding years the large m ajority of the S tates enacted similar laws until, bv th e close of the legislation sessions of 1919, “ m others’ pension ” laws had been adopted in 39 States and in th e T erritories of Alaska and Hawaii, while in five others a t least Bills on the subject were under consideration. The m ost recent laws and amendments tend generally in the direction of m aking more liberal allowances and of raising the age lim its of the children who may be_ aided, in order to keep pace w ithadvances made in child labour and compulsorv education laws. •

The purpose underlying these measures is th a t of pre- venting the breaking up of the home v'here, on account of r iiT disability, the support of the n a tu ra l breadwinner or the family is removed, hu t the methods adopted to secure this end differ considerably in regard to such points as the persons to whom such aid may he given, the degree of poverty or home conditions on which aid may he grantedthe age of the children, the amounts allowed', supervision’ penalties for fraud, etc. > i ,The R ep o rtt from which the foregoing particulars haveDeen_ taken states th a t legislation concerning “ m others’pensions m ust still be regarded as in the experim entalstage, ih e rap id growth of tiie movement in such a briefperiod is indicative of a conviction th a t home life and amother s care are of such value to the proper rearing ofchildren th a t no child should be deprived of the ir benefits on account of poverty alone.

^ movement dates from 1916, when thelegislature passed a “ M others’ A llowance” Act (this term appears to be in most general use in Canada).• Tt 18 stated th at this figure has since grow n considerahlv

KRskatehewnH followed su it in 1917 and A lberta in 1919, and sim ilar legislation is under consideration in B ritish Columbia, Nova Scotia and O ntario.The aid is g ran ted by a special commission of th e pro­vincial au th o rity in M anitoba, and in A lberta and Saskatchewan by th e superin tenden t of neglected and de­pendent children.The N ew Zealand Act, which cam© in to force on 1st Jan u ary , 1912, provides a pension for any widow of good moral character ivith dependent children under fourteen years of age. Should a w'idow’s income exceed a certain am ount, £1 is deducted from the pension for every £1 excess.U nder a Vanish law, ivhich entered into operation on lab Jan u ary , 1914, every widow who is a m other of a child or children under fourteen, and whose property and income is under a certa in am ount, p roportionate to the size of her family, is en titled to a public g ra n t toivard the support of such child or children. The highest ra te is paid in respect of children under two years of age. In exceptional circum ­stances the aid may be extended un til the child is eighteen years old.

INCREASE OF STATUTORY “ LIVINQ WAGE ”IN NEW SOUTH W ALES.

According to an announaeraent in th e N ew Sou th Wales Industria l Gazette of 30th October, 1920, th e New South Wales Board of Trade, a fte r public inquiry as to the in­crease or decrease in the average cost of living, has declared th a t the living wages to be paid to 'a d u l t male employees in th e S ta te of New South Wales (excepting certa in specified areas) shall be £4 5s. per week, 14s. 2d. per d a /, or Is. 9 id . per hour.This declaration was made in conform ity w ith Section 79 of the New South Wales In d u stria l A rb itra tion Act, under which the New South Wales Board of T rade is required “ from year to year, a fte r public inquiry as to the increase or decrease in the average cost of living, to de­clare w hat shall be the living wages to be paid to ad u lt male employees in th e S ta te , or any defined area thereof.” The first declaration was made on 5th Septem ber, 1918. and fixed the living wage for adu lt male employees in the M etropolitan (Sydney) area a t £3 per week, or 10s. per day, or Is. 3d. per hour. The declaration of 8th October, 1919, increased th is to £3 17s. per week, or 12s. lOd. per day, or Is. 7^d. per hour; and th e “ living wage ” is again increased under th e 1920 declaration.Li fixing the living wage for ad u lt males the Board is guided by th e following princip les: —(1) “ The average cost of living should be calculated upon the basis of the average requirem ents of the lowest paid class of workers.”(2) “ This calculation shall be made upon th e require­m ents of a fam ily of husband and wife and the average num ber of dependent children in th e fam ilies of th e said class.”(3) “ The standard of living should he such as to provide a worker of the said plass and his said dependent fam ily w ith the norm al requirem ents of a member of a civilised com m unity.”

CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION INCOLOMBIA.According to a despatch of 22nd November from H .M . M inister a t Bogota, th e Congress of Colombia has passed a law, dated 4th (Detoher, 1920, providing for conciliation and a rb itra tio n in collective labour disputes. The new Act prohibits a combined stoppage of work in any industria l or ag ricu ltu ra l undertak ing or establishm ent un til con­ciliation has been a ttem pted in th e m anner described below.Should a dispute arise, an endeavour m ust first be made to settle i t by d irect negotiation between the employer and a delegation of th ree persons chosen from among the work­people. I f the a ttem p t fails, recourse m ust be had to con­ciliation,^ for which purpose th e question in d ispute m ust be subm itted e ith e r to (a) a th ird person appointed by m utual agreem ent, or (b) two persons one nom inated by each of th e parties. Those chosen as conciliators m ust b© Colombian citizens, and m ust have a knowledge of the trad e concerned.

W here no agreem ent is arrived a t by conciliation, recourse may be had to a rb itra tion . This is compulsory in the following undertak ings : T ransport (land and w ater), w ater supply, public lighting , urban hygiene and san ita tion , and S ta te m ining. In these no stoppage of work may tak e place while an a rb itra tio n aw ard is pending, nor du ring the period covered by an aiyard. If, nevertheless, a stoppage does occur in an enterprise where a rb itra tion is compulsory, the Government is empowered to take over the m anagem ent of the undertaking .The Act provides penalties for infringem ent of its pro­visions and for obstruction of conciliation and arb itra tion proceedings.

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S U M M A llY i AVEU AO K IN C R E A SE S SIN C EJU L Y , 1914.• • • • ••

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Principal articles of Food All Items includedFOOD.D oring December there was a fu rther decline in the retail prices of food, the average percentage increuHG above the pre-war level being 178 a t 1st January as compared with 182 a t 1st December.The average prices of flour and bread .showed further decreases, am ounting to id . per 7 lbs. and Id. per 4 Ihs., respectively, while there was also a fall of id . per lb. in the average prices of bacon and m argarine. Sugar, tea, b u tte r, eggs and potatoes were also cheaper on 1st Jan u ary

« ft ft mS FVfti ft I % . ft ^ ^than a month earlier. The reduction in tho price of granu-Jlated sugar from lOd. to 9d. per lb. was nut {roneral until 3rd January , bu t in n considerable proportion of case>s the reduction was made in tho preceding week. Tliere were slight advances in tho prio<'s of milk and hsh. Prici'w of m eat and cheese showed little change on the average.In the following Table is given a comparison of average rices of tho articles of food included in these statistics inSrices ot tao articles or tooa inciuaea in tuese statistics in uly. 1914, a t the beginning of November, 1918 (just before the Armistice), and on 1st January , 1921 : —

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Beef. British— Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Percent. 1 Per centRibs ................... 149 163 151 103 160Thin Flank . . 173 163 168 136 169BeeV Ohllled or Froxeo— Ribs .................. 117 116 118 176 118.Thin Flank 107 97 103 206 103Muttoo, British—Legs ................... 169 167 168 103 168Breast .................. 192 170 181 106 104Mutton, Frosen—Legs ................... 132 120 120 306 L3SB reast................... 74 70 72 817 70Bacon (strea'cy)* . . 307 168 197 142 201F i s h ........................... 1 143 183 133 187 ISaFlonr........................... 177 184 181 63 187Bread........................... 174 171 173 66 177T e a ........................... 73 79 78 78 78Sugar (granulated)M ilk ........................... 387 383 375 341 38l«198 200 202 141 199Butter-Fresh .................. 1 170 178 174 107 176Salt .................... 180 183 181 113 1820bee8e(0anadlan or U.S.)* 143 140 142 ISO 141Margarine.................. 90 84 87 97 94Eggs (fresh)................. S68 AV) 369 4L 373Potatoes .................. 149 118 133 69 137Allaboveartiolesof Food)(Weighted Percentage | 161 176 178 133 183increase). '

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As regards r^nfi. special nnqoiriea* have been marU into the increaaea which have taken effect under the operation ofA R ent and Mortgage Interest (fUitnirtiona)Act, 1920. Tho roetilts of these en(|tiirics show t ^ t tbs nvernge increase in the rents of working^lass dwellings between .Tuly 1914 and 1st January . 1921 (taking into amount also the rates for the present half-voar). was ahoij^ 42 per ren t. Of this piTrentage nlnmt one-half is accounted for by increases m |<K>nl rates and water charges and of the remainder five- sixths is on account of the land^ lorcU r<*5t|>onHinility for ropaim.

As regards tho prices of clothing, the statintiin are deeigned to relate to the same qualities, or to corresponding quMitiM, as far os possible. Owing to the wide range of quototions, both now and before the war, to changm in qualities, and in stocks held by retailors, and to variations in the ex ten t to which different articles and qualities have been affected by price changes, it is impossible to make anincrease in prices; but from information os to the movements of prices of men's suits and overcoats, underclothing and hosiery, textile materiski and boots received from retailers in the principal towns it was estim ated th a t a t 1st January tho level of retail prices of clothing, quality for quality, taking goods of the kind piirchasoO by the working classes, averaged about 290 j>er cent, higher than in Jiilv. 1914. as com- iarod with between 300 and 310 |K*r rent, at 1st Decemberhe reductions wore distributed over all the items included in the statistics.In the fuel and light group, the average increase in the retail prices of coal since July , 1914. was between 145 and 150 per cent, a t 1st January . For gas the increase was over 90 per cent., for lamp oil about 210 per cent., and for candles (cheap kinds) about 270 pt‘r cent., while matches show a still erreater increase. The laet three items have, however, relatively small influence on the average move­m ent in the fuel and light group, in which the average increase a t 1st .Tanuary is estim ated at about 140 per cent., or about the same as a month earlier.

ALL ITEM S.If the average incre^es in the cost of all the foregoing items are combined in accordance with their relative importance in pre-war working-class family expenditure, allowance being also made for the increase in the p ric^ of soap, soda, domestic ironmongery, brushware and pottery, tobacco, fares and newspapers (estimated a t an average of about 130 per cent.), the resultant figure for 1st January , 1921, is about 165 per cont.+ ns compared with 169 per cent, for 1st December.The result of this calculation (in which the same qaan* titles and, as far os possible, the same nualities of each item are taken in 1921 as in 1914) is to show the inrreuMe tn the coit of main/oiniri{7 unchanged the average pre-irar standard of living of the working chutes (i.e., the average standard actually prevailing in working-class families before the war, irrespective of whether such standard was adequate or not). Owing to the variations in the amounts of increase in the prices of different commodities it is probable that economies or re-adjustments in expenditure have been effected in many families, especially in those cases where incomes have not increased so much ns prices. On tho other hand, i t is probable th a t tho standard of living has be«‘n raised in many families in which wages hare been increased in greater proportion than prices. No allowance is made in the figures for any such .alterations in the standard of living, as to which tru.stworthy statistics are not available.

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136 189• An article dealing w ith these eooniriaa. giving detailed su tirttca for 1st October, appeared on page W3 of the Labodr OAXJnra for October Further Increases In rates lo som edlstricu have resulted in jmbwqueot increases in rents, reistog the average Increase In rents from 39 per cent, at 1st October to 43 per cent, a t Irt January.t If the am ount of Increased taxation on commodlUes is deducted, ibe average Increase a t Ut January, 1931. was about 8 per cent. less.NOTB.-77lr lABDCB OAIITTB for Uarf\, IttO, rtwteftMd « AW awwX Qj the uopt and tnsthod tootpilativn of lAs abtK4 iMiultcs.

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The index number representing the general level of retail prices of food in French provincial towns with over 10,000 inhabitants during the fourth quarter of 1920 shows an increase of 161 per cent, as compared with the third quarter of the year, and a rise of 350 per cent, as com­pared with the third quarter of 1914.t

As regards Paris, the latest data refer to December, 1920, when the level of retail prices of food was 0-4 per cent, lower than in the preceding month, but 324 per cent, higher than in July, 1914. In both cases the computation of the movement of the general prices level is based on the pre­war budget of a typical Parisian family of the working class.t

ITALY.(a) Rome.:|:

The general level of food prices in Rome in December, 1920, shows a rise of 3’9 per cent, as compared with the preceding month, and a rise of 275 per cent, as compared with the first half of 1914. If the prices of other household necessaries (clothing, fuel, lighting, rent, etc.) be also taken into consideration, the general level in December shows a rise of 2‘5 per cent, as compared with November, and a rise of 278 per cent, as compared with the first half of 1914.

The basis of the foregoing computation is the cost of satisfying the weekly requirements of a working class family consisting of two adults and three children.!

(ft) MilaD.§The weekly cost of maintaining the pre-war standard of

living in Milan in the case of a family consisting of five persons, at the prices current in December, 1920, snows, as regards food alone, an increase of 3‘9 per cent, as com­pared with the preceding month, and of 435 per cent, as compared with the first half of 1914. The total family expenditure, including also clothing, rent and heating and lighting, shows in December an increase of 4*5 per cent, and is 434 per cent, higher than in the first half of 1914. t

(c) Florence.ilThe index number representing the weekly expenditure

on food of a family consisting of five persons in Florence at the prices current in December, 1920, shows an increase of 0*8 per cent, when compared with the previous month, and of 382 per cent, when compared with the first half of 1914. The total family expenditure, including also clothing, rent, heating and lighting, etc., in December shows an increase of 346 per cent, over the pre-war period.!

SWEDEN.HAt the prices prevailing in December, the cost of main­

taining the standard prewar budget of a typical Swedish household in the matter of food, fuel and lighting represents a decrease of 3-0 per cent, upon the cost in the preceding month, and an increase of 194 per cent, in comparison with July, 1914. The “ typical family ” is one consisting of a man and wife and two children, which had an expenditure (in 1914) of about £111 per annum. The above figures relate to the principal towns of Sweden taken together, but if the same budget be taken to apply to Stockholm alone, December also shows a decrease of 3*0 per cent, as against November, and an increase of 197 per cent, as compared with July, 1914.

The above computations are based on a comparison of expenditure upon articles of food, fuel and lighting only. The total family expenditure, including also the computed expenditure on rent, clothing, taxation and other items at the prices current on 1st January, 1921, shows an increase of 172 per cent., when compared with the expenditure in July, 1914.!

NORWAY.According to a statement issued by the Norwegian Central

Bureau of Statistics the index number representing the total expenditure of a Norwegian family upon food at the prices prevailing in November shows an increase of 242 per cent as compared with July, 1914. If fuel, lighting, clothing* rent, and taxation be also taken into account the increase in November is 240 per cent, above the figure for July, 1914. The figures are based on the cost of maintaining the standard of living of an average urban family, which had (in 1914) an income of about £83 per annum.!

• In fo raa tio n HUDDlied th rough the courteBy of th e D irector of the General Statistical D epartm ent of France.

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FINLAND.*The cost of maintaining the pre-war standard in regard

to food consumption in the case of a family of five persons in Finland in September, 1920, was 4-1 per cent, greater than in the preceding month, and 1,034 per cent, greater than in July, 1914. If the computation be extended to cover clothing, rent, fuel, etc., in addition to food, the cost is estimated to nave been also 4’1 per cent, greater than in the preceding month, and 932 per cent, greater than in Julv, 1914.!

UNITED STATES.!The general level of retail prices of food in the United

States in December was 7'8 per cent, lower than that of the preceding month and 9‘6 per cent, lower than th a t of December, 1919, but 75 per cent, above the level of July, 1914. In the computation of the general level the various articles of food are weighted according to their respective importance in consumption.!

CANADA. §The estimated weekly expenditure upon food by a family

of five in December, 1920, as computed from returns of retail prices prevailing in sixty towns in the Dominion, shows a uiecrease of 3-1 per cent, when compared with that of the previous month, but an increase of 100 ner cent, upon the expenditure in July, 1914. If the total expenditure upon food, fuel, lighting and rent be taken into consideration, the December figure shows a decrease of T8 per cent, as compared with November, and a rise of 81-3 per cent, as compared with July, 1914.!

NEW ZEALAND.IIThe index number of retail prices of food in November

1920, based on returns relating to 25 representative towns in New Zealand, shows a decrease of 0'6 per cent, when compared with the preceding month, but is 76’4 per cent, above the level of July, 1914. In the computation of the general index numbers, regard is had to the relative import­ance of the various groups of commodities in consumption before the war.!

• Social Tidckrift, No. 5. 1920. Helsingfors.t The increase in th e cost is com puted on th e assum ption th a t no change

has taken place in th e s ta n d a rd of living d u rin g th e period covered by th e figures.

X In fo rm ation supp lied th ro u g h th e eourtesy of th e Federal Com- misRioner of L abour S tatistics, W ashington.

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FOOD PRICES— OENERAL SUMMARY.PbBCBNTAQE InCBEASB in the retail prices op food •cMrf nf THE Vabious Countbies at the undebmentioned^ DATES, AS COMPABED W ITH JU L T , 1914.

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FOREIGN Co u n t r ie s . 1920.B elgium t ♦ # 9 9 9 9 9 9 « • 359 423 Oct.D enm ark # # 46 60 87 112 153 163 Ju lyF inland 9 9 • 9 « 9 » • 882 1034 S e p tFrance (F aris)t ♦ 9 33 83 106 161 373 334 Deo.

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dam ).I ta ly (Borne) 9 # 11 37 103 106 218 276 Dec.

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EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER.E m ploym ent in December showed a marked further decline. In some industries, including agriculture, coal mining, and pottery, brick and cement manufacture, it continued good, and it was fairly good in the building, pig-iron, cutlery, and glass trades; but in most of the other industrice un­employment and short time were general, and towards the end of the month many works were closed down forextended holiday periods of ten days or more.

The percentage unemployed at the end of the month among the members of Trade Unions (mainly of skilled w'orkmen) from wdiich returns are received was 6-1,compared with 3*7 at the end of November. In Industrie employing nearly 12,000,000 workpeople, covered by thUnemployment Insurance Act, the percentage uiiemployeit at 31st December was 5-8, as compared with 3-7 at 26tli November. In addition, a large number of workpcoplr w'ere on short time. The number of workpeople on the Live Degister of the Employment Exchanges at the same date was approximately 748,000, of whom men numbered

* The Chart is based on R eturcs furnished by various Trade Unions which pay unemntoyed bonellt to the ir members. Persons on strike ie.y.. coal mlnerB in Ootober^i^JO) or locked ont, sick, ur saperannaated, arc excluded from the flgnres. Detailed difures are given on page 17.

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600.000, and women mO.MO the remainder being >ouths and girls, The corresponding total for 26th November was620.000, of whom 374,000 wore men and 103,000 were womenHomo uiicinoloyed persons in employments nrrt covered by the Uneniploymcnt Insurance Act do not regisUr at theEmployment ’ Exchanges, and thene figures, therefore, do not fully indicate the total numbers iinemployf*d. 'Hie total number of vacancies unfilled at 31st December was 49 000 of which 18,000 were for men and 26.000 for women; thecorrc'iponding figure* at 26th November were 23,000 forrmen and^24,0b0 for women.

Employmont at coal ininee continued gofnl generally.The ntimlior of workpeople employed at the minm covered

(lichtlvby the returns w’ns slightly greater than in November and nearly 6 per cent, greater than a year ago. The average number of days worked per week at these mines in ih * fortnight ended 18th December was 6-74. At shale mines employment continued good; at iron mine* it wa* fairly good on the whole; at lead and zinc mines it was fair; at tin mines it continued slack.

In the pig iron industry employment continued fairly good. .\t iron and steel works it was generally L«ir or moderate until towards the end of the month, when manv of the works were reported to he dosed down for extended holiday periods. The tinplate trade suffered a further depression, and most of the mills were closed for prolonged Christmas holidays. In the engineering and shipbuilding trades employment showed a decline as compared with November, and was slack, with a large nuraW of men out of work and much short time. Employment in the other metal trades was slack on the whole, and short time was general; in the cutlery and file trades, however, it was reported as fairlv good.

In the cotton trade employment showed a further marked decline; both total unemployment and the curtailment of working hours increased, and at the end of the month a large number of mills were closed for extended holiday periods. A decline was also noticeable in all sections of the woollen and worsted trades, where employment was bad and short time was nlmoat general.

In the linen and jute trades employment was had. and short time and extended holiday i>eriods were general. In the carpet trade employment was fair in England andmoderate in Scotland. Employment in the lace and hosiery tradf^ was further depressed, and there was much unemploy­ment and short time working in both industries. In the silk trade employment declined again and was slack. There was further depression in the textile bleaching, printing, dyeing, and finishing trades, particularly' in the dyeing icN'tioii. and short time and extended holidays resulted. In the tailoring. dre.H.smnking and millinery, and wholesale mantle, costume and blouse, corset, and shirt and collar trades employment declined, and wa.s .clack generally. In the felt hat trade employment w.is very bad, and short time and extended holiday |>eriodc were general. In the leather tradt's employment was bad. with much short time.

In the hoot and shoe trades short time and unemploy­ment increased, and the Christmas holidays were ex ten d i to a fortnight or more in many centres. In the paper trades employment was slack. In the printing trades it showed a marked decline, but with electrotypers and stereo- typers in London it was still reported as g o ^ ; compositors in London worked .some overtime, but in other centres andother branches short time was reported. There was also a

khinding trades.I I I ! * and employment wasde(‘lino in the quiet.

In the building trades employment was fairly good; as compared with the previous month, however, it showed a decline, attributable for the most part th a fnlling-off in private work ns distinct from work on housing scheme*. Kinployinciit in the cement trade continued good, and much overtime wa.s worked: in the brick trade it was also good, and, though hindered by bad weather, some overtime was reported. In the woodworking and furnishing groupemplov- iiient was bod on the whole, and the .ship joiners' dispute aused some uneroployment in the millsawing trade and

amongst cabinet makers, etc., in shipyards; with wheel­wrights and smith.s, however, it was fair, and with coopers

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moderate. In the pottery trades employment generally was g o ^ ; in the glass trade it was fairly good. In thefood preparation trades it was fair in some branches and imd in others; short time was worked in some section.s.

Agricultural operations in England and Wales were not greatly liindered bv the weather, and skilled workers were well e’mploved, nii'd local shortages of such workers were reported. The supply of casual labour, however, was occasionally in excess of the demand. With dork and riverside labourers employment continued slack, and at some ports it was worse than in the previous month. W ith seamen einploynieiit wa. only moderate, the number of engjigemont-s being much below that for the previous mouth. In the fishing industry employment dt*clined andwas moderate.

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Januai\r, 1921. EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

TRADE UNION PERCENTAGES of UNEMPLOYED.Tb\ dk unions M’itli a net nienibersliip of 1,534,586 reported 93 507 (or 6*1 per cent.) of their members as unemployed at the end of December, 1920, comuared with 3 7 per cent, at the end of November, 1920, and 3'2 per cent, a t the end of December, 1919. In addition large numbers were onshort time.

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December,1920.

U nem ployed a t end of Decem ber,

102O.»

In o .(+ ) or Deo. (—) in percentage

U nem ployed as com pared w ith a

Buildingt Coal Mining Engineering and Ship-

boilding.Miscellaneous M etal Textiles

Cotton . • . • * *Woollen and W orstedO ther ........................

Printing, Bookbinding and Paper.

Furnishing . W oodworking Clothing' Boot and Shoe ..

O ther Clothing Leather Glass ..Pottery Tobacco

Total ..

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86.826185,630‘177,213

88,000

113,29812.493

124.531104,146

41,26749,443

86,30796,39116,6921,450

44,9745426

1,634,586

N um ­ber.

P er­centage

Monthago.

Yearago.

1,518 1 7 -1- I ' l + 1-2176 0‘1 - 0-1

29,364 6*2 + 0-7 - 0 7

5,695 6-4 + 3 7 + 5'2

5,767 5 ’1 + 1*5 -f- 2*51,211 9 ‘7 + 2*9 + S‘6

15,228 12*2 + 8*9 -F iro4,662 4’5 + 1 7 + 3*4

2,058 5-0 + 2*0 -f- 4 71,734 3*5 + 1-6 + 2*6

10,589 12*3 + 6-2 + U ’812,339 12*8 + 6-4 +12-01,728 10*4 1*6 + 0‘6

5 0*4 + 0'4 - 0*1150 0-3 -1- 0-1 • ^

1,283 25*0 -i-17'5 +24‘2

93,507 e-i + 2*4 + 2'9

SUMMARY OF EMPLOYERS’ RETURNS.I n f o r m a t io n furnished by employere as the state of employment in December is summarised below: —

(a) Certain M in in g and M etal T ra d es .

W orkpeopleincluded December,

1920.

In o .(+ ) or Dec.(—) as com pared w ith a

Trade. in th e R eturns for

Dee., 1020.M onth

ago.T earago.

Coal M ining - Iron n .*Shale n ........................

618,37217,9374,612

D ays W orked per w eek by Mines.

574 6*81 5*85

Days.-0*03-FO-55-0*07

Days.-0*04

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Pig Iron . . .*

Furnaces in Blast.

248No. + 13

No. + 12

Tinplate and Steel SheetMills W orking

4141 - 49 — 70

Iron and Steel 110.074

Shifts W orked (one w eek).

595,657P er ''ppt.

- 1*3Pe!" cent.

+ 1*6

(6) Ot h er T rades .

j N um ber of W orkpeople,

Trade.

Textiles Cotton Woollen W orsted Linen Ju te Hosiery I^ e O ther Textiles Bleaching, etc.

Total Textiles

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Boot and Shoe Shirt and Collar Beadym adeTailoring Paper M anufacture Printing and Book­

binding.Pottery Glass

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Total ..

Tin M in in g ..Leskd and Zinc Min'

ing.

Grand Total

Week ended 18 th Dec., 1020.

Inc. (-F) or Dec. (—) on a

Monthago.

Year

Per Perc e n t c e n t

92,249 — 3*1 - 3*617,575 - 3*1 - 4*930,894 - 2*1 — 1*025,119 - 3*9 -14*09,877 - 2*7 — 3*9

15,249 - 6*1 -12*65,853 - 9*5 -23*8

14,599 + 0*5 -F 4*224,269 — 3*8 — 0*3

235,084 - 3'3 - 5*1

48,517 - 2*9 -12*313,688 - 2*7 — 1*320.601 — 4*6 —20*114,648 - 3*7 -F 3*310,007 - 0*8 -F 2*815,018 -F 0*1 -F 7*310,910 -F 0*1 — 1’67,522 — 0*7 -F16*6

11,921 -F 0*8 -F39*261,110 — 2*8 —12*4

219.842' — 2*0 - 0*3

797 — 9*0 -34*2045 - 4*9 -12*8

456.968 - 2*7 - 6*8

T o ta l W ages P aid to all Woji^people______

Weekended

18thDec.,1920.

Inc. (+ ) or Dec. (—) on a

£197,16040,63471.52037,02713,90724,7949,976

32,80674,368

502.091 - 9*7 — 11*4

98,25619,91130,12946.07052.748

30,65738,67026,70350,435

152.487

Monthago.$

Per cen t

—14*9— 5‘9— 1*5— 6-3 —18-3 -11*4— 8-6 -F 1*2

— 8-1

Yearago.§

Percent.

— 13*1— 9*7— 1*3— 13-4— 22’2- 27‘3- 36'6 + 23*0- 12-9

+

23*81-4

33*918'514*5

27*815-344*777'03*1

565,066 - 2-6 + V2

2,2501,964

-15*5- 3*5

L061.371 — 6'1 - - 5 ‘2

— 19‘0 + 7*5

’■e'ating to carpen ters andI W eek endod 25tb December.5 Comparison of earnings is affected by increases in rates of wages

UNEMPLOYMENT IN INSURED TRADES.'J’he number of persons insured under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, was about 11,900,000 on 31st December, 1.920, and the number unemployed at that date was 691,103, or 5'8 per cent., as compared with 3*7 per cent, a t 26th November, 1920.

I t is not at present possible to show percentages of unemployment for the different insured industries, but the following Table shows by trades the number of persons whose unemployment books or out-of-work donation policies remained lodged on 31st December, 1920: —

T rade.%

No. of U nem ploym ent Books and O ut-o i-W ork

D onation Policies rem ain ing lodged on

Friday,31st f)ecember,102O

i1»11114

Inc. (-F) or Dec. (—) as com pared w ith

26th N ovem ber. 1920.

Males. jFem ales1 Total. ; Males. Fem ales [ Total.

B nildlng..................... 60,356 102 60,458 -1- 22,906 -F 63 + 22.969W orksofOonstrnction 7,138 27 7,165 -F 2.951 -F 19 + 2.P70Shipbuild ing . . 30,613 163 30,766 -F 6,032 -F •74 + •6.106E n g i n e e r i n g and

Ironfonnding 94,168 6.870 101,038 + 18.500 •F 1,505 + 20,005Yehicle Construction S a w m i l l i n g a n d

11,771 3,098 14,869 -F 2,5911•F

r793 + 3,384

Packing Case M ak­ iing .« .« . • 10,793 2,290 13.083 -F 4.148 -F 1,207 'F 5.355

A m m unition andChem icals .. 6,988 4,447 11,435 -F 3,190 -F 1,242 + 4,432

Iron and Steel M anu­facture 16,435 456 16,891 -F 7,075 -F 155 + 7,230

M anufacture of O therM etals 8,516 2,767 ^1,283 + 5,481 -F 1011 + 6,492

M anufacture of M etalGoods 7,449 12,348 19,797 -F 3.051 -F 4,649 + 7,700

Clocks, W atches.P late , Jew ellery 852 1,036 1,888 -F 245 -F 569 + 814

M usical Instrum ents,T oys an d Gam es .. 684 1,360 2,044 + 283 -F 879 + 1,162

R ubber and R ubberGoods 3,807 4,054 7,861 'F 2,217 -F 1,537 H- 3.754

L eath er an d LeatheiGoods 4,609 2,732 7.341 -F 1,652 -F 719 + 2,371

Brick, Tile. Pottery ,GIm s , e tc ................... 3,304 884 4.088 -F 1,730 -F 437 F 2,167

H otel and L aundryService 7,138 9.547 16,685 -F 1,196 -F 3,767 + 4,963

C o m m e r c la I andClerical 8,066 1,158 9,224 -F 354 -F 613 + 967

Conveyance of Men, Goods, a n d Mes­sages ........................ 55,210 1,359 66,569 -F 14,429 -F 796 + 15,225

Mines and Q u arrie s .. 3,735 63 3,798 -F 2.620 -F 44 + 2,664P ap er M aking 6,881 5,244 12,125 -F 4.382 -F 4.467 + 8,849C o t t o n ........................ 12,440 24,962 37,402 -F 6 555 -F 22,237 + 28,792W oollen a n d W orsted 6,424 7,873 14,297 -F 4,272 -F 7.447 + 11,719O ther Textiles 17.509 25,492 43,001 -F 13,076 -F 23,197 + 36 273W orkers in Dress 22,299 44,826 67,125 -F 11,419 + 23.857 + 40,276Food, D rink, and;

fTobacco

G eneral L abourers ..!6.264 9 992 16256 -F 2,989 -F 7,647 + 10,636

63,663 337 64,000 -F 10,496 -F 324 + 10.820O t h e r s ........................ 23,077 17,537 40,614 H- 6.308 -F 7.663 + 13,971

T otal 500,089 191,014 691,103 -F160.148 +121,918 + 282,066

The following Table shows in addition to persons claiming benefit in respect of total unemployment, there were a t 31st December, 1920, 446,486 persons claiming in respect of systematic short time working. The pereons included in this Table are employed in establishments where owing to the depression in trade the number of working days has been reduced on a systematic basis in such a manner as to entitle claimants to benefit under the A ct.t Persons who claimed benefit in respect of extended holiday suspensions are also included in the Table.

N um ber of sy stem atic S hort T im e W orkers w ho w ere claim ing U n­em ploym ent Insurance Benefit an d D onation on 31st D ecem ber.

1920.Trade.

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B u ild in g ...................................W orks of ConstructionS h ip b u i ld in g ........................Engineering and Ironfounding Vehicle Construction Saw m illing, Packing Case M aking A m m unition and Chem icals Iron and Steel M anufacture M anufacture, o th er M etals M anufacture of M etal Goods Clocks, W atches, P late , Jew ellery M usical In stru m en ts , Toys, Gam es R ubber and R ubber Goods L eather and L ea th er Goods Brick, Tile, P o tte ry , Glass, etc.H otel and L aundry Service C om m ercial and Clerical . . Conveyance of Men.Gooda and Messages Mines an d Q uarries ..P aper M ak in g ..C o t t o n ........................Woollen and W orsted O ther T ex tiles ..W orkers in Dress Food, D rink an d Tobacco G eneral L abourers . .O t h e r s ......................

Total

Males. Fem ales. Total.

I,f9l 4 1 1,295279 — 279595 5 600

19.679 1,931 21,6106.547 901 6,448

688 635 1,3232,756 1,194 3,9505,286 65 5,351

409 157 5663,541 1,361 4,902

190 140 33927 127 154

3.082 3,529 0,611823 658 1,481297 314 61139 95 13438 10 48

■ 1,183 28 1,21186 2 87

3,197 3,051 6,24875,591 136.919 212,51313,364 10.466 29,83035,341 60,441 95.78210.088 27.811 37.8H9

528 3,416 3,944538 1 539

1,6.; i 1 1,107 2,731

186,109 260.377 446,486

* The figure for 26th N ovem ber has been revised.t Persons w orking one day sh o rt tim e per w eek, or red u ced hours each

day or on certa in days, arc not eligible for benefit and a re not included in th e flguroH,

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D t T A I L l i D R E P O R T S E M P L O Y M E N T INT H E PRIN CIPA L INDUSTRIES TH EUNITED KINGDOM.

[ N o t h .— numbers of workpeople given in thefollowing TohUa represent the numbers covered by the Returns received and not the total numbers employed in the various industries. The comparisons of numbers employed and wages paid at different dates relate to the same firms at each date,!

COAL MINING,K & c p i . o y m k n t w n n good during December. At tlio collierios nmking neturns in Dccoinbor tboro was nn increaso of 0-8 per cent, in the nunihor of workpeople employed as com­pared with the previous month and of 4-6 per cent, on a 3’enr ago.

Of the 618.372 workpeople included in the Returna forDecember, 335,715 (or 64-3 per cent.) wore employed a t pits working 12* days during the fortniglit to whicii tne Returnsrelate, and a further 218,250 (or 35-3 per cent.) a t pitsworking 11 days or more, but less than 12 days.

The average number of days worked showed a doc-reaso of0-03 as compared w’ith the previous month, and showed

T illittle change on a year ngQ. Time was lost at some collieries in Northumberland and in the Scottish districts owing to shortage of railway wagons.

The following Table show’s the number of workpeople employed and the average number of days worked per week in the collieries covered by tho Returns: —

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N o . o f W o r k p e o p l e e m p l o y e d a t M i n o e

d e d i n t h e R e t u r n s .

D i s t r i c t .

A v e r a g e N o . o f D a r i w o r k e d p e r w e e k b y

t h e M i n e s . *

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a n d S a l o pG l o u c e s t e r a n d S o m e r s e t N o r t h W a l e s S o u t h W a l e s

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I 6 J 9 0 + O - 0 + 3 - 7 5 - 4 7 - 0 0 2 4 0 0 4m ,oi9 •1 I ' O + 6 ' S 6 ' 5 6 4 0 - 9 1 4 0 - m

0 . 4 9 3 + 0 - 3 4 4 - 8 6 - 7 7 4 0 - 9 J - 0 * O Tr > I .K 2 6 ~ 0 * 4 I + 3 * 7 6 - 8 8 - 0 ‘ 0 3 4 0 - 1 8S n . 0 2 8 + 1 - 4 4 4 ’ 0 6 - 0 4 - O ' O l 4 0 1 40 2 3 3 7 I - 0 - 7 4 3 1 6 - 8 ( 1 - 0 * 1 2 - 0 * 1 03 9 . 4 7 2 + 0 ' 2 + 2 - 0 6 - 8 3 - 0 0 2 4 0 ' M3 2 . 1 7 4 4 D ' 6 4 6 - 0 6 ' 6 6 - 0 - 0 0 4 0 * N3 6 , 4 1 1 4 0 - 0 + 2 - 0 6 - 0 7 4 0 * 0 11 0 , 3 6 8 4 0 8 + 3 ' 6 6 - 8 7 - 0 * 9 0 4 0 0 3isno 4 1 - 4 4 5 - 0 6 * 9 8 4 0 * 1 40 , 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 4 0 ' 4 0 - 0 0 4 0 - 0 3

1 2 0 , 0 3 0 4 0 - 0 4 6 1 6 0 3 - 0 - 0 1 4 0 - 1 35 6 1 , 7 4 7 4 0 * 7 4 4 - 6 6 - 7 7 - 9 - 0 8 4 0 - 0 6

2 3 , 1 0 6 4 2 - 4 4 5 6 6 * 2 6 - 0 0 1 4 C * 0 42 . 1 6 8 4 1 * 6 4 0 ' 0 6 * 2 6 4 0 * 0 3 - 0 - 3 7

8 1 , 7 9 3 4 0 - 6 4 6 - 8 6 - 5 1 - 0 * 1 0 “ 0 0 06 6 . C 8 6 4 1 ' 3 + 6 - 4 6 ’ 4 U - 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 3

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Tho output of coal in Great Rritnin in tho four weeks ended 25tn December, 1920. waa provisionnllv roturiied to' ^ ^ S S » KfK, S f A W A tfW « »? « € » * « 0 1 1 V I t V I I I I I C k I

the Board of Trade at 20,230,200 toii«. In the four weeks ended 27th November, 1920, it was 15,919,100 tons.

The exports of coal, coke and manufactured fuel during December, 1920, amounted to 2,613,052 tons, or 1,064,999 tons more than in November, 1920, but 3,913,255 tons less than in December, 1913.

IRON, SHALE AND OTHER MINING, ANDQUARRYING.

E m p l o y m e n t at iron mines again varied during December, on tho whole, was fairly good and bettor than in

November. With shale minors employment continued good. Employment \yith tin miners remained slack, while at lead and zinc mines it was generally only fair. Atquarries, genorally, employment continued good, but some

6 lo6time was lost on account of bad weather.

• T h o Q g u r e s i n t h i a n u d t h o f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e o n l y s h o w t h e n u m b e r o f d a y s ( a l l o w a n c e b e i n g m a d e i n a l l t h o c a T o u l a t l o n s f o r s h o r t d a y s ) o n w h i c h c o a l . I r o n o t e , s h a l e , o r a t o n e , e t c . , w a s g o t a n d d r a w n f r o m t h e m i n e s o r o p e n w o r k u I n c l u d e d i n t h e R e t u r n s . I t I s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y i m p l i e d t h a t a l l t h e p c r i o n i e m p l o y e d w o r k e d e v e r y d a y t h e m i n e * o r w o r k s w e r e o p e n .

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/ron.—Returns received^ to mine* and opanworks at which 17,937 workpeople wore emploTed in tha ortnight ended 18th Decemli.r, 1920, show oj

1-5 per cent, in thy t«>tal niimlwr omployed, comparad with tho previous month, and a decreiwie of a6 per cent rom. pared with DecerniKjr, 1919. The average nSmbor of days per week worked by tho minoi waa 5-?l, comparad with 6-26 111 Novembor and 6^1 m December, 1919. ^

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N o . o f W o r k p e o p l e e m p l o y e d a l M i n a s l o - d u o n d l a t h e B o u r n s .

A v e r a g e N o . o f D a y sI r a g Iw o r k e d p «

t h e Mr w e e k b y t n e s .

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Daya+ r>cg

0.137 4 1*0 - 2'4 . 6 « i 4 0*64 — 0074.404 1 4 4-0 4 4-8 5'60 ; 4 0*54 4 0*0117.037 ; + 1-5 - 0-0 5’8I ; 4 0*65

11

—

Shale. Employment continued good. Returns received from firnifi ompjoying 4,612 work{>eoplo in the fortnightended 18th December, 1920. show an increase of I'O percent, in the number employed, compared wiUi the previousmonth, and of 9-7 per cent, compared with a year ago. Theaverage number W days per week worked bv the mines was5*85, compared with 5*92 m November and 5‘89 in Deoember, 1919«

Tin.“ Employment remained slack at tin niiiioB during December. Returns received from firms employing 797

>rkpeoplo in uecember show a decrease of 9'0 oer centand

a decrease of 34-2 per w nt. compared with a year ago. Tlio total amount paid in wages at these mines in four weeks in December was £8,999, a decrease of 15’5 per cent compared with November, and of 19*0 per cent, on a year«K0.

Lead and Zinc.—Employment, generally, was fair; at one or two zinc mines in Wales a scarcity of skilled miners was reported. Returns received from lead and zinc mines (including some which also produce barytes, fluorspar, *c.) employing 645 workpeople in December, show a decrease of 4-9 per cent, in the number employed, compared with the previous month, and a decrease of 12*8 per cent, com­pared with a year ago. The total amount paid in wages at these mines in four weeks in December was £7,865, a decroaso of 3’5 per cent, on the previous month, but an increase of 7-5 per cent, on December, 1919.

QCARRYTho following Table summarises the information received

from those employers who furnished Returns: —

No.of Workpeople em- )| Average No. of Day*. , ^ ^ ,, worked per week by the

eluded io the Betunia. il Qoarriee.*

Fort

ended 18tb Dec., i93a

Increaee (+ )o r Decrease (—) as

oom pared w ith

Mouthago.

Limestone Sandstone Granite .. Slate .. Basalt .. M blnstone

# •

• t # 4

# 4

3.9901J3961.77W

674643

PerC en t

All Quarrying . . 10,814 + 0-1

ago.

Fort­nightended18thDec,USD.

(+ ) or ( - ) a a w ith I

PerC en t D a v a .

6 * 7 6

+ 1 S * J

4*966-666*006*686-53

6-67

Month Tearaga aga

Day*. — 0*00

Day*.4 0*17

- 0-64 — 0-60- o*» - 0-364 017 4 0*034 O’OO 4 0‘M- 0*0J - o*ss

- o n - 0*60

Limestone,—At quarries producing limestone for bUnt furnaces and for cement making employment was g(H>d, and there was an unsatisfied demand for skilled workers;at quarries producing road-making material employment was fairly good. Work at limestone quarries generally wasinterfered with, to some extent, by bad weather during the month.

Sandstone.—Employment at saudstonc quarrio:« was fairly good during Dei-cmber. Some time was lust owing to badweather, and some employers reported a shortage of quarry, men and sett-makers.

(ironife (Itoad materials, setts, r/r.).—Emploxiuent was good at quarries producing road material, but bad weather

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'ont. on a year

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ind line mbes fluorspar, ic .) low a decrease compared with per cent, coin- paid in wages was £7,855, a month, bnt an

ation receired

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EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOiM. 10

c;tusod an occasional J? * I f-J 111 Qmaterial for sette employmout was fairly good, and in somerases a scarcity of sett-inakem was reported. . , ,' Sfnfg.—Employment a t elate quarries continued good

and \vhinstone lyatcriaO.—At

2v had weather. At whiustone quarries employment varied conslrabW^^^^^^ fair, on the whole, but one firm employ­ing about’half the workpeople covered by the Returns sported employment as bad owing to depression m trade.

PIQ IRON INDUSTRY.T?’iri>T nvxfFVT wns fnirlv cood on t li© wliol©* At th© ^ orks c o ^ - e r T i T t h " ^ 248 furnaces were in blastat the end of December, as compared with 235 a t the end of November, 270 at the end of September, and 236 a yearago. _______________

District.

KNGLAND AND WALKS—Cldveland................Cum berland and Lancs.S. and S.W . Yorks.■ Derby and N ottingham Leicester, Iiinooln and N orth ­

am pton ...................................Staffs, and W orcester ..South W ales and M onm oath .. O ther D istricts

N um ber of Furnaces,| included in th e

B eturns, in b last a t end of

Deo., Nov., 1920. I 1920.

Dec..1919.

Inc. (-i-) or Deo. (—) in

Dee., 1«20, on a

M onthAgo.

Y earAgo.

Eng la nd a n d Wales

SCOTLAND

T otal # 4

71289

2625

28i6

7127102722*

2346

197 190*

61 45

248 235*

6524 10 30 28

25 5 3

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+ 7 ; + 7

+ 6 -p 5

-f- 13 + 12

The imports of iron-ore in December, 1920, amounted to 528,628 tons, gf 177,914 tons more than in November, 1920, bnt 8,585 tons less than in December, 1913.

The export of pig-iron in December, 1920, amounted to 20,139 tons, or 3,402 tons less than in November, 1920, and 53,994 tons less than in December, 1913.

IRON AND S T E E L W O R K S .Employment a t iron and steel works was generally fair or moderate in almost every district. Several employers reported difficulties in keeping the works in full operation in some cases work was suspended, and in others short time was worked owing to lack of orders. Towards the end of December many of the works were reported to be closed for extended holidays.

At the works to which the Returns relate, employing 110,074 workpeople, the volume of available employment during the week ended 18th December, 1920 (as indicated by the number of workpeople employed at each works, multiplied by the number of shifts during which work was carried on), showed a decrease of 1'3 per cent, on the previous month, but an increase of 1*6 per cent, on a year ago. The average number of shiftst per man shown by the Returns was 5'41 as compared with 5*45 in the previous month and with 5*48 a year ago.

No. of W orkpeople em ployed by firms

m aking returns.A ggregate num ber of

Shifts.t

Weekended18thDec.,1920.

Inc. (-I-) or Deo. (—) as com pared

w ith a

Monthago.

Y earago.

W eekended

18thDec.,1920.

Inc. (+ ) or D ea (—) as com pared

w ith a

M onthago.

Y earago

D e p a b t m e n t s . Open H earth M elting

FurnacesCrucible Furnaces Bessemer Converters Puddling Forges Bolling Mills .. Forging and Pressing Founding ..O ther D epartm ents Mechanics. Labourers

To ta l . .

12,234510

1,1607,573

37.3194,350

10,34310.91525,670

110,074

Per Per Per Percent. cent. cent. cent.

+ 0*5 - 1-8 68,555 + 1*1 — 2‘4- 0*4 - 9-9 2,185 - 2*5 - 28*0-11-5 -}-13'6 5,.592 -10*1 + 21*5— 0-3 + 1*2 38 975 + 0*0 + 1*2- 2*0 - 1*7 190.371 — 2*6 — 4 8- 0*7 - 2*5 21.033 — 6*1 — 12*9-1- 0'2 -I-52-3 60,911 + 0-1 + 68 1- 2-9 + 0-6 59,913 + 0*3 - 4 2- T2 + 0 2 1 148,122 - 0*9 + 0'2

— T4 + 2 7 595,657 - 1-3 + 1-5

* Bevised figure.+ The figures relate to the num ber of shifts during w hich the w orks

were operated.allow ance being m ade for the num bers of men em ployed. No account is taken of the tim e lost by individuals and i t is not in tended to im ply th a t the full num ber of shifts shown w as w orked by all th e men employed.

No. of W orkpeople em ployed by firm s

m aking re tu rns.

1A ggregate num ber of

Shifts.*

\W eekended

18thDec.,1920.

Inc. (+ ) or Dec. (—) as com pared

w ith a

t

Weekended

18thDec.,1920.

i

Inc. {+ ) or Dec (—) as com pared

w ith a

M onthago.

Y earago.

M onthago*

Yearago.

Per Per Per PerDISTRICTS. cent. cent. cent. c e n t

N orthum berland and59,85610.842 + 0-1 + O’l + 0*7 + 8 1

C lev e lan d ........................ 8,501 + 5*2 + 9*0 47,758 + 4*2 + 9 0Shefileld and B o ther- 140.492 - 3*2 + 2*2h&m •. • • • • 26,307 - 1*6 + 5'7Leeds, B radford, etc, . . 4.078 — 1*4 — 2 6 22.103 — 3*8 - 5*7C um berland, Lancs, and

+28*9 57,478 + 1*5 + 31*0Cheshire 10,622 + 0*9Staffordshire 10,374 — 0*5 - 0*9 65,209 — 1*.3 — 3 3O ther M idland Counties 4.983 + 0*2 — 3*5 27,558 — 0 1 — 3 4Wales and M onm outh 10,119 - 9*4 -17*8 50,126 — 5 3 — 27 0

Total, E ngland and W ales •• •• 85,808 - 1*2 + 2*3 460.580 - 1*3 + 0-5

Scotland .. . . 24,268 - 1-9 + 3*9 135,077 — I ’l + 4 8

TOTAL .. 110,074 — 1*4 + 2-7 695,657 - 1-3 + 1*6

EN G IN EE R IN G T R A D E S .E m p l o y m e n t in these trades in December showed a decline as compared with the previous month. W ith some classes of men in certain districts i t was fairly good, but in most of the principal districts it was slack. A large number of men were out of work, aud there was much short time. With ironfounders employment was good a t most centres, but not so good as in previous months.

The following Tablet shows the number of workpeople claiming unemployment benefit or out-of-work donation at 31st December, 1920: —

Division.N um ber of U nem ploym ent

Books and O ut-of-W ork Donation Policies rem ain ing

Lodged a t 31st D ecem ber,1920.

In c .(+ ) Dec. (—) as com pared w ith 26th N ovem ber,

1920.

London ........................ 19,552 + 1,698N orthern Counties .. 4,868 + 134N orth W estern 13.636 + 3,424Y orkshire 7.238 + 1,072E ast M idlands 3,381 + 913W est M idlands 22,835 + 4,842S. M idlands and E astern 6,043 + 1,729S .E . Counties 4,540 + 929S o u th w e s te rn 5,025 -I- 1,083W a l e s ........................ 1,558 + 680Scotland 9.498 + 2,410I r e l a n d ........................ 2.876 + 491

UNITED KINGDOM 101,0.38 + 20,005

Males 94,168 + 18,600Females .. 6,870 + U 05

The number of persons claiming unemployment insurance benefit or out-of-work donation in respect of days of work lost owing to systematic short tim e! was 21,610 on 31st December, 1920.

On the Tyne employment in December showed little general change as compared with the preAUOUS month, being fair with turners, fitters and machinemen, and good with iron and brass moulders. On the Wear employment with turners, fitters and machine men showed a decline j some men were working only in alternate weeks. On the Tees employment was fair on the whole.

In the Manchester district there was a decline as com­pared with the previous month; in some establishments only half-time was worked. Employment a t Liverpool was reported as bad. At Oldham employment varied from moderate to good in the various trades, and showed a slight decline on the whole as compared witli the previous month. At other towns in Lancashire and Cheshire employment, as a whole, was fairly good. At Leeds there was a further slackening of employment; ironfounders, who had pre­viously been well employed, were affected by the general decline; toolmakers were in many cases working only half­time, whilst textile machinery workers, however, were well

* The figures re la te to th e num ber of sh ifts during w hich the w orks w ere operated , allow ance being m ade for th e num bers of m en em ployed. No account is taken of th e tim e lost by Individuals and it is not in tended to im ply th a t th e full num ber of sh ifts show n w as w orked b y all th e men em ploved.

t O w ing to changes in th e industria l classification of a num ber of insured persons, consequent upon th e operation of th e U nem ploym ent Insarance Act, 1920, as from 8th Novem ber, 1920, th e figures in th is Table are not stric tly com parable w ith those in issues of th e LABOUR GAZETTE prior to th a t of D ecem ber, 1920.

Pending th e com pletion of th e industria l classification of new en tran ts under th e above Act th e usual percentages of unem ploym ent, based upon th e num bers of persons insured under th e Acl in each industry , a re not available.

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uinployiHl. 8omo decline wns reported at whereenipluyment with tlio mnjority ot workoni. inoiticling iro»-fouuders, was bud. At Bradford and Huddarshuld a decline w.>8 reported.

At Nottinghniii einployinont waa worao than in Novoiiiber; Jiiuny workpeople were on 8liort time, losing from 1 to 3 days per week, but patternmakers, smiths and strikers, brasstoun'derN and bobbin and carriage makers wore working fulhtime. At Grantham and Gainsborough the decline in employment continued, and the majority of men were working a 35-liour weelt. At Lincoln, as a rule, only half­time was worked. The decline at Derby and I^icester con­tinued during Deceinbor. At Birmingham employment was bad, and distinctly ivorso than in November; short time, involving the loss of from 1 to 3 days per week, was general, the number of unoiniiloyed showed an increase, and in some cases the Cbristmas holidays were extended. Kmployment w’ns especially bad in the motor and heavy engineering slums. Similar conditions prevailed at Coventry, Uedditch and Wolverhampton. In the Potteries employment was reported as good, full-time being worked; but at Stafford it declined and some sections were working half-time only.

Kmploymont declined at Norwich, Bedford and Luton, and was slack; short time was worked and the Christmasholidays were prolonged. U continued slack a t Ipswich,

Chelmsford, with short time at several ostab-Colchester andlishments. in London and the Southern Counties employ­ment, as n whole, was dull and worse than in Novera^r. Foundry workers w'ere well employed in South Wales, butwith other sections employment was only fair and worse

)nth.than in the {)revious montiin the Glasgow district employment was slack and worse

than in November with most sections; in many cases the usual Christmas holidays were extended. At Edinburgh employment was good with ironmoulders, and fair with patternmakers, but dull with other classes, aud on the whole showed a decline ns compared with the previous month. Employment was moderate at Dundee and slack at Aberdeen. A decline was reported from Belfast and from Cork, though foundry workeiw in Belfast were still well employed.

S H IP B U IL D IN G T R A D E S .E.\iru)Y4iKNT in the shipbuilding and ship-repairing trades during November .showed a decline as compared withparea w’ltn the previous month and was, on the whole, slack. At some of the principal centres the supply of raw materials was irregular^ and work was curtailed in many instances by cancellation of orders and lack of new orders. Short time on a largo scale had not been resorted to, but many men were unemployed as a result of the circumstances mentioned above. Joiners employed by members of the Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation in all centres in Great Britain were on strike throughout the month against a proposed reduc­tion in wages.

On the Tyne and Wear employment with rivetters, caulkers and platers was slack and worse than in Novem-

loeber, a considerable number of men being unemployed. Similar conditions prevailed with platers” helpers and shipyard labourers. With shipwrights, however, emplov- inent continued to be fair. Towards the end of tne month the strike of joiners had to some extent affected the emplov- iiient of other classes of workmen. Shortage of materials was reported to be one of the causes of slackness of employ­ment in this district. On the Tees employment was very moderate, and work was interrupted by the ii of raw' materials. irregular supply

There was a decline at Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Wivenhoe, employment being described ns slack, with a certain amount of short time in operation. On the Thames employment with barge builders continued to be very good:

lt*h g\f Za ___ A.:... _ 1 . % *with other classes of workpeople it continued to decline.At BouthaniDtoii employmeut was poor aud worse than in November. Shipwrights at Devon and Cornwall ports wore w'ell employed. At Bristol employment remained fair. At4 nr\ ml/nlrvii X ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^1C o—ii w i * **o* wt t-iup-iwjMuiik leimuiieu rair. At the bouth Wales ports the number of men unemployed was still large, but there was, on the whole, a slight improve­ment in the state of employment in tins district, cfii the Mersey conditionn gradually improved during the month.

On the Clyde employment showed a decline, and was dull on the whole; a largo number of orders were can­celled. A certain improvement, however, took place at the end of the month. The improvement with chipperb andSainters at Leith reported in the December Lauouk Gazbttk

id not continue, and many were out of work during December. At Dundee shipwrights continued to bo well employed. At Belfast employment was either moderate or slack with most sections, and wa.s worse than in the previous mouth. At Cork 'empluyiuent with shipwrighu Jeeliued. and was dwseribad ai bad.

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Table* the number of workpeopt*t

3Ut December.

Number o{ Uaeoi-DivliloQ.

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The number of persons claiming uneniplojment insurance boneht or oiit-of-work donation in respect of day§ of work lost owing to systematic short timel w;is 600.

According to Lloyd’s Kegister Shipbuilding Heturmi th^. 'OSS to n n t n^Ckt^oL n a . . . . . - a.the United

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----- — ^ ^ o oiupouiiaing neturnii thegross tonnage of merchant voeseU under construction in

Kingdom at 3lst December, 1920, amounted to 5,708,916 tons, as compared with 3,731,098 tons at 30th

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‘ wiin o,/oi,«j»8 tons at 30thSeptember, 1920, and 2,994,249 at 3Ut December 1919Ifaeso figures are exclusive of warships and veaseU' under 100 tons gross.

T I N P L A T E A N D S T E E L S H E E T T R A D E S .haii'i.ovME.NT in this industry during December was rerv bad. The figures in the Table below relate mainly to ibu number of mills in operation immediately before Chriatmas

» n

but at the end of the month most of the mills were reported to ^ c l ^ d down and though many of them re-openeiJ during the second week of January, it is reported that 50 per cent, of the mille were idle during that week.

W o r k s .

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"nie rj-norfj of tinned <ind goltanned platrs and theeti in December, 1920, amounted to 36,604 tons, or 15,420 tom

f tn s s tbni«w» I wvi*: : ir -

less than in November, 1920, and 63,940 tons less' than in December, 1913.

M IS C E L L A N E O U S M E T A L T R A D E S .K m i*i .o y m k - \t in these trades continued slock on the whole during December, very little variation being noticeable a*, compared with the previous month. IL turns were receivedr ____ • T ' _______________1 - _____________1 ______ n o r k i V f t i « « .

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from Trade Unions covering 88,900 workpeople, of whom 6 4 per cent, were stated to be unemployed in Di*ceiuber, a . s

compared with 2-7 per cent, in November, and U2 per cent, in December, 1919. In view, however, of the large extent to which short-time working is now resorted to, the percentage of total unemployment alone do«>s not sufficiently indicate the actual position.

Short time was widespread during the mouth under review.

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lirasstcork.—With brass workers employment was fair; it showed a decline on a mouth ago. Of 36,000 Trade Unionists reported upon, 6,500 were stated to be worLog on the average only 24 hours a week.

At b. / i:

Nufs, Bolts, Nails, dc.—With nut, bolt, rivet and spike makers at Blackheatb and Halesowen employmeut continued slack; it was reported as fair with makers of best nuii and bolts at Darluston. With shoe rivet aud wire and cut nail makers at Birmingham employment improved to fair on the whole, practically no short time ^ in g worked.

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January, 1921. EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

•? ent in,. i|0 / d . ii' •"s of

«' ‘“ouated to VIV at 3(Wuoooaber, 1919

ffiADES,

was rerv ‘ mainly to thefow Cbistmas, f jfe re repon«l •hem re peaed

reported that at week.

f Mills in operation

Inc. (+) or Dec. (“ ) on a

Cutlery, Tooh, Hits, Stirrups, (t-c.—Employment con- timied fairly good on the whole in the cutlery and file ' trades at Sheffield. I t declined in the edge tool trade at . Wednesbiirv, being reported as bad, and continued slack i with bit and stirrup and saddle and harness furniture makers at Walsall. At Redditch employment continued good with fish hook and fishing tackle makers, and remained

I fair with needle makers.fnl,cs.—Employment continued fair on the whole, but a

decline was reported from Birmingham, where some short time was worked.

Chains, Anchors, cDc.—At Cradley employment continued fair with anchor smiths, shipping tackle and shackle makers, and was reported as very bad with block chain and cable chain makers. I t improved to fair with anvil and vice makers at Dudley, and remained fairly good with axle and spring makers at Wednesbury.

Sheet Metal Workers.—Employment continued slack in most districts, a further decline being reported from several centres. In the Bristol, Potteries, and Crewe districts, however, employment was stated to have been good, overtime being worked in the latter area. At Bir­mingham systematic short time was stated to have been

. general throughout the trade, and in several other districts, including Wolverhampton, Leeds, Manchester, Bolton, Preston, Sheffield and Edinburgh, short time was worked. At Wolverhampton and Manchester about 80 per cent, were more or less affected in this respect, and at Edinburgh

’ about 30 per cent, were reported to have worked 12 to 18 hours per week short of full time. With iron plate workers

( employment continued bad in the Lye, Bilston, Dudley and Wolverhampton districts.

TPire.—Employment with wire drawers continued slack generally, short time being reported from several districts. At Wolverhampton a large majority were stated to have worked half-time only, and at Birmingham and Brighouse practically all the men were affected to some extent.

Hollow-ware.—With galvanised hollow-ware makers em­ployment continued slack, and it was reported by the Trade Union that the average time worked by its members was only about 30 hours per week. At Wolverhampton it remained fairly good with cast iron hollow-ware makers, and con­tinued fair with tin and enamelled hollow-ware makers.

Stoves, Grates, (&c.—Employment declined and was slack generally; some short time was worked in certain districts.

The exports of hardware in December, 1920, amounted to 12,697 cwts., or 3,158 cwts. less than in November, 1920, and 9,435 cwts. less than in December, 1913.

The exports of hollow-ware in December, 1920, amounted to 1,937 tons, or 282 tons less than in November, 1920, and 982 tons less than in December, 1913.

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i’’• 3

COTTON TRADE.Dubino December employment in the cotton trade showed a marked further decline, and at the end of the month there was severe depression in the industry. TJnemploy- ment, short time, and other forms of under-employment increased both in the spinning and in the weaving sections; and the Christmas and New Year holidays were extended in many cases. In the spinning section organised short time continued in the Egyptian section to the extent of 13 hours a week, ai^ was introduced in the American section, from December 6th, to the extent of 24 hours a week.

In the weaving section there was much more total unemployment than in the spinning section, and there ^ as also much under-employment. Some tnousands of looms were completely stopped.

In the Oldham, Ashton, Stockport, and Rochdale districts employment in the spinning department showed a decline,

spinners in the American section worked only 24 hours a week after the 6th December, and in the lip p tian section 35 hours throughout the month, instead of the normal week of 48 hours. There was also much unemployment among spinners. With weavers in these districts employment was also bad, and short time general.

At Bolton organised short time, to the extent of 13 hours a week, continu^ in the Egyptian spinning section: andITndA^r cardroom workers, and with weavers andwindep, was bad, and worse than in November. Spinnersem X m enH rg i.d .'^P " '® ^ and described

In all the principal weaving districts, including Black-

had, and there was a considerable increase both in unem^of under-employment

total stoppages, partly by “ playing for warps,” and partly by a system of working alternate weel<s, production had been reduced by 70 per cent.

The following Table summarises the information received from those employers who furni'shed Returns: —

N u m b er of W ork­people E m ployed.

Total W ages paid to . a ll W orkpeople.

Ino, i+ ) or Ino. ( + ) o rWeek Doc. (—) Week I Dec. (—)ended on a ended 1 on a18th 18thDec.,1920. M onth Year Dec,,

1920. Month Yearago. ago. ago. ago.»

Per P er Per PerDEPARTMENTS. cent. cent. cent. cent.

P rep arin g . . •« 12,047 + 0*1 •h r e 22,612 - 1 9 1 - 9 6g in n in g .. W eaving . . . .

23,004 — 1*8 — 0‘2 43,588 ~ 1 8 ’7 -17*0% # 39,650 — 6-0 — 7*3 83,345 —13-8 -15*4

O ther 8.350 - 4*2 -1- 0*8 26,347 - 8 0 + 6-7N ot specified « 9,292 — 1*6 — 6-9 21,268 -1 4 -0 -1 7 '9

T otal » t 92,249 - 3-1 — 3*6 197,160 —14'9 -13*1

D ist r ic t s .1

+ 3-0 7,777 —28-9 -1 4 -9A shton .. . . 4,176 — 1'2S tockport, Glossop

H yde .. ..and

6,052 - 1*8 — 1'2 9,442 - 2 9 ’5 -29*7O ldham 10,728 + 1-2 + 4 ‘6 22,120 -32*9 —14'9Bolton a n d Leigh i # 12,580 - 1*3 — r g 27,383 + 0*0 - 6*7B ury, R ochdale, H ey-

w ood, W aisden, and-H 2*2 16,917 - 1 0 + 0*7T odm orden • f 7,061 - 3 ’1

M anchester 4 4 6,19G - 1’8 -1- 5 ‘4 12,814 - 7*2 -1- 1*6Preston an d C horley .. B lackburn , A ccrington

6,454 - 0*7 + 1‘3

-13*5

12,213

27,781

-1 3 -7

—12-6

-17*5

-17*1an d D arw en .. # % 11,826 - 4-6B urnlev. F ad ih am . Colne

an d Nelson t 4 12,816 — 6'2 —12*9 33,480 -13 -4 - 1 5 7O ther L ancash ire T ow ns 4,427 — 7 ‘8 - 7‘7 9,115 — 5*2 •*- 6-1Y orkshire Tow ns • « 4.696 - 8-5 — 3’9 9,451 - 1 0 3 -12*3O ther D istricts . . 4 4 5,239 — 3*2 - 0*3 8,687 —10*2 —23*4

TOTAL .. t 4 92,249 — 3-1 - 3-6 j 197.160 -14 -9 -13*1

The following Table summarises the statistics of imports (less re-exports) of raw cotton and the exports of cotton yarn and piece goods in December, in comparison with November, 1920, and December, 1913: —

D escription. Dec.,1920.

Nov.,1920.

Dec.,1913.

In c ,(+ )o rD e o .(—) on

A m onth ago.

Dec.,1913.

Imports (less Re-ex­ports)

R aw Cotton (includ­ 1,793,868 1,492,772 3,132,011 + 301,090 -1,338,143ing cotton lin ters)

(100 lb.)Exports o f British

Manufacture C otton y a rn (1,000 Ib.) 7,717 11,002 17,207 - 3,285

; as

- 9,490F in ished th read

(1,000 lb.) 1,420 1,953 1,677 - 533 - 257Cotton piece goods 248,046t 342,923t 530,6921 - 94,877

WOOLLEN AND WORSTED TRADES.E m p l o y m e n t in these trades continued bad; it was worse than in November, and much worse than in December, 1919. All sections of the industry were affected by the depression, and the great majority of firms worked short time. Half-time (24 hours) was very common, but in some cases where short time was worked the hours fell to 12 or 18, whilst in others 30 or 35 hours were worked. Most firms in the West Riding closed for a week or ten days, or even longer, a t Christmas.

WOOLLEN TRADE.In the Huddersfield district the operatives were badly

employed during the greater part of December; nearly all were on short time. A number of firms, however, started full time at Christmas, and are to run full-time during January. In the heavy woollen district the operatives were employed about three days a week. Employment in the rag and shoddy trade was very bad and large numbers of opera­tives were on short time. In Leeds and the neighbouring districts partial employment, varying from three to four days a week, was general. In the Morley district many firms were working only 12 or 18 hours a week.

In the Rochdale flannel trade nearly all firms were work­ing only 35 hours a week; night work had been entirely stopped. In the Stockport district half-time (24 hours) was worked.

In Scotland there was a decline; about half the factories in the Border district were on short time. Employment at Galashiels, in particular, was reported as very bad, with increasing unemmoyment.

The following Table summarises the information received from those employers who furnished Returns: —

* Compariflon of e a rn in g is affected by iacreasei in ra tes nf waee» t Thonaandfl of square yards. X Thousands of linear y a rd s . '

(31592)

! i

I

$

\

1

r.

, K

1

i\ !

' 11

<1

i I

b,

• I

A

*>»> T H E l a b o u r G A Z K IT E . January, l ‘J2I.

Departnifnti. Wool Bortloff iDDing Weaving Other Dopartmontn Not Rpooifled

♦ # # f

Total • e »«

Number o( Workpeople

Total Wage* paid to'kall Workpeople.

DfitrieU.Huddoriflold Dletrlot Leeda District Dewsbury and Batley

District .......................Other Parts of West

Uidlng • • « • • •

^ Total, Wbot Bidino Rcotland .......................Other Districts • •

Total • e • e

Weekended

18thDoc.,1920.

In o .(+ )o r Dec. (—) on a Week

coded18thDoc.,1020.

1

Inn. (+ ) or Doc. (—} on a

Monthago

Tearago.

Moothago.

Yearago.*

3704.3016.0826.1071,010

Per cent.

- 1*8- 4*8- 2*0 - 2*0 - 4*3

Per oont. -28*6 - 6 8— 4-6- 2 1 — 2*6

£1,0600,623

14,16013,2772.424

Percent- 3-4— 8'2— 2*4 ~ 7*6 1— 8*0

Per cent - 28*6- 17*S- 7*6- 2*0 - 10-2

17476 - 31 — 4*0 40434 - 6*0 - 9'7

1,6261428

- 4*0- 2*01

~12*8 — 6*4

4.0143438

- s - J- 8*5 1

- 32*3- 28'0

1.078 ■ - 3*1 i - 8*3 6,016 - 8 1 - 16*71,790 - 3*3 - 7*7 4,066 - 0-4 - 26*1

74314.0566488

- 3'1- 1*6 - 4*6

- 8*7- 0*3- 3*7

164331142312478

; - 7 ‘3 : - 8*2 - 1*6

- 26*2 + 7*0 + 6*0

17475 - 31 - 4*0 40,634 - 6*9 — 9*71

W O R S T E D T R A D E .In woTBied sp in n in g a n d w orsted m a n u fa c tu re a few firms

ran fu ll t im e , b u t th e rem ain d er g e n e r a lly w orked on ly th ree d ays per w eek , o fte n s ta r t in g a fte r b rea k fa st ev en on th ese d a y s. A very largo num ber o f firm s closed dow n for a w eek , ten d a y s, or ev en a fo r tn ig h t a t C hristim m . T h ere w as m uch u n em p lo y m en t am on g woolsorterH, an d m uch sh ort tim e , a m o u n tin g to a b o u t tw o to th ree d ays per w eek , in th e wooU co m b in g d ep a rtm en t.

In tTie B rad fo rd d is tr ic t em p lo y m en t c o n tin u e d bad d u r in g D ecem b er, an d sh o rt tim e , w ith few e x c e p tio n s , was g e n e r a l. In th e K e ig h le y d is tr ic t th ere w as m uch sh ort tim e , e x c e p t in th e S ilsd en area , w h ere m ost o f th e firm s w ere s t i l l r u n n in g fu ll- t im e . In th e H a lifa x an d H u d d ers­field d is tr ic ts em p lo y m en t c o n tin u e d bad.

DepartmenU. Wo o l S o r t i n g

Oombingt a d

ginningWeavioB

I • f •caving . . ..

Other Departmentfl Not Specified # #

Total • 9 9 •

Number of Workpeople.

Total WagoM paid to all Workpeople.

Weekended16thDeo 1920.

Inc. <+)or Deo.(-~-) on a

Monthago.

3,80416,4616,6662.9062.238

S039i

Percent

- 2‘1

T ear ago.

Peroeot

- ro

DtitrUts. Bradford DistrictKeighley Dlatrict

llfax District

• 9

• •

• 4HalHuddenfield District Other parts of West

Riding

♦ ♦

Total, wbst Riding Other Diairlcta • ^ 4 «

Total # 4 4 4

16,7335.7688.6172,547

1,884

29,4691,426

30391

Percent

- 0*8

— 2‘1

Percent

- ro

Week Inc. (+ ) orended Doo,{ —) on a

18thDec.,1920. Month Tear

ago. ago.*

Per Per1 £ oeot cent.

10486 - 8*0 -23*438.031 - 6*5 — 2*018497 + 6-0 +16-39431 - 0*1 + 8 96476 — 0*8 — 8-4

71420 - 1-6 - 1*8

Per Per£ cent cent

37.408 - 1*1 - 4*2U446 - 0*8 — 3*06,983 — 3*8 - 8*67.406 + 8*0 + 7*6

4,016 - 1*0 + 2'8

08457 - 1-5 - 1*83463 — 1*4 +12*0

71420 - 1*6 — 1*3

I m po r ts a n d E x p o r t s .

Description. D ea, 1030

lU-Importi (l*$i exporti)

Raw wool (sheep or lambs) lOO lb.

Woollen and worsted yarn 1,000 lb.

4 4

Bxportt of BrttUh Manufacture

Wool tops (1001b.) Woollen yarn 1,000 lb. Worsted vam 1,000 lb. Woollen tissues Worsted tissues Flannels and Delaines Blankets pairs

601,414

699

Nov„ lemueo., ms

• •

20.366470

1,4309,1644,311

79471.471

404,621)

461

16,946790

1.687lS,e8St6,662t

636t93366

231,470

2338

Inc. (+ ) or Deo. (—) on

Monthago.

+ 96,894

29.626314

3,8638.957;6.407:

83472,011

138

+ 1.121- 330- 257- 4,619- 1341+ 369- 21.796

Dec,1013.

+869.036

- 1,739

0,269156

2.433

— 640

* Oomparison of earnings is afTeotod by Increases in rates of wages 4 Thousands of square yards. f Thousands of linear yards *

* 'tS

HOSIERY TRADE,T hf. .................... .............nnd om ploym ont w as bad. R etu rn s from

ilovinor 11.233 w orkpeople

deprcM ion in th is t r a d ^ co n tin u ed d u r in g D ecem ber.fr

n n loy in g 11,233 w ork p eop le , show ed th a t in thm w<*ek en d ed 18th D o w m b er n early 67 per r e n t, of th eiruiiipinyecfl wern w o ra in g sn o rt t im e a v era g in g ab ou t 19 h ou rs less th a n fu ll t im e .

A t I .e ice8 ter nnd in th e su rro u n d in g d is tr ic t em p loym en t c o n tin u e d b ad . T h e o p e r a tiv e s in th is d is tr ic t w ere work- in g 8 to 30 h ou rs per w eek sh o rt of fu ll t im e . in th e N o ttin g h a m d is tr ic t , th ere w as an increase in unem plov- m on t coiisfK pient upon d ep ression o f tra d e , and ab ou t tw o- th ir d s o f th e w ork p eop le w ere losin g 12 26 hoors a weekT h e n o sitio n in th e h an d -fra m e section in th ii d is tr ic t v aried b u t s lig h t ly from th e p rev iou s m on th , an d em pkir- m o iit w as m od erate .

T h e fo llo w in g T ab le su m m arises th e in form ation from th o se em p lo y ers w ho fu rn ish ed R e tu r n s ;__

Number of Workpeople ^

lo la l Wages Papl to all Workpeople.

District WeekendedI8th

|IInc. (+ ) or

Doc. (—) on aWeekended

18tb

1980.

lac (+ ) or Dec. (—) on a

11Dec.,192U.

MoothOCO,

Year {ago. 1

KoelbKO.

Yearago.*

L e ic e s te r ........................Leicester Country D lst Notts and Derbyshire..S c o t la n d ........................Other Districts ..

64608,19634612469

494

Percent

- 7*5- 6*4- 6*7- 3*8- r e

Percent-18*9- 7 1- 3*0- 9*9 -11*0

£11,708347344013486

731

Percent— 9*4- 8*8- 1 5 4 -10*8 - 4*1

Percent- a -9- 16'7- 20-4- 20-9- 10*6

Total, United Kingdom 15449 - 0*1 - U 0 : - U ‘i1

- r*3

T h e f x p o r t i of cotton hosiery in D ecem ber, 1920,a m o u n ted to 98 ,040 dozen p a ir s , ns com p ared w ith 148.313 in N ovem b er. 1920, an d 63,121 in D ecem b er, 1913.

T h e exports of icoollen hosiery in D ecem b er, 1920,a m o u n ted to 155.410 dozen p a irs , a s com p ared w ith 249,398 in N ovem b er, 1920, a n d 207 ,010 in D ecem b er, 1913.

LINEN TRADE.E m ploym ent in th e lin e n tra d e in both Ire la n d and S co tlan d wae very bad d u r in g D ecem b er an d m uch w orse th a n in p rev io u s m on th s. R e tu r n s received from c e r ta in firms em p lo y in g 22 ,379 w orkpeop le show ed th a t in t ^ week en d ed 18tn D ecem b er n early 65 per c e n t , o f th e em p loyees w ere w ork in g sh ort t im e , a v e r a g in g a b o u t 17 hours per w eek.

T ow ards th e e n d o f th e m onth m any firm s c losed down for e x te n d ed h o lid ays from 2 to 5 w eeks.

INumber of

Workpeople.T otal^agM paid to

>rkail Workpeople.

Week I ended16tb

D«c„ 1990.

Ine. ( + ) o r i Week Dec. (.— ) OB a |! ended

lac. (+ ) or Dec. (—) on a

Depabthents. Preparing ..SpinningWeavinff

« •eaving

Other ..Not specified

• 4 4 4 4 4

4 4

Total 4 4 4 •

DI9TB10T8.Belfast Other places In Ireland..

% • 4 4

3,6007,3817,6684,6051,966

26419

Total. Ireland

Pifesblre Other places la Scotlaad

1(M>477,970

18,017

4 4 » 4 1,6196,433

• 4Total, Scotlaad

England

United Kingdom ..

6,962

160

85419

Moothago.

Year i ago.

Percent

- 8*4- 4*6- 1*6 - 2*1 — 5*3

Per I cent ' -19*1 ' -1 1 1 ; -19*8 - 3*8 -10*7 I

- 3*9 -14*01

- 3*3 i— 1*2

1 11 -13*3

- 8*9

- 1*8 -10*8

- 8*8 1 -85*8 ;— 9*0 ' -80*6 i1 r- 8*9 1 -31*6 I

- 0-7 + 4*3 I

- 8*9 -14*0 ^

liio.

I6,06«K91110>C84763448

Mooth TearOgOe a g a *

1 Per ' P n1 eeo t e e s t

-13*3 - 23*6- 0*2 - 16*4- 4*5 — » -2- 4*3 + 9*11 ~

- 14*0

1 - 6*8 - U*4

164)77 I - 3-7 i - IM14 - 8*1 +

86.491 ~ 8*0

8418! 10J71

37JV7

!~13*7

- 8*6

- 6*8

- 6*4

- 9*8

+ 14*7

- U '4

fm p e r ts (less re-exports) of flax in D ecem ber, 1930, a m o u n ted to 1,312 to n s , as com pared w ith 1,360 ton s in N ovem ber. 1920, an d 7.095 ton s (o f w hich 5 ,0 ^ to n s were from R u ssia ) in D ecem b er, 1913.

Exp<jrts of linen piece goods in D ecem ber, 1 ^ 0 , am ounted to 2 ,778 ,300 square yard s, as com pared w ith 4.423,300 sq u are yard s in th e p rev iou s m onth and 19.547,600 linear yards in D ecem ber

JUTE TRADE.E m i’Loymknt in D u n d ee and th e surrounding d istr ic ts d u r in g D ecoiiiher w as bad, and w orse than in th e previous m onth . In th e w eek en d in g 18th D etem ber over 90 per r e n t, o f th e work-people reported upon were w orking short lim e , a m o u n tin g on an a verage to about 17 hours than fu ll t im e . On Dt'comber 23rd m any o f tlie firms cIos*hI down for ex ten d ed holidays.

* ComparisooB of carniuga !<• affected by in'-raaseB In rales of wage*.

4

f*..A

IgUSflgT -

Tbul

J

* >*

s

U

!l

s f ■5Sfr‘ ih , ^ ri?;

i

f*»d er'P'^^

®®iplov.

^eek'

iS'!^‘ttUi^ • »«0.

Per

^ ' J i

731 " ®<31, ^ ,.j

Tew

TH U '4

PerCMrt.-3!'9

-26-i-2P-J•“10*6

- r s

1920.148,313

1913.Dewmber, 1920

’fith 249,398>er, 1913.

Vr

i:■{•j

yI

Dd and Scotland I worse than in n certain firm? t in the week 'f the employees t 17 honrs per

ms closed down

L*r1 ,h1,*1

3t&l W ara paid to all Workpeople.

$ekledLbc ,30.

5UmM3?T5142

Ifls. (+)or Dec. (-) OD i

Mooth Tear ago. ago.*

PeroeoL

- 12' !

-8 '2- 4 - 5- 4 ' 3-2-1

Pereeot.

- 2 3 ‘fi-1 6 * 4- 3 0 '2+ 9-1- U ‘0

- 6-3 1 - 13‘4

1-^7

r ? 6

1920,

. > s '. ’S ^ '19% V

linear

I in QO her shof

7 boar^d da*" iruJ

January, 1921. EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

N um ber of w orkpeople.

T otal w ages paid to all w orkpeople.

D epartm ents. Weekended18thDeo.,1920.

Inc. (-1-) or Deo. (—) on a

WeekendedIHth

Deo.,1920.

Inc. (-1-) or Dec. (—) on a

M onthago.

Yearago.

Monthago.

Y earago.®

P r e p a r i n g .......................Spinning ........................Weaving .......................O ther and not specified..

2,3292,5663,2231,754

Percent,

- 1*7- 2*2- 4*6- 1*1

Per cent,

— 1*2 + 0*7— 6*9- 8*2

£3,1113,2084,2013,387

Percent.-15*7-17*0-20*0-19*0

Percent.“ 2O*0-14*6-27*7—22*4

TOTAL .. 9,877 - 2*7 — 3‘9 13,907 -18*3 - 2 2 ‘2

The imports of raw material and exports of yarn and piece goods wero as shown below : —

D escription. Deo,, 1920. Nov., 1920. Dec., 1913.

Ino. (+ ) or Deo* ( - )O D

A m onth ago. Deo„ 1013

Imports (Uss Ee~ txporU) of Ju te

(tons) 13,944 8,932 41,163 + 5,012 - 27,219E a ^ r ts of British

Sanufacture t— Ju te yarn lbs. 3,971,000 4.095,800 3,052,800 -124,800 + 918,200Ju te piece goods, including jute carpets and rugs. 64,350t 103390t 142.770J -39,540 4 4

SILK TRADE.E m p l o y m e n t in this trade continued slack on the whole during December, showing a further decline on the previous month, and much short time was reported. Of the 6,313 workpeople of whom reports in respect of short-time were received from the various firms, 37 per cent, worked short time to the extent of 8 hours, on the average, during the week ended 18th December.

The following Table summarises the information received from those employers who furnished Returns : —

BBANCHSS. Throw ing ., ginning WeaviBg O therNot specified

• %

Total

4 4

4 #

DlSTBIOrS.Lancashire and W. Riding

of YorkshireMacclesfield, Congleton

and D istrict Eastern Counties . .O ther D istricts, including

S c o t la n d .......................

Total # i

N um ber of W orkpeople,

Weekended

Ino, (+ ) or Deo. (—) on a

iotuDec.,1920. M onth

ago.Yearago.

73523521,9561,379

382

Perc e n t- 3*4 + 0*1— 2*6— 3*2- 8*2

Percent.- 3-6 + 4*3- 5*3- 7*1 —25*7

6,804 — 2*2 — 3*9

2,548 - 0*3 + 6*7

1,5821,668

— 1*6 — 4*0

— 5*6 -14*6

1,006 - 5*0 - 5*4

6304 — 2*2 - 3*9•

Total W ages paid to all W orkpeople.

WeekendedI8thDec.,1920.

£895

5.8283,2222.869

629

13,213

Inc. (+ ) or Deo. (—) on a

M onthago.

Percent.- 5-3 + 0*4- 1-9

3*7 8*3

+

— 0*3

Y earago.®

Percent.— 3*7 +20*3- 0*2 + 8*3 -42*4

+ 4*9

6,844 + 1 1 +30*2

2,538 — 0*2 -1 0 .32.591 — 0*7 -18*5

1,270 — 8*8 - 7*0

13343 — 0*3 + 4-9

In the Macclesfield, Leek and Congleton districts employ- ment continued bad, and was worse than a month earlier; much short time reported, large numbers of operatives worked only three days a week, and some mills were closedand Lancashirernn+f«,*¥ previous month; short time stillcon^nued. In the Eastern Counties also employment was slack, and much short time was reported. ^ ^

J

[ A B A V i Dec.,1920.

Nov.,1920.

Dec.,1913.

In c .(+ jo r D ec.(—i on! ^wounpbioOpt

A m onth ago.

Dec.,1913.

1

imports {less re-exports) Raw silk lb. Thrown silk lb.

‘I IR?“ yarn lb./ broadstufls yds.

Exports of British Manufacture

N yarn lb.] Silk broadstufls yds.

f t i i ___

14.3591,764

134.0965,556,388

30,734368,260

823602,929

58.7046.732,700

29.V2J432.921

78,73036,28434,940

8.401,340

114,9861,010,165

— 68301- 1,165 + 78392— 1,170,312

+ 1,41?- 61.661

— 64,371— 34320+ 100,058 —2344,952

— 84352— 641,895

'-ompariBon ot earnlngB is T Hnndreds of square yards.

LACE TRADE.T h e depression in the lace trade became more acute during December, and employment was even worse than in the previous month. Numbers of operatives were suspended owing to bad trade. Returns received from certain firms, employing 4,382 workpeople showed that in the w eek ending 18th December 88 per cent, of these employees were working on the average 18 hours per week less than full time.

At Nottingham employment in the levers section was very bad; in the curtain section and in the plain net section there was much under-employment. At Long Eaton the state of employment remained bad, and many firms were working considerably less than the normal number of hours. At Derby and in Scotland the conditions prevailing during November continued, and there was much short time.

The following Table summarises the information received from those employers who furnished Returns: —

N um ber of W orkpeople.

T o ta l W ages paid to a ll W orkpeople.

Weekended

18tbDec.,1920.

Ine.(-f-) or Dec. (—) on a

W eekended18thDec.,1020.

Ino. (-1-) or Dee. (—) on a

M onthago.

Y earago.

M onthago.

Y earago.®

Branches,Levers ........................C urta in ........................P lain N e t ........................O thers ........................

13351,5512.343

724

Per cent.

-17*8 •1- 0*1 - 1 0 0 -10*5

Percent.—38*7-12*2-21*7-20*2

£2,03523014,0471,093

Percent.

—10*4- 4*2- 5*4- 9*6

Percent.— 54*3— 29*3— 30*3— 27*0

Total 6,853 - 9*5 -23*8 9,976 — 6*6 — 36*0

Districts, N ottingham City Long E aton an d o th e r ou t­

lying D istricts ..O ther E nglish D is tric ts .. Scotland ........................

2,489

2982,126

940

- 2*4

-40*9 -12 -3— 4*8

-17*4

-61*9-23*4-1 5 -9

4,241

4973.5971,641

- 5*1

—29*4— 6*0 - 4*5-

— 26'4

— 76*6— 34*3— 33*0

Total 5,853 - 9-6 -23*8 9,976 - 6*6 - 36*6

BLEACHING, PRINTING, DYEING ANDFINISHING.

E m plo y m en t in these trades was bad during December, and showed a considerable decline compared with the pre­ceding month, particularly in the dyeing section. Much short time was worked in all sections, amounting on an average to about 14 hours in the normal working week of 48 hours. A number of firms closed down for extended holidays at Christmas owing to lack of orders. The follow"- ing Table summarises the information received from those employers who furnished R eturns: —

t 4

4 44 44 4

Trafi.es:Bleaching P rin tin g ..D y e i n g ........................T rim m ing, Finishing,

anfi o ther D epart­m ents ........................

N ot specified

Total

• •

• « • •

increases in ra tes of wages. X Hxinfirefis of linear yarfis.

D is tr ic ts ; Y orkshire Lancashire Scotland . Ire land O ther D is tr ic ts .

Total

4 4 4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

N um ber of W orkpeople.

W eekendedI8thDec.,1920.

Ino. ( + ) or Deo. (—) on a

M onthago.

Y earago.

2,447855

12.777

7.627563

Percent.

- 0*9 -1- 0*2- 6*3

- 1*1 H- 1*3

Percent.- 2*4 + 0*1- 1*3

4- 2*0 + 1*3

24,269 - 3*8 — 0*3

12,0518.0441,577

5n32,014

- 2*8 — 6*8 - 0*1 — 2'0 — 0*0

— 2*5 + 4 9— 7*9— 2*2 + 0*5

24369 — 3*8 — 0*3

T o ta l W ages paid to all W orkpeople.

W eek ended

18 ch Dec., 1920.

Inc. (-1-) or Dee. (—) on a

M onthago.

£8,8133,277

40,893

21,9731,612

74.363

38.54125,5043.7781,2395,308

74.368

CARPET TRADE.E m ploym ent in this trade was fair a t Kidderminster and in Yorkshire, but was only moderate in Scotland. On the whole, it w"as not so good as during the previous month. Short time, though not general, was worked in some districts.

Returns from firms employing 7,795 workpeople in the week ending 25th December, and paying £19,562 in wages, showed an increase of 3-1 per cent, in the number employed

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1111(1 of 2 3* n o r ren t, in the ninomii of wnurs pnicl coinpfirrdbhw ith ii inontli ogo. C’om jm rod witli n year ngo, thuro wun nn

incronsc of 12 6 per re n t , in th e m im bor em ployed iind of 30’3* p er cen t, in th e am oun t of wngos paid .

SHIRT AND COLLAR TRADE.DiitiNu T)o(’ombor em ployment, gonernlly, wjih alnrk and \voi\sc than in th e previous month. Nearly one half of the workpeople worked short tim e du ring the m onth, th e ir Josh of tim e averaging about H hours per week.

In liondon em ploym ent varied , b u t, on th e whole, re ­m ained m odera te ; while in Y orkshire, L ancasb ire and ( ’heshire generally i t was b a d : abou t one-half of th e w ork­people in those d is tr ic ts wore on sho rt tim e, losing generally irom 10 to 20 hours per week. In th e South-W estern C-ounties em ploym ent declined to m oderate, an d sh o rt tim e was w orked. E m ploym ent a t Glasgow rem ained slack, and tw o-th irds of th e operatives w orked, on an average, 11 to 12 hours per week less th a n full tim e. A t Londonderry employ­m ent declined and was only fa ir , w’hile a t B elfast and ino th er p a r ts of Ire la n d i t was generally b ad ; nearly one-th ird of th e w orkpeople in Ire la n d lost, on an average, between\ J l i 1 1 1 A l l X I V M » « I % A « •

16 and 17 hours p e r week d u rin g th e m onth.The following Table sum m arises th e in fo rm ation received

from tliose em ployers who fu rn ished R e tu rn s : —

Dtatriot.

« • • • • •Ix)Ddon MAoebefltor UcBt of Yorks, Laocs

and Ohesblre Raatb-Western Counties Root of Rnsland and

Wales Glasgow Ix}Q(foDdorry BelfastRest of Ireland

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Namber of Workpeople.

Weekended18lbDec.,1930.

Ino. (-h lor Deo. (—) on a

Month?ego.

Yearago*

33001360

Per<^nt.- 1*3- 0 1

Per cent. — 3*7 -P 2 *1

1,6431,766

- 1*3— 2-2

+ 6 3 + 7-8

6101,6951309

718600

- 1 8 1- T8- 9 1- 8*4- O'0

—19-0 - 8*6 + 5*2 -16-8 - 0*4

13388 - 3*7 - 1*3

Total wages paid to all o »Workpeople.

Weekended18thDec.,1030.

£5,5362,249

1,7312.702

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Ino. (4-)or Deo, (—) on a

Monthago.

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2,450940eso

19,011 - 4 8

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FELT HAT TRADE.Duiung December em ploym ent in th e fe lt h a t tra d e was very bad, and much worse th a n in th e previous m on th ; sh o rt tim e was repo rted to be general.

A t D enton th e whole of th e T rade Union members were s ta te d to have worked on nn average from 12 to 15 hours per week in s tead of 46i hours u n til nearly th e end of Decem ber, when all th e firms closed dotvn for abou t a fo rtn ig h t. A t S tockpo rt all th e T rade Union m em bers were repo rted to be on sh o rt tim e. In W arw ickshire em ploy­m en t continued bad, and was worse th a n in November.

TAILORING TRADES.B E S P O K E .

London.—D u rin g Decem ber em ploym ent continued slack. R e tu rn s from firms paying £12,619 to th e ir workpeojple

durino; th e m onth ended 18th December(indoor an d outdoor) d u rin g th e m onth ended 18th Decern! slmw'ed an increase of 2-9 per cen t, in th e am oun t of wages pa id com pared w ith th e previous m onth , b u t a decrease of 12'4* per cent, as com pared w ith a year ago.

Other Centres .—In nearly all th e provincial cen tres em ­ploym ent was very slack, and n o t so good as in th e previous m onth. There was much unem ploym ent in B irm ingham and N o ttingham , and a considerable am ount of short tim e worked. A t Crewe and in tlie Potteric© d is tr ic t the m ajority of workpeople were on half-tim e and oven loss. Em ploym ent in South W ales was no t so good ns last m onth. I t was bad in Scotland, an d in all p a rts of Ire lan d except Tralee.

READY-M ADE.In th is branch of the tra d e em ploym ent continued very

had. no im provem ent having taken place d u rin g th e m onth. Short-tim e w orking has been adopted in p ractically every a rea , in add ition to which num bers of operatives a re wholly unem ployed. The following Table sum m arisos th e inform a­tion received from employers who furnished R etu rn s. The num ber of workpeople employed by these firms was 20 peg- re n t. less th a n in Decembor of liwt year and nearly four- fiftlie of those employed were reported ns being on sho rt tim e. The average num ber of hours worked by those on sho rt tim e was about 22 hours less than full time*.

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Kombor of Work people.

Total WM«ipaUltoaH Indoor workpaople.

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Lanoa and Cheshire.Bristol..................................North and West Midland

Coontlt?! (excladlog Bristol).

Booth Midland and Easters Coootiet.

London GlasgowBest of United Kingdom

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TOTAL, U n it e d K in g ­dom .

Week•nds'l

IMihDec.,1920.

4.B573.0482 fill

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Month aga

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2.177 1 -

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lu Leeds p a rtia l em ploym ent was adopted in nearly all the facto riea; in the m ajority of canee operatives worked from 18 to 36 hours per week htiis th a n full tim e. In o ther p a r ts of Y 'orkshire, and in I^ancashire and Cheshire, some factories closed down for several weeks, while in those which wore kep t going th e workpeople lost on an average 21 to 22 hours per week. In th e N orth and W est M idland Counties sho rt tim e was w'orkod by about tlireo-fourths of th e work­people. var>'ing in am ount from 15 to 26 hours. In the South M idland and E aste rn Counties nearly all th e employcfa w orked sh o rt tim e, th e average numl>er of hours bycneb being abou t 21 per week. In London a q u a rte r of tin

>1(workpeople were on short tim e. In Glasgow an average of 13 hours per week was lost by practieaMy all operatives repo rted upon.

LEATHER TRADES.E mi'LOYMb.nt d u rin g Decem ber was bad generally, an d worse th an in the previous m onth. Short tim e was almoet univereal, and no overtim e wae rep o rted ; in many caeee the usual C hristm as holidays were prolonged. Com pared witha y^ear ago th e re was a serious decline.

Tirade unions w ith 16,692 members reported 10'4 per cent, of th e ir members as unemployed a t the end of December, com pared w ith 8'8 per cent, a t the end of November, ami 0’9 j ^ r cen t, in December, 1919.

W ith sk inners, tan n ers and cu rrie rs em ploym ent was repo rted as bad. w ith much short tim e and m any workpeople en tire ly idle. W ith saddlers and harness m akers also i t was very slack ; practically all workers were on short tim e, m any losing one, two, or even th ree days a week. W ith fancy lea ther workers sim ilar conditions prevailed, most estab lishm ents being on sho rt tim e.

BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.D uring December the depression in the boot and shoe trade became more acute, and short tim e and u n em p lo raen t in­creased. In m any centres th e C hristm as holioays were ex tended to a fo iin ig b t or more. The num ber of work-

‘opie employed in the week ended 16th December by those xms from whom R etu rn s were received was about 12 per

cen t, leas th an in th e corresponding week of last year, and th e to ta l wages paid by these firms showed reduction i of abou t 5 per cen t, as com pared w ith a m onth earlier, and of nearly 24 per cen t, as com pared with a year earlier, no tw ithstand ing the increases in ra tes of wages g ran ted in A pril last. Of 23,000 workpeople covered by lU tu rn s giving inform ation as to hours worked, about th iee-fourths worketT on average, 18 hours less than full tim e in the week ended 18th December.

In th e I.ieicester d is tric t employment continued very bad; some factories were closed, snort tim e was alm ost general, and the C hristm as holidays were extended. In the N ortham pton d is tric t there was a fu rth e r decline: largo num bers of workpeople were unemployed, nearly all the re i t were on short tim e; the C hristm as holiaavs W4»re extended in some cases to th ree weeks or even a m onth. At K ettering em ploym ent was reported as much worse; there was much short tim e, and a considerable am ount of unemployment. A t B risto l em plovm ent was very bad, and short tim e was general, while a’t Kingswood there was an exceptional am ount of unem ploym ent. At Staffeird most of th e opera­tives wore working less th an half-time. At Leeds short tim e was general, am ounting to two or three days a week in many cases. At Norwich about 75 per cent . « those onipl4iv€^ were on short tim e; the Christm as holidays were

*^*liT'scotlana, em ploym ent showed a fu rther aocliue, and was reported as slack or bad a t ail the principal centroA.

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Jannary, 1921. EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

The followinj; Table stminiarises the information received from tliosc employers who furnished Tleturus:

ENGLAND AND WALES:—L o n d o n ....................Leicester . . ••Leicester Country Dis-

teletNorthampton .. Northampton Country

DistrictKettering.....................fgfeafford and District .. Norwich and District.. Bristol and District Eingswood Lee^ and District Lancashire (mainly

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UNITED KINGDOM 99

Number of Workpeople.

Total 'i all V

Weekended

18thDec.,1920.

Inc. (-I-) or Deo, (—) on a

Week ended I8th • Deo., 1920.

Monthago.

Yearago.

1,8028.2382.239

Percent.- 4’9- T8- 3-7

Percent.

—19*3-17 -9-11 -9

&4.293

18,5924,739

5,4427,323

— 3*3- 1*6

-14*3 — 9*9

10,91114,789

2.9282,3953,654

4601,4671,7173,665

— 8-9- 2*9- 3*6— 8’2 - 2*1 — 1*0 - 2*6

—18‘6 - 6*6 -1 0 -2 —28*9— 8-3 —13*8— 4*3

6,8764,1246,260

7803,7383,8726,731

919 — 1-6 — 2*6 1,638

2,885 - 2*0 - 7-4 4,903

45.134 - 3'0 -12 -6 91,246

2,798585

- 1*2 - 2-3

- 8*1 - 9*7

5,9711,039

48,517 — 2-9 -12*3 93,256

Inc. (+ ) or Deo. (—) on a

Month ago.

Per cent.

— 2*8 + T9 — 4*6

Tear*ago.

- 7‘9 + 0*4- 7-9- 6-9-iro- 8*1 - 2 0 ’4

Percent.

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- 4*9

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—23*8

The exporfs of hoots and shoes in December, 1920, amounted to 73,658 dozen pairs, or 53,010 dozen pairs less than in November, 1920, and 62,571 dozen pairs less thaniu December, 1913.

OTHER CLOTHING TRADES.DRESSMAKING AND MILLINERY.

E m pl o y m e n t during December with all classes of dress­makers in London showed a further decline, and, on the whole, was slack; about one-fifth of the workpeople, covered by the Returns received, worked, on an average, about 11 hours per week less than full time.

Returns from retail firms (chiefly in the West End) employing 1,543 workpeople in the week ended 18th December showed a decrease of 5*0 per cent, in the number employed, compared with November, and a decrease of 13-2 per cent, as compared with December, 1919.

Employment with milliners in the West End again varied, but, on the whole, was not so good as in November.WHOLESALE MANTLE, COSTUME, BLOUSE, etc .,

TRADES.In London employment was generally slack, and slightly

worse than in the previous month, and a little over half of the workpeople covered by the Returns worked, on an average, about 14 hours per week less than full time. Returns from firms employing 2,287 workpeople on their premises (in addition to out-workers) in the week ended 18th December showed a decrease of 2-8 per cent, in the number employed, compared with November, and a decrease of 23-4 per cent, compared with December, 1919.

In Manchester employment during December was had, and worse than in the previous month; short time was worked by over half of the operatives covered by the enquiries, their loss of time averaging as much as 20 hours per week. Returns from firms employing 3,767 workpeople in the week ended 18th December showed a decrease of 1*5 per rent, in the number employed, compared with November, and a decrease of 9-5 per cent, as compared with December, 1919. In Glasgow, returns from firms employing 1,299 workpeople in the week ended 18th December showed a decrease of 2*7 per cent, in the number employed compared with November, and a decrease of 13*9 per cent, as com­pared with December, 1919. Employment was bad, and three-quarters of the operatives worked, on an average, from 11 to 12 hours per week less than full time.

CORSET TRADE.Employment during December showed a further decline

and was generally bad. Practically the whole of the work­people covered by the returns received were reported to have lost, on an average, from 15 to 16 hours per week. Returns from firms, chiefly in England, employing 4,970 workpeople in their factories in the week ended 18th December showed a decrease of 0-9 per cent, in the number employed, compared with the previous month, but an increase of r l per cent, as compared with December, 1919.

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF WORKS.Employi^ nt in the building trade declined, on the whole, during December, but was fairly good generally. The decline was mostly attributable to a falling off in the

Comparison of earnings is affected by increases in rates of wages.

amount of private work as distinct from work on housing scliemes. There was, how^ever, a great variation in the state of employment in the different occupations and dis­tricts. BricKlayers and plasterers were well employed and in general demand, but painters and unskilled workers wore generally slack. The slackness with painters is usual at this time of year, but with unskilled workers it is accen­tuated by the shortage of bricklayers and plasterers. No general shortage of carpenters was reported, the situation in the building trad© having improved gradually in this respect during the last two months probably on account of the absorption of ship joiners wdio had struck work in theship yards. Some overtime wms w'orked in certain districts on nousing schemes. Short time was reported for painters and decorators in certain districts, but practically nonewas reported for other classes except that due to inclement weather.

The following Table* show’s the number of workpeople claiming unemployment benefit or out-of-work donation on 31st December, together with the increase as compared with 26th November, 1920: —

No. of Unem ploy­m ent Books and

Ont-of-W ork Donation Policies remaining lodged at Slat December,

1920.

Inc. ( + ) 08 com­pared w ith 26th November, 1920.

OOOUPATIONS.+ 1.643Carpenters ................................... 2,569

Bricklayers ................................... 516 4* 215• • « » • • • * 698 -f- 382

Plasterers .............................................. 266 4* 155P a i n t e r s .............................................. 22.761 + 9,566P lu m b e r s .............................................. 1,526 + 438Other skilled occupations 1,656 + 665N a v v i e s .............................................. 5,404 + 2,034Labourers.............................................. 32,227 +10,841

ALL OOOUPATIONS 67.623 + 25,939

DIVISIONS.London .............................................. 20,603 -f- 5.388Northern Counties ........................ 1,818 + 916North W e s te r n ................................... 7,741 + 3,582

3,456 + 1,638East M id la n d s ................................... 1,498 -i- 684West M idlands.. ........................ 3,197 1.378South Midlands and Eastern 5.908 -t- 2.532South E a s t e r n ................................... 4,807 + 1.724South W e s te r n ................................... 6,279 + 2.515Wales .............................................. 1,528 + 796S c o t la n d .............................................. 4,401 + 2,387Ireland .............................................. 6,327 + 2,399

UNITED K ingdom 67,623 + 25,939

Mala ................................... 67,494 + 8.5857Fem ala ................................... m 4- 82

The number of persons claiming unemployment insurance benefit or out-of-work donation in respect of days of work lost owing to systematic short tim et was 1,574 on 31sb December, 1920.

BRICK AND CEMENT TRADES.BRICK TRADE.

E m p l o y m e n t was good on the w'hole during December, especially in the Midland Counties, the demand for bricks being particularly great in Bedfordshire and Cambridge­shire; in the Peterborough district all the yards continued busy. A good deal of bad w’eather was experienced throughout the month^ but a certain amount of overtime was reported from various parts of the country.

Number of Workpeople. Total wages paid to all Workpeople,

Districts. Weekended18thDee.,1920.

In o ,(+ ) or Deo. (—) on a

Weekended

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Inc. ( + ) o r Deo. (—) on a

Monthago.

Yearago.

Monthago.

Ye art ago.

Northern Counties,York­ 2,338,

Per cent. - 0'9

Per cent. + 8’9

S8,451

Per cent.

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Per cent.

+ 38*2shire, Lancashire and Cheshire.

Midlands and Eastern 2.527 — 1‘4 -l-17’8 8,729 — 2*1 + 48*5Counties.

South and South-West 1,424 + 0'5 +26*7 5,296 — 2*3 + 48'4Counties and Wales.

Other Districts . . 1,233 - 0*1 +18*9 4,227 + 3*4 + 48*4Total 7.532 - 0*7 +16*8 26,703 - 0*9 + 44*

* Owing to changes in the indastrial clasBiflcation of a number of in­sured persons, consequent upon the operation of the Unemployment Insur­ance AcL 1920, as from 8th November, 1920, the figures in the first colunm of this Table are not strictly comparable w ith those given in previous issues of the LABOUR GAZETTE, for dates prior to November.

Pending the completion of the industrial classification of new entrants under the above Act, the usual percentages of unem ploym ent based upon the numbers of persons insured under the Act, in each industry are not available.

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OKMKNT TR A D E.E mployment con tinued good and much ovoriim e wn«

worked d u rin g Docornbor. R o tu rns from firniH em ploying 11,921 w orkpeople in th e week ended 18th Dccomhor, 1920, showed nn incronse of 6 ‘8 nor cen t, in th e numlnsrs em ­ployed and 4 ’9 per cen t, in the to ta l am oun t of wages poid, com pared w ith llio previous m onth.

C om pared w ith Docombor, 1919, th e re was an increase of 39 2 per cen t, in th e num ber em ployed, and of 77*0* per ceu t. in tho am oun t of wages paid .

WOODWORKING AND FURNISHING TRADES.E mpi.oysiknt in these trades was had on tho whole during December, showing a fu rth e r decline on tho previous monthand being considerably worse th an a year ago. A num bor of workpeople in th o mill saw ing and m achin ing trad es and also cab in e t m akers, e tc ., in sh ipyards, have been rendered idle owing to th o sh ip joiners* d ispu te . R e tu rn s were received from tra d e unions covering 90,710 w ork­people, of whom 4,2 per cen t, were s ta te d to be unem ployed a t th e end of Decem ber, ns conu)ared w ith 2.4 per cen t, a t th e end of Novem ber an d 0.7 in Decem ber, 1919. In ad d itio n to those en tire ly unem ployed considerable num bers of w orkpeople wore on sh o rt tim e.

Mill S a w m g and M ach in ing .— In th is tra d e em ploym ent showed a sligh t decline d u rin g th e m onth , being slack on th e whole. A considerable am oun t of short tim e was worked, p a rticu la rly a t N o ttin g h am , G ainsborough and G ran tham . A t S tam fo rd tra d e was rep o rted as very busy, overtim e being general.

Furn ish ing .— Em ploym ent con tinued bad in all branches of th is tra d e d u rin g Decem ber, being much worse th an a year ago. Much sno rt tim e was worked a tN o ttingham , Norwich and d is tr ic t, Glasgow

th.

B irm ingham , and d is tr ic t, in th e W ear

to m oderate h u t overtim e

and o th e r cen tres. O vertim e was repo rted d is tr ic t.

Coach B u i ld ing .— Em ploym ent declined d u rin g the m onth. S h o rt tim e was genera], was worked a t Loughborough, N ortham pton , Noasden, Saltley and B irm ingham , where abou t 70 per cen t, of tho w orkpeople em ployed on railw ay c a r r i ig e bu ild ing were w orking overtim e.

Coopering .— In th is tra d e em ploym ent wo.s only m oderate, be ing slightly worse th an a m onth ago. S h o rt tim e was rep o rted a t B urton-on-T ren t, L iverpool, Glasgow, and in tho London d is tr ic t, where a large num ber have been em ployed for only two to four days per week. O vertim e W’asrep o rted a t E d inburgh and d is tr ic t an d B elfast.

MiscelUineous.— Em ploym ent con tinued bad w ithmahers, and a t N o ttingham , Norwich and W ym ondham , tho w orkpeople were repo rted to bo w orking only half-tim e.

W ith basket-makers em ploym ent rem ained slack, and sho rt tim e was rep o rted in some districl.s. W ith packing- case maA:ers em ploym ent was bad an d much sljort tim e was worked, being general a t Liverpool and N ottingham .

Em ploym ent con tinued fa ir w ith wheelicriohts and smiths d u rin g th e m onth . S hort tim e was worked a t several cen tres, half-tim e being repo rted a t L incoln an d S tam ford .

PAPER, BOOKBINDINGPRINTING ANDTRADES

I n th e paper, p r in tin g and bookbinding trad es generally th e s ta te of em ploym ent d u rin g December showed a m arked decline as com pared w ith th e previous m onth, and was con­siderably worse th a n a year ago. W ith a few exceptions, short tim e was generally worked in th e various sections of these trades.

W ith letterpress p rin te rs em ploym ent was n o t so good as in November, and some sho rt tim e was rcporttMl from cer­ta in provincial centres, includ ing Newcastle. Leeds, Shef­field, Leicester, P lym outh and E d inbu rgh . In London, although a fa ir am ount of overtim e wo.s worked by compositors, eranloym eiit showed in most cases a decline a.s com pared w ith the previous m onth. W ith electro typers and stereo typers in London, however, em plovm cnt was reportedto be good. Ill the hfhugraphic p r in tin g trad e em ploym ent was slack in both London and th e provinces, being gener­ally worse th a n du ring las t m onth, and some short tim e was reported .

Em ploym ent was q u ie t in th e bookbinding tra d e , and showed a sharp decline from last m onth . Some short tim e was worked in London and in th e m ajority of tho provincial centres.

In th e paper tra d e em ploym ent was no t so good on tho whole as du ring last m onth, being repo rted as slack or bad in most d is tric ts . A num ber of mills were reported to be p artia lly closed down or w orking short tim e.

Tho following Table suinw arisos th e R e tu rn s from tra d e unions re la tin g to em ploym ent in D ecem ber: —

No. of Mf<mhera of UnioD* Bt nod of Dec. 10 '

PercentageUncmplovcd at end of

Increase (-4-) or Decrease (—)

on a

Dec,.1930.

Nov.,1930.

Dec..1919.

Monthftito.

Tearairo.

PMDttng Bookbinding ..

RD.fW.815,047

8*72‘3

8*91*3

1-2r i

+ 0-8 + r i

+ 2-5 + l*J

* ComparlHOD of earoioirs to affected by iDcroawM In rattan of waives.

P 0

The following Table ■ummariaev the infurm atign received from those em ployers who furn ished R e tu rn s :__

Kamher of Workp^optr

P aper m n o u fac ta rcPrmtlnKBookbindiog

Total t 4

Weekended

Inc. ( Dec. (

•flor —100 a

18th IDec., 1930. , Month 1 Year

ago ago.

Per Percent. eent14,648 - 87 . 8*310.12S — 0'8 — 08

63)1 — 0*9 9*330,856 - 2 2

^'*i*L^*«** te an Wofkp^ople.

WeekeedMiHthOcc„1990.

loc. (4)or r— ott a

Mooth T«a/ avo. ago. *

£F«r

'■'•at.

+ LSI•Mi'T

The following Table shown th e im ports of wood th e im ports and exports of paper in TW*.mki.r com parison w ith Novem ber, 1920, and 1913:

Desorlptloe.

Im portt:Wooood Palp

making Paper

• «for paper

lonn owte.

# «

Dec.1990.

£zporfi of Paper .. cwU.

88,rt87S7«,iK)3

34j.r/f

Not.1990.

TiJBm821,602

279.516

Dec.1918.

Ina(>f)or Dec.(->i on

A mootb aco.

Dec.i m

109/)19 1,087,918

256 431

•f aiM -146.699

» J 3 9413,616

- 17,304

GLASS TRADES.FJmim.oymb.nt in those trad es continued fairlv good generally , b u t, us in Novem ber, i t fluctuated considerably in d i^ c re n t fioctions and d istric ts .

Glass bo ttle m akers wore fully em ployed in most d istric ts, b u t a t Leod.s th e re was a decline com pared w ith th e previmis m onth, and tra d e was only m oderate. At B irm ingham w ith flin t glass m akers an d cu tte rs em ploym ent was good, and showed a s lig h t im provem ent on a m onth ago; p la te glass bevcllors th e re , however, worked short tim e, and rep o rted em ploym ent as con tinu ing very qu iet.

Em ploym ent cleclined w ith pressed glass m akers on th e Tyne and W ear, and was only m oderate, with considerable sho rt tim e. W ith sheet glass fla tteners a t S t. Helens i t was good.

The following Table sum m arises th e inform ation received from those employers who fu rn ished R eturns.

Number of Workpeople.

t T o ta i^ sgee paid tooraall Workpeople.

WeekendedIBtbD ec.1990.

loc. (+ ) or D ec.(—) on a

UoDtbl Tear ag& i Ago.

WeekendedI8tbD ec.1930.

Ine. (+)or Dec. (—) on

Monthago.*

Bbanchss. nGlaM, Bottle Flint Olaw Ware

botttei)Other Branohee

(not7.766

♦ • • 43.S46

906+ 1-8 + 3*3

+ 3*0+ ir s

+ 5*2 + 0*3

TOTAL .. # f 10.910 -f 0*1

DISTBIOTS.

# #North of England..T o r k ib lr e .......................L aocaehire.......................Worcestershire and

WarwickshireScotland .......................Other parte of the United

Kingdom

7916.Dh8IJ ll

- 7*9- 3-S + 18*3

4381,166

- io s- 0*6

-39*0

38,670

SffV18636

1J6S+ 1*2 U16

• • » e e • L806 -I- - 8*3

To t A t .. • # 10.910 4- 0 1 -> 1*6

6844

S8J70

+ 86

sga'

Per cent.

+ 18*6

+ a*5 + 36*6

+ 15 3

-80*9 + 7*6

+ 6*0

+ 3*8

+ 17-4 + 181 *9 S '8

+ 4 1

16*3?

The exports of glass bottles du ring December, 1920, am ounted to 49,373 gross, or 9,272 gross loss than in November, 1920, and 34,641 gross less than in December, 1913.

The exiforts of all other mtinufaetures of glass during December, 1920, am ounted to 57,024 cwts., or 19,923 cwts. more than in November, 1920, but 2,833 cwts. less than in December, 1913.

POTTERY TRADES.E mployment in these trades was good during DecemlK^rand very little short tim e was worked except in the Glasgow d is tric t, where employment was reported as being verv bad and much worse th an in November, and a t Bristol, where it was slack.

ComparlsoD oi aarolngii !• affected by iocr«a«M In ra ia i of vagea.

¥

! e . r*..- -

1 I

6 #

4 6 I

Vik N

EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 27

A

*?Q. J*V ,

S ^ : I,

•* - 5 1^mbef

.1913.-^I I

t'^'+iwiV, !I I

I +,1884 -.

1SMS : 3,01S :

^ good ie o a s id e ,!^ |

I

“ “ i « districts, i> ^ t h the prerioQs t*Vi Binniiigliaiji ■:

'yffient ¥as good. ' • i month ago;

rted short time, :jerrqniet. I|5 makers on the ; with considerable ' Si . Helens it was 1>nnation reoeired ms.

[oUl Wtaeg paid to all Workpeople

I

eekided8ih)ec,m

Iat(+)or Dec. (-) OB a

f.

£3JM

— : Month Tear |ago.* 4KO-* ;

IPer

cent + 3'6

+ 6-:L30! i +

.670 i + 3’6

Per cent + 12-8

+ 2!‘5 + 28‘6

il.1II1

Of than'nffti- less

The following Table BummarisM the information receives from those employers who furnished Returns :

Total N um ber of W orkpeople.

T o ta l w ages p a id to all w orkpeople.

Weekended

18tbDeo„1920.

Inc. (+ ) or Deo. (—) on a

W eekended18thDeo.,1920.

Inc. (+ ) or Dec. (—) on a

M onthago.

Yearago,

M onthago.

Y earago.*

BRANCHES.China M annfaotnre Earthenw are M annfactare Other branches (Including

unspecified)

Total

2,01511,262

1,751

Percent.

+ 0*9 - 0*1

+ O'l

Percent.

-f- 6 1 + 5'4

+23-0

£

6,76629.408

4,493

P ercent.

+ I'O+ 0‘3

-1-0-4

Percent.

+ 30*4 -h26'4

+34-0

15,018 + 0*1 -1- 7*3 39,957 -1- 0'4 -F27-8

Districts.Potteries ........................Other D istricts

TOTAL

11.8173.171

+ 0*1+ 0*2

+ 6*8 + 9 0

30.1699,488

+ 0-3 + 0*8

+26'8-F32‘0

15,018 -F O'l + 7-3 39,657 + 0 4 427-8

The exports of chinaivare, earthenware and pottery in December, 1920, amounted to 318,756 cwts., or 102,803 cwts. less than in November, 1920, but 14.148 cwts. more than in December, 1913.

FOOD PREPARATION TRADES.EMPLOYiiENT was fair in some branches of the food pre­paration trades during December, and bad in others. I t showed a general decline as compared with the previous month. Short time was reported in certain sections.

In the sugar refining industry emplojunent was only fair, a number of workpeople being suspended owing to the closing down of works, but overtime was worked by the employees of some firms.

Keturns supplied by makers of jams and marmalade showed that employment was bad in several of the principal centres of the trade, and a good deal of short time reported. In the sugar confectionery, cocoa and chocolate trades employment remained much the same as during the previous month. In the biscuit and cake-making in­dustry it was fair to moderate, but showed a decline as compared with November, and a certain amount of .short time was reported. In the preserved meat trades employment was fair, and overtime was worked at some establishments. In the pickle and sauce-making branches employment remained slack, with a number of workpeople on short time.

The following Table summarises the information received from those employers who furnished Returns : —

N um ber of w orkpeople.

Total wages paid to all w orkpeople.

Trade. W eekended

18thDec.,1920.

Ino. ( + ) or Deo. (—) on a Week

ended18thDec.,1920.

Inc. (4-) or Dec. (—) on a

M onthago.

Yearago.

M onthago.

Yearago.®

Sngar Refining, etc. 7,319

P er cent,

— 3*3

Per cent. - 6'0

£26.436

Per cent. — 8'5

Per cent.

— 2'8Coooa, Chocolate, and

Sugar Confectionery .. 30,114 - 1-4 - 4*6 73,156 — 4*3 4* 8'0Biscnits, Cakes, etc. 12.371 - 5'0 -22*2 27.253 - 5'6 -20*0Jam s, M armalade, etc. .. 6,634 — 5*8 -28*6 14,263 — 4'6 -1 9 '7Bacon and Preserved

Meats ....................... 4,079 - O'l — 9*7 10,265 4- 4'0 4- 9'5Pickles and Sauces, e tc ... 693 — 2'8 -19*4 1,115 — 4'9 - 9'5

To t a l ....................... 61,110 - 2-8 -12-4 152.487 - 4-8 — 3*1

FISHING INDUSTRY.E m p l o y m e n t , on the whole, was moderate, and showed a further decline. The following Table shows the quantity and value of fish landed in the United Kingdom in December, 1920, as compared with December, 1919: —

Q uantity of fish landed. Value.

Dec.,1920,

Inc. (4-) or Dec. (—) as com pared w ith Dee.,

1 1919.

Dee.,1920.

Ino. (4-) or Dec, (—) as com pared w ith Dec.,

1919.

Fish (other than shell) England and Wales ..S c o tla n d .......................I r e l a n d .......................

Cwts,

871,125

22,482

Cwts.

+ 115,219 — 27,598 “ 13,784

£

1,419,485405.86325,434

£

- 241,814- 98,082- 7.508

TotalShell P i s h .......................

1^72,850 4- 73,837 1,850,78268,806

— 346,404- 118

Total — 1909,587 — 345,622

Oomparison of earninga is affected by IncroaHeii In rates of w asea.

a

East, South and West Coasts.—Employment continued ood in the Tees and Hartlepool district, and was fair at ull and Grimsby. At Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft,

employment showed a decline as compared with the previous month, but was not below the average for the season of the year. In the Devon and Cornwall district and a t Cardiff, Swansea and Milford Haven, it was slack, and worse than in November; a t the last-named ports many trawlers were laid up and the crews paid off.

Scotland.—At Aberdeen, employment continued good. At Peterhead, it was moderate, and showed a slight improve­ment. At Fraserburgh, it was bad, and worse than in the previous month, with fishermen and fish dock labourers, but continued fair with fish curers. At Macduff, employ­ment was fair with fishermen and fish curers and bad with fish dock labourers; it showed a decline as compared with November.

AGRICULTURE.*E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s .

F r o s t and snow about the middle of December stopped cultivation for a time, and later on it was retarded by wet weather, but, generally speaking, the month was a favourable one for agricultural operations.

Little change occurred in the labour situation as com­pared with the previous month. Skilled men were well employed, and local shortages of such workers were reported from all parts of the country, except the Eastern Counties, North and Mid Wales, and Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset.

There was nowhere any deficiency of casual labourers, and in a number of districts some of the younger or less efficient Yvorkers of this type were unemployed. This, how'ever, did not occur to any great extent, and appeared to be most marked in North Wales.

DOCK AND RIVERSIDE LABOURE m p l o y m e n t during December continued slack generally. At some ports it was worse than in the previous month.

London.—Employment during December remained slack, on the whole, though coal workers continued to be fairly well employed. The average daily number of labourers employed in the docks and a t the principal wharves in December was 2-4 per cent, greater than in November, but 17*9 per cent, less than in December, 1919.

The folloYving Table shoYVs the average daily number of labourers employed a t the docks and a t the principal wharves in each week of the m onth: —

Period.

Average D aily N um ber of L abourers em ployed in Docks and a t P rin c ip a l W harves in London.

In Books.

A tW harvesm akingR eturns.

TotalDocks and P rincipal W harves.

By th e P o rt of London A uthority or th rough

Contractors.

ByShip­

ow ners,etc.

Total.

Week ended—4th Dec., 1920..

l l t b „18th „6 days „ 24th . .

7,9308,1418.4007.662

2,8243,1673,4393,098

10.75411,30811,83910,660

8.7268,6678,6098,683

19,48019,97620,44819,343

Average f o r 4 w eeks e n d e d 24th Dec., 1920.

1 8,027 3,134 11,161 8.671 19,832

Average for 7Uh Nov., 1920. 5,242 20,805 8,666 19,869

Average for 24fft Dw., 1919.. 20,785 4174 14,969 9,191 94,160

Tilbury.—The mean daily number of dock labourers em­ployed in December was 1,832, as compared with 1,862 in November, and 2,677 in December, 1919.

East Coast.—On the Tyne and Wear employment wa» generally slack and worse than in November, and much short time was reported with quay-side worjcers. On the Tees an improvement Yvas reported compared with the pre­vious month. At Hull and a t Yarmouth, and Lowestoft employment was slack and worse than in the previous month, but a t Ipswich it continued fair.

Southern and Western Ports.—At the Bristol Channel ports employment, on the whole, continued slack except in the case of coal workers, with whom it was fair. At Liverpool there was a further improvement with general dock labourers, but employment with coal trimmers and heavers remained very bad. The average weekly number of

* Based on inform atioo sapplied by the M inistry of A grionlture and R'isberles. and th e Board of A ericnltnre for Rootland.

ft

11

1 'H

u

IT

%

i

1

« i'

THK I.ABOmi GAZKTTR. lanijary, 1921.

d(M'k Inhoiirorfl employed nt l.iverpool diirinK the four we«kn •ndod 27tli Doc^'inh^rj 1920, was 16,520, cofnpnrorl with 19,213 for tjio fivn wr-okft onclod 20th Novoinbor, 1920, mu! \y\th 22,268 in tho rorronpoiidina pnriod of 1910.

Scofilsh uiid Irinh Portn. At (IIiirkow cmplovinoiit during Docoinbor was fair, while a t Ayr and at Leitli it wan alaekand worse than in Novoinbci*; a decline was also reportedfrom Dundee, wh«*rc employment wjis bad. Waterford umploymont continued fair.

At Cork and

SEAMEN.Among seamen employment during Deceinlicr was only moderate, tho number of ongagomonts being much below that for tho previous month.

On tho Tfiainos employment was slack; men wore in ro(tuoBt at the beginning of the month, but later on the demand foil off. and a number remained unemployed. On the Tyne employment, though poor, showed some littlo improvement toward.s tlie end of tlie month, but on the Tees and Wear employment a t that period wos dull. At Hull thero was a brisk demand in the early part of the month. At Qoolo and Grimsby employment was quiet and rather worse tlian in November. At Southampton there was a fairly good demand, but a number of men remained unemployed through not wishing to go to sen before the holidays. On tho Bristo] Channel employment was quiet on tho whole, and rather worse than last month; at Avonmouth, however, employment was fair. At Ijiverpool employment, though fair, snowed a decline compared with last month, and men wore olfering freciv for both tho foreign-going and the coast­ing traders. On the Clyde the engagements were mostly of men for liners, with few changes in personnel, and many were still unemployed. At TiOitli employment was ouiet on B<'count of the holidays at the end of the moiitli. At Dundee thero was no demand, and men were plentiful. At Aberdeen employment was dull, although there was a tem- orary improvement in the middle of the month. At )uhlin employment was fair, hut there were a few men

wanting berths. At Belfast tho demand was fairly good

during (Thrlstmni week, but a large number were ontwork.

Tim following Table shows the number of seamen shippeflon British-regjstercd foreign-gning vessels at the prinriDal ports during Docombor;— ^ ^

4

.lA£::n

!fomber of K«am«a* <bipp«G )o

PrlDcip&i Poru.Dec.,ino.

I Inr. (•f)erDen, ( - ) oa a

Uooth Tear w o . ; aeo.

« •

RNQLAND <k WALRH; Eatt Ootu/-—

Tyoo Ports Runderlaad Mlddlesbrooffh H allOrlmsby ..

• •

a *

• e

M0106512

U570

riMtol Chanml— Brlulolt Newport, Mod. Cardifft Swansea

e m

• e

• s ■ • • e

1.074438

2,661292

Other Porte- Liverpool liondooSonthampton

• A 4 •• ♦ • «

10.4577.1806.170

SCOTLAND!Leith .« . .Kirkcaldy, U etbll and

Qraagemooth. . . Q la s f fo w .......................

144

1343,016

IRELAND: Onblla Belfait » 0 II

49

Total e a 31800

Veivr ended DeretDler.4lH

1910. 1919 1911

-1861

- IW - 88 > S9| 4- 669

2L7a2mMOO

10,113

23.71011401621ii4eo

434

?2I914.J611717■'6iMU 9 I

Ii S s r . ••1

i ^ ■!

I3.0U9897Host4.200

9.480

178191739

148P910.4646I8;06.492

.11

- 1,014+ 200 + 1.900

144,sne96.4;r702881

143801792tr31297

/J96 101.417 BKjra

- 114 4812 78W 4879

L990Tim

383126023 1196

H I61

444«2 |9978»l 571t«

andentoodseparate eom om ents. and not oif separate indivfiaaU ****idinu ‘ ■■ - -t Incladlnv Avonmooth and Portlsbead

3 IncladlQg Barry and Peoarth.

EMPLOYMENT OVERSEAS. urn

FUANCE.*l^nemp/o»/mrnf in December.—According to returns fur­

nished to the Ckmtral Employment Department of France, tho total numl>er of applicants for work at employment exchangee for whom situations had not been found in the week ended 3lst Deoember was 22,640 (15,928 men and 10,712 women). The total number of vacancies offered by employers was 3,922 (1,854 for men and 2,068 for women). Tho exchanges sucewded during tho same period ill placing 14,544 persons in situations (11,640 men and 2,904 women).

j f t . • . ’ a . _ Z •

d.

a total membership of 5,605,851, the number out of work at tho end of the month wa.s 218,489, or 3'9 per cent, of the total, as compared with 42 per cent, in the prece<ling month, and 2 9 per cent, in November, 1919.

Uaiofu.

Member- i. Peroeotago of Membershipship

reported on at end of Nov.,

1919.

Unemployed.

receivefunds were in opereceipt of out-ofwork donation being 30,608 (28,696

All UnloDa making Retorai . .

onand 1,912 women. Those figures show a great increase on

G a z e t t e (p . 6 7 6 bthose reported in last month’s L abour ________which gave a corre.spunding total of 3,039 (1,931 men and 1,108 women). The maximum number of unemployed in receipt of donation, viz., 116,000, ivas reached in April, 1919. Of these 77,514 were in Paris and 17,300 in other communes of the Seine Department.

% %

GERMANY.tvemher.—With the advent of Novem­

ber u series of influences began to operate adversely upon tile labour market,’’ and in spite of some improvement in particular trades tho position in tho month was, on the whole, iinsati.sfactory.

Tho number of unemployed in receipt of out-of-work donation increased during the latter half of the month, orid on the 1st December reached a total of 350 292 (os compared with 348,599 on I6th November). The increase was entirely among men, the number of women having fallen from 74,021 to 73,753. These figures do not include dependent members of the families of tho unemployed workers, of whom 349,747 w'ore in receipt of allownneea Vos against 333,961 on 15th November).

Those figures do not adequately reflect the total volume of unemployment, for tho computation of which no trust­worthy data are at present available. The returns from trade unions, it is true, indicate on tho whole a slight reduc­tion of unemployment among their members, but these must bo regarded as tho most favourably situated amongst tho workers. According to reports received from 36 unions, with

Principal Unions Boildiog tradtf oparativ tsP a i n t e n .......................QIam worker*M etal w orker! (Boc. Dem.) Eoiriiieer* aod m etal worker*

( tllrsch-D uocker).Metal worker* (Cbristlon) .. Textile w orkers (Soc. D em .l.. Boot and shoe maker* .. T ransport worker*Priotor* (book aod Job) PiioU'f* and lithographer*Bookbinder* .......................Saddlers and bagmaker* Leather worker* (Soc.Dem.).. IVooU w orkers (Soo. Dem.) .. Porcelain worker*Bakers ..................................

'B rew ery and corn-m ill w ork­er*.

Tobacco w. rkers Factory worker*, Irrespective

of t r ^ e (Soc. I>em.).S tate aod m unicipal worker*

: N ov„1920. ItflO.

X1919.

6.606851

463143

67,26818108 1

108.471

1 -

211633f04.m86876

6689039,131808683186113844

38180660,7976362573.121

89.003496.481

283714

* Jo u tm l O ^U t.B lh January . 1921.i Beti'bit-ArheUrbhitt (journal of the Germ an M inistry of I^iboar)

27th December, 1920, '

Tlie figures supplied by individual unions show unem­ployment to bo on the increase among metal workers, bricklayers and masons, etc., transport workers. State and municipal workers, and to have defined amongst textile workers, woodworkers, miscellani'ous factory workers and the “ Christian ” union of metalworkers.

The Employineiit Exchanges reported an increase in the number of persons applying for situations, particularly as regards males. For every 100 offers of situations for men and boys during November 212 applicants were registered (as against 109 in October), while for every 100 offers of vacancies for women and girls there were 134 applicants (126 ill October). The greatest increase among men anil

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January, 1921. EMPLOYMENT OVERSEAS.boys camo froui the building trades and among femalesfrom unskilled factory a*orkers.

\ccording to returns from 6,453 Sickness InsuranceSocieties, the number of persons whose premiums for com- Dulsorv insurance against sickness were being paid (and who were therefore assumed to be employed) increased between November 1st and December 1st by 14,248. or 0-1 per cent. Male members numbered 7,989,948, a decrease of 0-04 per cent., and female members 4,477,130, an increaseof 0*4 per cent.

HOLLAND (AMSTERDAM).*C/nc/npfoymcnf in November.—A statement issued by the

Amsterdam Municipal Statistical Bureau shows tha t 6’6 per cent, of the members of trade unions afl&liated to the State Unemployment Insurance Fund in th a t city were out of work in November, as compared with 12'8 per cent, in the ►receding month and 6‘1 per cent, in November, 1919.

*hese figures include diamond workers, of whom 60*4 per cent, were unemployed in November. If the diamond workers be excluded the percentage unemployed becomes 5’8 per cent, in November, 4'5 in October, and 5-0 in November, 1Q1Q

NORWAY.tUnemployment in October.—The percentage of members

reported unemployed at the end of October in certain trade unions making returns to the Norwegian Central Bureau of Statistics was 2*1, as against 1'7 a month earlier and 11 at the end of October, 1919.

DENMARK.IEmployment in November.—Returns made to the Danish

Statistical Department by the (General Federation of Danish Trade Unions and by the. Central Employment Ex­change, show^that out of a total of 316,879 workpeople 6*1 per cent, were unemployed on 26th November, as compared with 3-6 per cent, on 29th October.

N um ber of W orkpeople P ercen tage Unemployed.

Trades.

1

IDCltlaOu IDB etu rns for 26th Nov.,

1920.29th Oct.,

1920.1

26th Nov., 1920.

CopenhagenBuilding t r a d e s ....................... 12,893 11*8 16*6O ther industries 66,857 3*9 5*9Commercial em ploym ent 11,839 1*2 1*4General labourers (trades not 32,147 3*2 5*9

specified)

T o t a l ........................ 133,736 4'3 6*6

ProvincesBuilding t r a d e s ....................... 21,531 7-8 15*2O ther industries 61,141 4*0 5'1Commercial em ploym ent .. 13.211 1‘1 1*2General labourers (trades not 97,260 1*8 4*9

specified)

T o t a l ....................... 193,143 3*1 5*8

G rand T o ta l.. 316,879 3*6 6*1

CANADA. §Unemployment in October.—Returns relating to unem­

ployment in October were received by the Canadian Department of Labour from 1,509 labour organisations, having a total membership of 215,212. For all occupations reporting, 5*99 per cent, of the members were unemployed at the end of October, as compared with 3’25 per cent, in September and 2*57 per cent, in October, 1919.

Oronp ol Trades.

M em ber­ship

reporting on 30th Oct., 1920.

Percentage U nem ployed a t end of M onth,

AU trades reporting

Pb in o ifa l Un io n s .Building and co n stru c tio n .......................Mining, quarrying, and refining ol ores Metals, m achinery, and conveyances .. Textiles, carpets and cordage . . .,Clothing and l a u n d e r i n g .......................Food, tobacco and l i q u o r s .......................Ijeatner, boote, shoes and rubbers .,Steam railw ays ..................................Trams and electric railw ays Navigation, seafaring, dock labour, etc. Team sters and chauS eurs..Pulp, paper and fibre .......................Printing, pnblisbing and paper goods ..

216.212

34,14311,18421.1904,3989,0142,7693,635

58,6439,5487.6192,1593,7809.111

Oct., Sept., Oct.,1920. 1920. 1919.

5*99 3*25 2*57

3*70 2*04 5*420*11 0*06 0*914*67 5*30 6*030*55 0*02 0*05

49*21 38*96 0*862*64 2*02 1*29

20*63 16*27 0*200*63 0*77 0*760*47 0*20 2*174*54 2*82 10*880*56 0*78 1*362-17 1*20 0*212*23 1*68 1*13

Employment m November.—For the week ending 27th November ^employment reports were tabulated by the Department of Labour, Ottawa, from 4,945 firms with an

Labou^Otto^™!' Tbe O a n a d ia ^ D e ^ ^ r t^ ^ ^ fInlorm ation supplied through th e courtesy of tbe D irector of tViA

Municipal Statistical Office of A iM terdam . ^ ^ ^B m e a ? o f s S t iS S ^ ‘ ® through the courtesy of the Norwegian Central

Statistical Depart-

aggregate pay-roll of 695,693 persona, previous week these firms had 704,461 peii^- and a t tbe middle of January, 1920, 684,224. The&v. show a decline of 1*2 per cent, as compared with the px, ceding week, but an increase of 1-7 per cent, as comparedwith January, 1920.

UNITED STATES.*Employment in November.—The following tabular state­

ments, showing the volume of employment in representative establishments in thirteen selected manufacturing industries and in coal mining in the United States in November, 1920, as compared with (a) the preceding month and (b) November, 1919, are compiled from reports received by the United States Bureau of Labour Statistics: —

(a) November, 1920, os compared loith October, 1920.

Number of E s­

N um ber of W orkpeople.r

E a rn in g s t

In d u stry .tab lish ­m entsrep o rt­

ing.Oct.,1920.

Nov.,1920.

Increase (+ ) or

Decrease ( - ) .

Oct.,1920.

Nov.,1920.,

Increase( + ) o r

Decrease(-).

Coal m ining . . 83 22,708 23,527P er cent.

+ 3*8£

426,592£

426.286P er cent,

— 0*3Iron and s te e l . . 109 188.007 181.023 — 3*2 3.157,452 3,010.114 - 4*7R ailw ay and 47 59,635 60,530 -i- TB 030,025 913,126 - 1*8

tra m w a y car build ing and4 ♦r6p&iriD2«

A utom obile 44 108,893 96.721 -11*2 845,309 581,852 -31*2m anufacturing

147,727 136,701Cotton m anu­ 50 37,246 35,454 - 4*8 - 7*4facturing.

Cotton finishing 15 9,482 9,226 - 2*7 45,196 41.626 - 7*9H osiery a n a 65 23,402 20,561 -12*1 89,694 72,292 —19*4

underw ear.W oollen 51 32,943 28,829 -12*5 163,246 140,163 - 8*5Silk 43 16,850 16.264 - 8*6 160,696 139,976 -12*9M en's read y ­ 43 24,258 20,144 -17*0 15U06 115,695 -23*5

m ade c lo th ing192.140Boots and shoes 73 43,943 41,665 - 5*4 197,907 - 2*9

Cigar m an u fac­ 49 15,636 16,125 + 3*1 70,281 72.097 + 2*6turing .

L ea th er m an u ­ 32 13,198 12,206 - 7*6 72,666 65,814 - 9*4facturing.

P ap er m ak ing .. 54 33,622 32,668 - 2*8 212,405 201,353 - 5*2

Three industries shoiv an increase in the number of persons employed in November as compared with October, and eleven a decrease. Increases of 3*6, 3'1 and 1*5 per cent, are shown respectively in coal mining, cigar manufacturing, and railway and tramway car building and repairing. Decreases of 17*0, 12*5 and 12*1 appear in men’s ready-made clothing, woollen, and hosiery and underwear, respectively.

(b) November, 1920, as compared with November, 1919.

Number of E s­

N um ber of W orkpeople. E arn ings.t

In d u stry . tab lish­m entsrep o rt­

ing.Nov.,1919.

Nov.,1920.

Increase ( + ) or

Decrease ( - ) .

Nov.,1919.

Nov.,1920.

1

Increase ( + ) or

Decrease ( - ) .

C oalm in ing .. 65 8,338 19,200Per cent. -H30*3

£77.970

£349,710

Per cen t -t-348*6

Iron an d s t e e l . . 108 134.404 179,544 -1- 33*6 1,894,097 2,957,906 -1- 56*2R ailw ay and 49 56,838 69.656 -h 22*6 757.688 1,066,553 + 39*4

tra m w a y carbu ild ing andrepairing ,

A utom obile 44 135,828 96,284 - 29*1 913,999 577,387 -:36*8m anufacturing

Cotton m anu­ 65 45,499 43,393 — 4*6 163,215 166,913\

+ 1'7facturing

Cotton finishing 15 12,197 9,226 — 24*4 54,207 4P,626 - 23*2H osiery and 61 29,088 20,398 - 29*9 105,069 73.194 — 30*3

underw earWoollen 52 48,254 29,228 — 39*4 214,459 142,244 =2— 33*7Silk 46 19,954 17,015 - 14*7 180,657 146,154 — 19*1Men’s read y ­ 40 29,964 20,683 - 31*0 188.307 118,716 — 37*0

m ade clothing Boots an d shoes 76 61,783 42,472 - 31*3 293,692 196,518 ^ 33*1Cigar m anufac­ 52 17,096 10,953 - 0*8 73.275, 75,479 + 3*0

turing.L eather m anu­ 32 17.603 12,173 - 30*8 88,509 65,691 — 25*8

facturing.P aper m a k in g .. 53 30.474 31,810 + 4*4 152,896 195,113 + 27*6

When the figures for November, 1920, are compared with those of identical establishments for November, 1919, increases are shown in the number of workpeople employed in four industries and decreases in ten. The greatest increase (130‘3 per cent.) is shown in coal mining, and the greatest decreases, viz., 39*4 and 31'3 per cent., in woollen and boots and shoes respectively.

AUSTRALIA.Unemployment in New South Wales.—According to the

issue of the New South Wales Industrial Gazette for 30th November, 1920, out of a total membership of 81,773 in trade unions making returns, 6,806, or 8-3 per cent, were out of employment in September owing to lack of work. The corresponding percentages for the earlier months of 1920 were:—January, 6*6; February, 8*0; March, 7’2; April, 3*5; May, 2*6; June, 7Tj July, 4*5; August, 6*5.

• In form ation supplied th rough tb e courtesy of th e Federal Com m issioner of L abour Statistics, WashingtoD.

t The figures represen t tb e aggregate wages bill for tw o w eeks in tbe case of coal m ining, th e iron and steel, th e ra ilw ay an d tra m w a y car build ing and repairing and the silk industries, and for one w eek in o ther cases.

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MINISTRY LABOUR EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES.S t a t ist ic s frum the ICmployinont Exchangsi du ring the ftvo weeks ended 31st December shewed th a t, compared with 26th November, there was an increase of 227.673 in the num ber of workpeople on the Live Ilogister. This incrcoaf was common to nil departm ents, men accounting for an increase of 125,338, wninon 84,684, and juveniloH 17,651. The avorngc weekly number of applications from w’ork- pooplo du ring the five weeks ended 31st Docombor was 123,461, compared with a W’oekly average of 96,274 during the throe weeks ended 26th November.

The follow'lng Table summarises the work of the Exchanges during the five weeks ended 31st December, 1920! —

Applications byVacancies

Pilled.

Applications outstand­ing a t end of week.

Week endedWork­people. Bmployers.

FromWorkpeople

(LiveReffUUr).

FromEmployers.

26th Nov. .. 104.699 16,014 13,047 620463 53496

3rd Dee. lOtb Dec. .. 17tb Dec.24tb Deo. .. Slst Dec.

110.733127.24012.*>.440102,049143333

18.18417,99619,06.316,92414.067

13,69114,16216.44312.83410.043

660.668686332631.731664,740748.020

614784H4064849748,63649431

Total )(6 w e e k H ) | 617,304 85324 66,171 — —

Of the to ta l num ber of workpeople on the Live Register a t 31st December, 499,667 were men, 28,702 were boys, 188,104 wore w’omen, and 31,653 were girls. Of the 49,331 vacancies unfilled, 18.415 were for men and 25,137 forwomen, the rem ainder being for boys and girls.

leivs Live R egister uThe increase in the men’s Live R egister is common to nl) industries, the largest increases being recorded for building, engineering, tran sp o rt, textiles, and iron and steel production. As regards women, the g rea test increases occur in textiles, dressm aking, and engineering. In the case of domestic service and agricuK ure, however, a decrease was recorded. The daily average number ofvacancies notified .shows a decrease of 1*8 per cen t., w’hilc the daily average of vacancies filled was toe same as forthe preceding period.

Details of the figures given above are not a t present available, bu t the oiitotnnding featuree of the work of the Employment Exehatigos during the four weeks ended lOtb December, 1920, .are dealt ivith in the following notes : —

AppHcahons from W orkpeople.—The daily averagenumber of applications from w’orkpeople (17,801) during the four weeks ended 10th December showed an increase of 1,980, or 12-5 per cent, over the previous m onth. Of th is daily average, men accounted for 10,795, women for 4,974, and juveniles for 2,032—increases of 7*5 per cent.. 3T4 per cen t., and 1*7 per cent., respectively, eohipared with th e previous m onth. The principal fea tu re of the men’s departm en t is the decrease in the number of applica> tions in certain industries which, during the previous m onth, were most affected by the coalm iners’ strike—in miscellaneous m etal trades th e applications decreased by 67 per cent., and in engineering and ironfounding by 7 per cent., compared with the previous month. The number of applications in these industries, however, still shows ah increase compared with months previous to the strike . In all other occupations the applications increased, the principal trades affected being drcM, including hoots and shoes (117 per cent,), tex tiles (73 per cent.), building and construction of works (34 per cent.), and shipbuilding (32 per cent.). Of the to tal applications receivetl from men. 20*4 per cent, were for engineering and ironfounding. 14*6 for building and construction of works, and 16-4 per cent, for general labourers.

In the women's departm en t there were slight decreases in applications in miscellaneous metal trades, in commercial and clerical occupations, and in domestic service. In textiles and dress, however, there were large increases, am ounting to 309 per cent, and 54 per cent, reepoctively. Of the to tal number of applications from women, 26-8 per cent, were for domestic service and 26 0 per cent, in textile trades.

Vticanries N otified average daily number ofvacancies notified by employers during the four weeks ended 10th December was 2,971, ns compared with 2,’904 during the previous five weeks. Of this daily average 1,249 were for men. 1.172 for women, and 550 for juveniles-^ increasew of lOT and 0-7 p e rc e n t., reep<*ctively, in the case of men and w'oinen. and a decrease of 12*0 per cent, in the case of juveniles. In the men’s departm ent, the vacancies notified in building and construction of works, and for general labourers, increased by 27 per cent, and 66 per cent, respectively; bu t in most other occupations decreases were recorded, the chief being in agriculture (68 per cent.), and commercial and clerical occupations (25 per cent!)! Of the to tal vacancies notified for men, 30-2 per cent, were in building and construction of works, 11 8 per cent, in engineering and ironfounding, 6 8 per cent, in transport trades, and 18*1 per cent, for general labourers. Of the

to tal vacancies notified for women, 22,010, or 78 2 per ren t wore in domestic service. '

raconci« i Filled .—The average daily number of vacencice filled during the period ended 10th December was 2,226.>if . _____ ___ ___ ____ns comnared with 2,180 during the previous five weeks’ande n f \ A jj,---------- . 1. . .. . .5,204 during the corresponding period n vear ago CV<m pared with last month, the vnranciea filled by men and women increased by 10-2 per cent, and 0*8 per ren t respectively, while a docrcaso of 11 4 per cent, occurred in the case of juveniles. The proportion of vacancies filled to vacancicM notified during the iw*riod wn^ 74 9 |>er cent., as comnured with 75*1 |n*r cent, during the pn^vious month

Of the vacancies filled by men, 29 4 per cent were in building and construction of works, 11-7 per cent, in engineering and ironfounding, and 20-2 per cent, in general labourer-H. In the women’s departm ent, domestic service accounted for 72 2 per f^n t. of the vacancies filled.

An increase occurred in the number of vacancies filled by men m building and construction of works (32 8 per

by general labourers (66-7 per cent.), while in

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by Keneruj jaDourera <bb-7 po and the tran sp o rt trades decreases of 59 3 per 21-3 per cent., respectively, were recorded very little change in the number of vacancies

cent.) and agricu lture cent, andThere was . ....... ^ .............. .. .............filled by w'omen in the principal trade p-oups.

.7iu-<ni7r<.—W ith reference to juvenilos, 22,028 applica­tions were received from hoys, and 6,311 vacanciM were notified for boys. Of the vacancies notified. 5 369 or 85-1 per cent., were filled. Of the to tal vacancies filled 29 4 per cent, were in the tran sp o rt trades, 18-3 per cent! in engineering and ironfounding, and 9-7 per cent, in i*ommercial and clerical occupations.

The num ber of applications rei'eived from girls was 26,745. The number of vacancies notified was 6 867 of which number 6,466. or 79*6 per cent., were filled. Of the to ta l vacancies filled, domestic service accounted for 38-7 per cent., commercial ond clerical for 10*2 per cent and tran sp o rt trades for 8 8 per cent.

The proportion of vacancies filled to vacancies notified for boys among the more im portan t trades was g reatest in engineering (90 1 per cent.), building (83 7 per ren t.), and commercial and clerical occupations (78 8 per cent.). ’

In the casoof girls, the following percentages of vacancies notified were filled: T ransport trades, 87-8 per cen t.; commercial and clerical, 861 per cen t.; dress (including boots and shoes). 84*0 per cen t.; shop assistants, 817 per cent.

The followiiifr Tables show, for men and for women, the number of applications from workpeople, vacanciee notified, and vacancies filled during the four weeks e n d ^ 10th December, and the number rem aining on the Live Register a t th a t date, in the principal groups of trad es : —

Qronp of Tradet.*

H«a.

Appllca* tioas from Live Vaoaaeies Varaarlas

work­ Register. Kotlded. FUlwL,

people.

fouadlai Shlpbaltding

• «• s r

BuildingOonstructioo of Works Bogioeering aod Iron*

ling. lUdTi

Ooottructlon of Vehicles Hlsoellaneoos Metal Trades Domestic Berrlce Oommerclal and ClericaJ OonveyaDce of Men, Goods,

and MessagcH.AgrlooJture.................................Textiles .................................Dress (inoloding Boots and

Shoes).

33,633

133^1303

W.107ij06263W

30360

3366313318804

Pood, Tobaeoo, Drink and Lodgings.

General Lahonrers

3360

All other Trades • #

30.93483433

TOTAL................................... 860360

433174333

86338

813672383

1430T8,468

in36r.

6370S231313363

4493

7933333396

403374

630333703300

A4S183603301

1368831639

13643366

961217164

1016,433

30370

Women.

Engineering and Ironfoondlng . Mlsoellaneons Metal Trades «.Domestic Bervloe......................... ICommercial and Clcrii.-al Oonvevanoe of Men, Goods, ;

and M essa g es ..........................;Agrlcultore....................................:Textllea .................................Drese (inolndlng Boots and !

Shoes) .................................... IFood. Tohaoco, Drink and i

43«3,776

313614.968

103806.746

363t<66.148

2383605

31,087

3363836

36,437

17.674 28343

Lodgings . . .*General LaboorenAll other Trades

Total

33358378

13.783

3.0461039616346

17.717119407

I t should be noted th a t the number of workpeople on the Live Register of Employment Exchanges does not include persons on short time.

* Casoal oconpations (dock laboarers and coal Ubooreni) are excindrd from thU Table and from all other dguros above. The oomber of cwsaiU lobs found for workpeople in these ooeupatioos during the period was 1436.

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of vacancies 37-8 per cent.;

(iDckding fiants, 8l'7 per

for women, the cancies notified,k6 ended 10th

le Lire Roister ies:—

January^ 1921. THE LABOUR &AZETTE.

TRADE DISPUTES.*Num ber, Ma-gnitude and D ura tion .—The num ber of

trade disputes, involving a stoppage of work, rep o rted to the D epartm ent as beginning in December waa 34, as com­pared with 60 in th e previous m onth, and 61 in December, 1919. In these new disputes nearly 62,000 workpeople were directly involved, and over 2,000 ind irectly involved (i.e., thrown out of work a t th e establishm ents where th e d isputes occurred, though no t themselves p arties to the disputes), in addition to th e numbers involved in new disputes, nearly 8,000 workpeople were involved, e ith e r directly or indirectly, in 65 disputes which began before December, and were still in progress a t the beginning of th a t month. The to ta l num ber of d isputes in progress in December was thus 99, involving about 72,000 workpeople, as compared w ith 1,138,000 workpeople (including about 1,100,000 workpeople in the coal m ining industry ) involved in 136 disputes in progress in November, 1920, and 110,000f. workpeople involved in 107 disputes in progress in Decem­ber, 1919.

The following Table classifies the d isputes by groups of tra d e s : —

Nnmber of Disputes.Nnmber of Work­people in­

Aggregate Duration

in WorkingGroups of Trades. Started

before1st

Dec.

Started ! in

Dec.

j

Total.

volved in all Dis­putes in

progress in Dee.

Days of all Dis­

putes in progress in Doc.

Building 12 4 16 4,800 24,000Mining & Quarrying 7 6 13 47.400 151,000Metal, Engineering

and Shipbuilding.15 7

1

22 13,600 189,000

Textile and Clothing 8 1 9 1 1.200 14,000Transport 5 5 10 2,700 26.000Other Trades 18 1 11 29 3.300 25,000Total, Dec., 1920, 66 34 99 72.000 429,000Total, Nov., 1930. 76 60 136 1.138,000 3,631,000Total. Dec„ 1919. 46 61 107 llU,000t l,808,000t

The m ajority of the workpeople involved in December, 1920, were accounted for by two disputes, v iz., a s tr ik e of

45,000 coal m iners, e tc ., in the R hondda d is tric t, which lasted th ree days, and a s tr ik e of jo iners and carp en ters in sh ipyards th ro u g h o u t G rea t B rita in , involving abou t 10,000 workpeople, which began on 1st Decem ber and was still in progress a t the end of th e m onth.

Of th e 429,000 w orking days lost in Decem ber by all d isputes in progress, abou t 97,000 w ere lost by disputes winch began before Decem ber, and were still in progress a t th e b ^ in n in g of th a t m onth, an d nearly 332,000 by disputes which began in th e m onth.

Crtuses.—Of th e 34 new d isputes, 11, d irectly involving about 2,200 workpeople, arose on dem ands for advances in wages j 6, d irectly involving about 10,700 workpeople, ag a in st proposed reductions in w ages; 3, d irectly involving about 2,100 workpeople, on o ther wages questions; 9, d irectly involving about 46,000 w orkpeople, on questions respecting th e em ploym ent of p a rtic u la r classes or per­sons; and 5, d irectly involving about 600 workpeople, on o ther questions.

R esu lts .—D u rin g Decem ber se ttlem en ts were effected in th e case of 16 new disputes, d irectly involving about 47,500 workpeople, and 15 old d isputes, d irectly involving about 7,200 workpeople. Of those d isputes 4, d irectly involving about 400 workpeople, were se ttled in favour of th e work­people; 18, d irectly involving about 6,200 workpeople, in favour of the em ployers; and 9, d irectly involving about 48,100 workpeople, were compromised. In th e case of 8 disputes, d irectly involving about 4,200 workpeople, work was resum ed pending negotia tions.

T ra d e D is p u t e s in 1919 and 1920.The to ta l num ber of d isputes beg inn ing in 1920 was 1,715.

A bout 2,000,000 w orkpeople were involved, e ith e r d irectly or ind irectly , and abou t 27,000,000 w orking days were lost th rough d isputes which began in 1920, or which began before 1920 and were still in progress a t th e beg inn ing of th a t year. F u r th e r p a rticu la rs w ith regard to these d isputes, w ith com parative s ta tis tic s for 1919, a re given on pages 6 and 7.

P R IN C IP A L T R A D E D IS P U T E S IN PR O G R ESS IN D EC EM B ER , 1920.

Occupations and Locality.*

Approximate Number of Work’ people Involved.

Date when DisputeCause or ObJect.J

Directly. Indi­rectly.! Began. Ended.

Result.!

BUILDING TRADES Bricklayers, stonemasons, plas­

terers and labourere—Dublin.

Masons, joiners, pUisterers, plumb­ers, slaters and labourers—Perth.

Workpeople employed on house­building and r o ^ and sewer construction (Housing scheme) —London, S.E.

4,000 4 Oct. 4 Dec. For advance in wages.

200

1,0931005 20 Dec.

29 Deo.

Coal Mining Miners, etc.—Rhondda ♦ # 45,000

Metal, en g in eerin g and sh ip­building TRADES

Shipyard joiners and carpenters, woodworfung machinists, labourers, etc.—Great Britain.

Railway locomotive fitters, erec­tors, turners, smiths, labourers, etc.—Doncaster, etc.

Textile Trades Hosiery workers—Dumfries and

district

22 Dec. 24 Dec

10,000s

923

800

Transport Tra d es :—Carters, motor drivers, etc.—

Bristol.

Sugar porters, stevedores and carters—Qteen ock.

2,300

190

1 Dec,

13 Deo.

24 Dec.

29 Dec.

• 4

13 Dec. 18 Dec.

1,000

Other TradesStokers and labourers (electricity

supply)—Pontypridd (near).

22 Nov.

6 Dec,

16 Dec.l

8 Dec.

171

Bakers, confectioners, etc.—Swan­sea.

Bakers, confectioners, etc.—Various small towns in Scotland.

156soon

3 Dec,

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13 Dec. 27 Dec.

3 Dec.

0 0

8 Jan.

For advance in wages to 2s. 4d. per hour.

Against withdrawal of building trade conditions for navvies and labourers engaged on main road and sewer construction, involv­ing a reduction in rates of wages and increase in working hours while so employed.

For reinstatement of certain men who had been dismissed when their working places were found to be unremunerative.

Against proposed reduction in wages of 12s. per week.

For advance in ' wages and other concessions.

Against reduction in rates of wages

Work resumed on old terms by majority of workpeople, the rest having obtained employment elsewhere.

Advance granted. (See also p. 33.)Increased hours to be w orked,

without reduction in weekly wages, pending negotiations.

Men in question placed in other pits.

No settlement reported.

No settlement reported.

For advance in wages of lOs. per week.

Dispute arising out of a demand by a section of the men for pay­ment for time lost owing to the discharge of a particular cargo having been suspended in con­sequence of inclement weather.

Against alleged delay in negotia­tions respecting demand for advance in wages, men refusing to accept offer of temporary advance pending result of ne­gotiations.

For advance in wages.For advance in wages.

Work resumed a t the reduced rates by the number of workpeople required. Most of the strikers were not re-employed, owing to depression in itrade. (See also p. 35.)

Advance granted in most cases, with modlfloationa as regards tonnage men. (See also p. 36.)

Work resumed pending negotia­tions.

Men accepted temporary advance pending result of negotiations.

No settlement reported.Modified advance granted in some

cases, in others work resumed on employers' terms.

the aggregaS^duratio?( ( ? lasted less than one day, have, as usual, been omitted from the statistics, except when100 diys. number of workpeople multiplied by number of working days, allowing for workpeople replaced by others, etc.) exceeded

t Revised figures.oc»urSl!bm'nS^themsSvS‘iL°r workpeople " indirectly involved," f . e „ thrown out of work at the establishments where the dlspiUes

§ Estimated number. ^ disputes. The statements of canse and result do not apply to these persons4 to end of December,M workpeople had resumed work by 10th December.

A number of oolheries were rendered idle owing to stoppage of supply of electrical power

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CHANGES RATES WAGES AND HOURS LABOUR.f fJaifd on R fturm from Kmjdnyrn and Workf^'flpU.]

Ratos of Wages.I n tbo indirntrioA covered by the DopBrtmont’H Htatisticw

arrnni;od to come in to operation in Docembor. w ith olTcct(iteo Nolo in next column) tno cbanucM in rates of wagi-e

e ither from th a t month or from earlier dates,arfected netirly 120,000 workpeople. Of these, 115,000 received increases am ounting to £28,500 on the ir weekly wages, and over 4,000austnined dtH-Teases am ounting to over £2,000 per week.

■ “ blThe num ber affected by increases is considerably smallerthan the num ber recorded for any previous month in 1920. The groups of industries in which the workpeople affectedby the changes in wages during Derember wore employed are nIiowii in the following Table: —

Qroupg of Tnulei,

Approximate Homber of Work­people affected by

Inoroasee. Decreaxci.

AmoQDt of Change Id Weekly Wagee.

Iocrea»efl. Dei-reoBex.

T extile ............................Traniport (excluding Tram

ways).Food. Drink and Tobacco,. O t h e r ............................

Total ..

23.00060,2:0

14.00033,300

116,100

1,300

2,600400

4.100

3,6607.060

38J

1.7160

2,100

a t Nowcfisllo and iMjrtain towns in liancAghire and of generally 10s. per week o t Bristol.

The principal bodies of workpeople included in the fw>d trade group were bakers in Hcotland, wbrsio wagee were increased by 7s. 6d. or 6s. per week a t most of the im. p o rtan t towns, and workpeople employed in the sugar confectionery and food preserving trades in Ireland, for whom increa.sed minimum rates were fixed under the T rade Boards Acts. Kishory c«k>p»tb a t various p*,ru sustained a decrease in wages owing to the withdrawal of c-ertain advances which they had received in .Inly. 1920.

In addition to the changes under the Trade Actsm entioned above, now minimum rates were fixed to operate in December for certain classes of male workersm the s ta n y e d and pressed metal wares trade in Great B rita in , and for male workers in the coffin fu rn itu re andcerem ent m aking trade.

Of the 9,000 woabout 200 workpeople

0 workocwo

affectirig 24,000

9 changes tak ing effect in December 17, affecting rkpeople, wore arranged by a rb itra tio n ; I, affecting

was arraiiged by conciliation; 7, .d©, took effect under sliding scales,

and the rem aining 63, affecting nearly 86,000 workpeople.

The p rincipal changes in the tex tile trad es w*ero increases,g ran ted under sliding scales dependent on th e cost of living, of 20 per cent, on pre-war ra tes to carpet workers in G reat B rita in , and of l^d . and ]d . per hour to men and women

were arranged directly between employers and workpeople, or th e ir representatives, or took effect as the result of Orders under th e Trad© Boards Acta. In 6 cases, involving 2,100 workpeople, the changes wore pre<*eded bv disputes, causing stoppage of work.

Hours of Labour.There W’cre no im portan t changes in recognised hours of

labour reported during December.

respectively employed in the asbestos industry . The ** cost1IV \ A o A t O A i o n #1 f H'wk 1 & r% M 1

per cent, to 175wage was also increased from 155 and 124

and 140 per cent, for tim eworkers and pieceworkers respectively in th e Welsh flannel industry , and from 7}d. in the shilling to 9)d. in the shilling for lamb’s wool and worsted yarn spinners a t I^eicester. The minimum wages of women employed on certa in classes of work in the rope-m aking trad e were increased under the T rade Boards Acts. In th e Dumfries hosiery industry there was a decrease in wages, owing to th e w ithdrawal of the increases which had been g ran ted to the workers under a Decision issued by the In d u stria l C ourt in May, 1920.

In the tran sp o rt trades the principal increases affected road tran sp o rt w'orkers in London, who received increasesam ounting to 4s. per week for men and 2s. per week for youths. Increases varying from 4s. to 7s. per week were also g ran ted to ad u lt male road tran sp o rt workers

Changes in Wages and Hours in 1920.D uring the whole of 1920 the number of workpeople

whose rates of wages were increased, in industqea covered by th e D epartm en t’s statistics, was 7,600,000, and the net am ount of the increase in their weekly rates of wages was £4,693.000. The number affected by reductions in recog- ri(*ed hours of labour was 560.000, the aggregate amountof the reduction being 2,086,000 hours per week. A special artic le dealing with these changes is given on pages 53 to 5.

[N otb.— The ita tu tie s yiven above, both a t rrganh waget and hours, are exciutive of changes affecting Govern­m ent em phyees, domestic servants, teamen, agrie^Utural labourers, shop assistants and clerks, for which r//jjjrs the information available is not suffieient to provide a baeis for statistics. Details of changes in current rates of shop tissistants, clerks, etc., however, so far a t reported to the Jtejyartment, are inclmled in the Table below.l

PB IN O IPA L CHANGES IN R A TES OF W AGES R EPO R TED DURING DECE5IBER, 1920.[NOT£.— The following lable relates mainly to changes which came into operation in December, with effect either from that month er

from earlier dates. Certain earlier changes, however, oj partieutars were received during December, are also ineludcd.'\

Trade. Locality.Date from

which change took effect

Occnpetlons. Particulars of ohangs.

( Midland and EasternOOUNTIB8

Bury 8L Edmunds

BaildiDK

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ThornburyiflOUTBERN COUlr^KS^

Bodmin Bovsy Tmcey Bruton Ualno..

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Chippi'Dham • •

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Oct.

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Dawli**!! 1 Dec

Dorchester

Exmoutb

Farlngdon

Hartley Wlntney • s

Mlnehead

1 Dec.

1 Dec.

1 Sept.

23 Nov.

1 Dec.

Tavistock 33 Nov.

BUILDINQ AND ALLIED TRADES.Bricklayers, carpenters and Joiners, and

plasterers.Bricklayers, masons. can>eDterB and Join­

ers, slaters, plumbers, plasterers, paint­ers. and labourers.

Increase of Id. per boar (U. 8d. to Is. M L

Bricklayers, masons,carpenters aod toin- ers, pfambors, and painters.

Increase of l|d. per hour. Bates after change: paint­ers. Is. : other tradesmen. It. 10 |d . ; labourers, Is. TJd.

Increase of Id. per hour (Is. 6d. to U. 7d.X

LabourersBricklayers, carpenters and Joiners,plum­

bers, plasterers, painters, and labourers. Bricklayers, carpeuters aod Joiners,

plasterers, painters, aod labourers.

Increase of Ud. per boor (U. lid . to Is. 4d.).Increase of 1 ^ per hour. Batesaiter change : trades­

men. Is. 10{<L: labourers. Is. 7Jd.Increase of 3|d. per hour. Rates after change:

Bricklayers, masons, carpeoton and Join­ers, woodcutting machinists, slaters.lumbers, plasterers, painters, and

laboorcraBricklayers, carpenters and Joiners,

slaters, plumbers, plasterers, pointers, and labourera

Bricklayera carpenters and Jolnera plumbers, painters and labonrera

tradesmen, U. 10id .: Ubonren. ls.7id.Increases to rates of la 9|d. Ipsr hour for palntera

U. lOid. per hour for other tradesmen, and la 7|d. per hour for labourers.

Increase of 1 ^ per hour. Bates after change: painters. La ^ d .:era la 71d.

Increase of l|d .

other tradesmen, la tOid.; labour-

par hoar. Bates after ci

Bricklayers, masons, carpenters andnil

paintera Is. 9 id .; other tradesmen, labourera Is. 7id. 1 skiUod >. and Is. 5^4. (nnskllled

Jolnen, plumbers, plastorcrH, paintera and tabourera

Bricklayers, masona carpenters aod Joiners, maehlolsts, slaters, plumbera plasterers, paintcra and labourera

Bricklayora masons, carpenters and Joiners, machinlsta slaters, plambera plasterers, painters, and labourera

Bricklayera masons, carpenters and Joiners, slatera plumbera plaster­ers, painters, and Inraurcra

Drlcklayera masona carpenters and Joinera woodcutting maohioista plast­erers and painters.

Laboorors......................................................Brloklayera masona carpenters and

joiners, woodcutting machinists, slaters.lumbora plasterera palntera

uroraBricklayers, masona carpenters and

Joiners, plumbers, and plasterers. P a i n t e r s ............................................ ..

Increase of lid . per hour. Bates after change: trad«s- meo, la lOtd.; labooiera la 7i<L

Increase of lid . per hour. Bates after change: paintera la 9 id .; other tradesmen, la ICid.; labour-era la ?id.

iflIncrease of lid . per hour. Bates after change: trad< men, la lOfd.; laboorera la 7id.

inersasj of Id. per hour. Bates after change: trades­men. Is. l id . : labourera la dd.

Increase of ]<L per hour. Bates after change: tradi men, la lOd.; painters, la M.

Increase of Id. per hour (Is. 61L to la 7d.).Increase of lid . per hour. Bates after change:

palnwra la 9 id .: other tradesmeo. U. lOid.: laboilurera la

Increase of >d i>er hoar. Bates after change: fortradesmen, la

Inoraiu^ Id, p^r boor (ISs 7d. to I*.

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PBINCIPAL CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING DECEMBER, m O - { c o n t in u e d ) .

Trade, Locality.

Date from which change

took effect.

OccupationB. Partloularo of change.(Decreases in italics.)

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So u t h e r n c o u n t i e s —

Teignmouth

BUIL DING AND ALLIED TRADES—* ♦ 1 Dee.

Tiverton ., • «2 Dec.

Bricklayers, masons, carpenters and joiners, machinists, slaters, plumbers, plasterers, painters and labourers.

Bricklayers, masons, carpontors and joiners, plumbers, painters, ana labourers.

WALK3:-Fishguard • i I 9 4 t 1 Dec. Bricklayers, masons, carpenters and

joiners, and painters.

Hcd).

Increase of IJd. perpainters. Is. 04d.;

'id.

hour.other

Hates after change: tradesmen. Is 10$d;

labourers. Is. 7i' Increase of lid. per

painters. Is. 9id.; labourers, Is. 7id.*

hour.other

Bates after change: tradesmen. Is lOid.;

SCOTLANDf:- Various Districts

Scotland.^in I Sept. Joiners’ apprentices

Increase of Id. per hour (Is. lOd. to Is. lid.).

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Ayr ..Dalkeith .. ..Dumfries and Maxwell-

town.Dunblane and Bridge of

Allan.Dunoon .....................Glasgow and West of

Scotland.In v e rn e ^ .....................

8 Nov.8 Nov.C Dec. I 8 Nov.

9 9 4 4BricklayersP lu m b e rs ...............................Masons, sUters, and plasterersJoiners ...............................Joiners .....................

4 9 4 4

4 9 4 f

Rates of wages fixed during five years’ apprenticeship a t i, i, J. i and J of Journeymen’s rates for relative years of apprenticeship.

Increase of Jd* PC*" hour (2s. 3id. to 2s. 4d.).Increase of lid. per hour (2s. 23d. to 2s. 4d.).Increase of l|d . per hour (2s. led. to 2s. 3d.).Increase of 4d. per hour (Is. lid. to 2s. 3d.).Increase of 2d. per hour (2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d.).

27 Nov. 8 Nov,

JoinersLathers

Increase of IJd. per hour (2s. lid, to 2s. 3d.). Increase of lid. per hour (2s. 2Jd. to 2s. 4d.),

6 Dec.

Irvine 8 Nov. <

PlumbersJoinersSlatersPlumbers

4 •Eirkiutilloch Lanark .. .. |Leslie, Markineh and

U Plasterers 8 Nov. I Slaters4 Dec. 8 Nov. 8 Nov.

District. Peebles 9 4 4 4

Perth

1 Dec. 27 Dee

Slaters and plasterers Plumbers Joiners

IncreaseIncreaseIncreaseIncreaseIncreaseIncreaseIncreaseIncreaseIncrease

of 2d. of id. of |d. of id. of lid of id. of id.

per hour (Is. 9d. to Is. lid.), per hour (2s. 3id. to 2s. 4d.). per hour (2s. 3id. to 2s. 4d.). per hour (2s. 3|d. to 2s. 4d.). l. per hour (2s. 2|d. to 2s. 4d). per hour (2s. 31d. to 2s. 4d.). per hour (2s. 3id. to 2s, 4d.). per hour (2s. 3|d. to 2s. 4d.). per hour (2s. 33d. to 2s. 4d.),

Wick .. IlfiBLAND

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Joiners Masons and slaters Joiners and plasterers Plumbers Masons

17 May

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stone Carving.. Electrical

Installation

0 0 • 0

Londonderry Glasgow ..Aberdeen, Dundee, Edin­

burgh and Glasgow.

1 June 5 July

18 Aug. 1st pay day in

Dec.

Plumbers

Plumbers Stone carvers Qualified men

contractors.employed by electrical

Increase of Id. per hour (2s. 2d. to 2s. 3d.),Increase of 2d. per hour (2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d,).Increase of IJd. per hour (2s, 2Jd. to 2s. 4d.).Increase to a rate of 3s. 4d. per hour,Increase of 3d. per hour (Is 6d. to Ib. 9d.),Inorease of 3s. 4id per week. Rate after change : Is.

lliid . per hour.Increase of 2d. per hour (Is. lliid . to 2s. IJid.).Increase of 3s. 4id. per week. Rate after change:

2s. 2^ . per hour.Increase of 5d. per hour (Is. 8id to 2s. lid.).Increase of 8d. per hour (2s. to 2s. 8d.).*Increase of 2d, per hour (2s. Id, to 2s. 3d,),

MINING AND QUARRYING.

Gypsnm Miniog G o th a m , C ro p w e ll Bishop, Thrumpton, Newark-on-Trent and Chellaston.

Cornwall

18 Dec. Gypsum miners, mill handa, and stone- dressers.

I Dec. Granite masons and labourers 9 • 9 9

(joarrying 9 9Llanddulaa andLlysfaen 1st pay

after 6 Dec.Limestone quarrymen, craftsmen, and

labourers.

IRON

Pig Iron Manu­facture.

Chesterfield5 Dec.

0 0

Iron and Steel Manufacture.

South Wales8 Aug.

AND S T E E L SMELTING AND MANUBlastfurnacemen

Decrease, U7ider sliding scale, of Id. in the £ on earnings, leaving wages for mill-hands and stone dressers at Gotham and Thrumpton, 64«. per week, plies 1a Id. in the £ on earnings.

Increases of lid . per hour to masons and of Id. per hour to labourers. Rates after change: masons, Is. lOid.; labourers. Is, 4d. per hour.

Increases of 15 per cent, on time and piece rates to orkpeople 18 years of age, and of 7i

those under 18. (See Decision No. 660 on p. 43.)Wi per cent, to

PACTURE.

« •Millmen, mill and melting shop gasmen,

heaters, teemers, ladlemen, etc., em­ployed in certain Siemens Steel works.

ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING TRADE

Increases of Is. per day or shift to men 21 years of age and over and to youths 16 to 21 years of age doing men's work.

New tonnage rates of wages fixed for miUmen, gas­men and heaters. Teemers’ rate fixed a t 8s. 4d. per shift, plus Id. per ton on the make of the shop between three heaters ; ladlemen's rate fixed a t 6s. 3d. (1st helpers) and 5s. 3d. per shift (2nd helpers) plus, in each case, a bonus of Jd. per ton on theoutput of the shop divided between three men ofeach grade.

Bradford .. 4 9 1st pay after 1 Aug.

Workpeople employed in the engineer­ing and foundry trades.

Dewsbury, Bakey Cleckheaton.

and

Leeds and District 0 0

Week ending 4 Dec.

1st pay after

31 July.

Ironmoulders

Increase of Is. per week to all classes except those wages follow the movements in the buildingwhose wages

trade and except fitters and turners, who received a similar advance under Decision No. 450, dated 18th August. (See p. 516 of September “ GAZETTE.”)

Increise of Is, per week in base rate. Rate after

Labourers in engineering trade 9 9

Engineering, Boilermakiog / and Foundry \ Trades.

W akefield.......................I 26 JaneChester ..................... 7 Aug.

Manchester, Stockport | 17 July and District.5

Preston ...................... I 22 Nov,

St. H elens.......................| 22 Nov.

IronmouldersIronmoulders

change: 56s._per week jduB war wages of 26s. 6d.per week and bonus of 12J per cent, on earnings.

Increase of Is. per week in minimum base rate.Minimum rate after change: 36s. per week plus war wages of 26s. 6d. per week and bonus of 12J

Brassmoulders

Patternmakers

Lincoln and Gains borough.

Weekendinx 23 Ju ne.

Patternmakers

Kidderminster .. 0 0 16 Oct.

Trench (Salop) .. 9 9 22 Oct.

Patternmakers, smiths, tinsmiths, sheet iron workers, plumbers, grinders, glaziers and labourers in engineering shops, and all classes of workpeople in foundries and boiler-shops.

I ro n m o u ld e rs ........................................

per cent, on earnings.Increase of 3s. per week in base rate.Increase of Is. 6d. per week in base rate. Rate after

change: 56s. 6d. per week plus w ar wages of 2os. 6d. and bonus of 12J per cent, on earnings.

Increase of 3s. 6d. per week in base rate. Rate after change: 58s. 6d. per week plus war wages of 26s, 6d. per week and bonus of 12J per cent, on earnings.

Increase of 2s. per week in base rate. Rate after change: 56s. per week plus war wages of 26s. 6d. per week and bonus of 12J per cent, on earnings.

Increase of Is. per week in base rate. Rate after change: 50s. per week plus war wages of 26s. 6d. per week and bonus of 12J per cent, on earnings.

Base rate increased by 2s. per week, the amount being deducted from the war wages of 28s. 6d. previously in force.

Ironmoulders

Increase of 2s. per week in base rate. Rate after change: 49a. per week plus war wages of 26 . 8d, per week and bonus of 12J per cent, on earnings.

Increase of Is. per week in base rate. Rate after change: 50s. per week plus war wages of 26s. 6d. per week and bonus of 12J per cent, on earnings.

19• ^ also under Changes in Hours of Labour.' t The increases shown as taking effect from 8th November, were arran^^ed under a national nottlement {see note ’ on p. 892 of December QAZBTTB).J Ine i^ n g e took effect under an agreement made between the Bcottish National Building Trades Federation (Employors), and the Amalgamated

bociety of Owpenters. Cabinet Makers and Joiners. I t has been reported that the agreement did not apply to Dumfermlino and District.I inclnding Broadheath, Qorton, Hyde,Newton'le-Willows, Openshaw, Patricroft aud Salford.

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Paftlenlan of chaofe.

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Autruet ' Ironmouldora•(flt'fUinuinI).

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Luton

Abordoon

iHt pay after

80 Nov. )Rt pay

after 31 July

lat pay in March

Oarpenteri and joloorH employed on maintenance work in ooginocringnboi>fl.

UachlniHlH, ironmouldens and bra»- moulden.

’'2®^ *“ »*«' afterchftnffo, 62m, pMt plow n f ma n_M«

Increa>ie of 2-, per week in h u e rate.

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Pattemmakera

Kilmurnnok

Htoekton-on-Toea

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July

2lJuIy

Pattern makera

Bhip paintora ..................................Mon oi^^oyed by ilrma engaged on abip

Increaee of 2». per week to base rate Rat«

of Wa.9d. per week, ploa war wagea of

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Shipbuilding and Bhlp Bepalrlog.

Meraoy Diatrlct # § • % 12 Nov.t

mekeepera, coet dork* and atoro-.« ®f 1?* and over).Work colloctora, aesUtont time­

keepers, oaslataot coet clerk^ and aaalatant atorekoepen (21 years of age and over).

Juniors (oMlatants to the above) • •

<

w eek ; when temporarllf employe^ on full datles pertaiolof lo ttmekMoera. cost clerks or storekeeperrto recede 0i

Scale of rates adopted starting at Dial per week at Id years of ago. a ^ increaalog by 3a per week wtih

f\ 30 Dec.

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Barry, Oardilf, New-K rt, Ponartn, Port^

Ibot, Swansea and Sharpness.

Fully quallQed electrical workers engaged on ship repair work.

to those 20 yeanw n year or age to » a : pei (

July Marhlnists (men engaged on the running, oiu iv , and general attendance ont*uu guoerai atienoance on machinery), onginomen and pumpmenn--------------- -» . . K .

JulyiiromoD, crADe-<iri7ert aod furoaceinao

.,^pP\Oyed OD ship repair work*Motor lorry drlyerv aod rhaulTouni

* OTHER METAL TRADES.

Inrrrmind

w U d aU d ^ to a war wage of 3fia per iA»ek. base rates exUUng in lgl4.

granted since U14 coo-

?h^ fn i? l/.**7 ? i ^ receive 4a per week belc^ the full rate of the respective grade.UpsiandlDf wage adopted of 80a per week.

Tin Box Manu­facture.

Great Britain « e

Sheet MetalWorking.

Halifax • • a i

1st pay day after 16 Nov. Week

ending 7 Augfust

1st pay [dav in O ct

1st pay day in Sept

Lithographic printers employed lo tin box trado (joumeymeo).

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Sheet metal workers aod braziers

112a6d.; Uansferring(ordinary) lO: Increase to a rate of 2a IJd. per hour.

change• t a .

Increase of Ud. per hour (2s. IJd. to 2s. Id.).

Qold.Bilver.and London Allied Trades. 1st pay

day in Dec.

BUversmiths, puliahera platers, gildera chasers, stampers, burnishers, e t > employed lo the gold, silver, and* allied trades

o' P®' hoar for men and of Jd. per hoar for women timeworkora mod a ooTOpondiog increase for pleoeworkera Mmiinumrates after change for ilm eworkers: men. 3a 3d.

Ayr

Edinburgh1 Jnly.

1 Dec.

Farriers

Farriers

women, la 2 ^ per boor.slldi

After coAOge for timaworker*: men, Sd-p

Increases, under sliding scale, of 2d. per hour for meod. Mr hour fo _ _ _ __ ^

corresponding increoee for p iecew orker Mmimumaod

eases.d ofli . - w w « M w s a e s v a w c k f

>r hour for women tlmeworkers, aod a

Bate after change: 9m.

Farriery s eKirkcaldy 22 Nov. Farriers

women, U. S d- per hour.Increase of 10a per week,

per week.IncrcMo of ^ per hour. Bates after change: flre-

men. 2i. 2d.; drivers. H. U<L (fie* Decision N o.583 on p. 44). !lM ^ ^ w w

Increose of Jjd, per hour for firemen and of 2d. iwr A

i

Rivet, Bolt and | Scotland Nut Manufac­ture.

l i t pay after

SO Nov.

Workpeople employi'd in the machine rivet, bolt and nut trade

Male timeworkers, 21 years of age aod over.

Female tlmeworkers. 18 yean of age and over.

Pieceworkers .......................

hour for dhvera Rates after change; firemeT, 1 1 . ?** driven, 3s. fid.; advanced apprentices Is. lOd. per hour. ;l

KicreiM of 4a per full ordinary week. (8e* Deeixton N o. 546 on p. 708 of December O a x r t k . )

P®® 'o'' ordinary week. <.Sm Decision N a 546 on p. 708 of December QAZSrnu

1

I

Increase of 10 per cent, on present net piece priow: this percentSLge increase to be applied by way of addition to any percentage to which the niece9y percentage to wtucti tne pi prices are already BubJecLl (Sw Decisioo No. 545

Stamped or Pressed Metal Ware Manu­facture.

Groat Britain

Male tim eworken 21 yean of age and over

Braziers, burnishers or drop stampeni

p. 708 of December Ga z e t t b . )on

9 A 31 Dec.

Minimum hourly rates fixed, under Trade Boards Acta of la 8|d. for those lo Grade 1: of la K4d. for those in Grade U : and of 2a for tboee in Grade HL(See Order on p. <7.)

Minimum hourly rates fixed, under Trade Boards

Dippers who are also bronzent • i

Acta of ls-^5^ during the/Irrt^ear's service after

I of one year's servi«7'bourlv rates fixed, under frade Board

the a(ra of 21 yean ,* and of la iplstion of one year’s servi(

Order on p. 47 )

. ----------------- on aod after thecomplstioo of one year’s service after reo«.'bing the age of 21 yean. ■

Acta, of 1^ Bid. for those In Grade I ; of la 104d. for Oniae IlL

Atmeolen who cm take charge their own work.

Brass p o l i s h e n .......................

those in Grade I I ; and of 3a for those___Order on p. 47.)

tloimum bonrly rate Axed, under Trade Acta of Is. Bid. (See Order on p. 47.)

I

Male tim oworken under 21 yean of age employed as brazier**, bomlshera drop stnmpen, dlppera dlppen who are also nronzers, or as annealers who can take charge of their own work.

Mioimom hourly rates fixed, under Trade Boardsof la 81d. for those in Q_____ , ________

those In Grade 11; and of 2a Old. for those In GradeActa. those in Grade 1; of la lid . for

- ____________ and o ’IlL <&v Order on p. 47.)

Scale of minimum hourly rates fixed, under Trade Boards Acta starting at od. for those under 15 yconof aM .and increasing with sge and experience to la 6a. fo r those 30 yean ef age and under 31 yean with Dot leas than 6 yean' expeneoce in the branch

All above workersengaged

p. 47.)I

rates fixed. uzKter Trade Boards a worked in excew of 47 in any oix Saturday. (See Order ea p. 47.)

s

3s. per^WMk i S V " “ 5md b y i* iu r th « 3?' p“ “\ ^ek“l I n d u s t r i a l Court, the base rate given above was sobsoquemly increased byrates MevlouBf^ln*(^rrUoV '* *' ®*'” *°* arrived at in October, which, while makiug certain minor alieratlous. gensndly coufiroied the

t The rates quoted are sublect to the followino nAHitinn. • mtftn 91 VMM e \i S 9 ^ _______ t- I«1 ______ _ ■

\y

'to raoawl°ft*iAi ^ “ charge money, aod orauemen who received more than 33a per weekare lo r9oeiv9 a relative adjastmeot to the oewrutee: anahremen when atteodiog an engine in addition to itoklttg are lo

lusiructlou^fft^mVn^t L*» through no fault of hi* own, to continue his ordinary work, and where he remains on the employees premises bythe iS t ‘w oiK he^n U ot wo^k 'our-fifths of his average hourly earulug. od piece-work calculated on The besi. o?

w s w v * • M v v ' m m m A v l

receive Is, per day extra.

JiUluary, 1021. CHANGES IN WAGES AND HOUIIS.

PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING DECEMBER, {continued),_______________ - ---------------------------------------------------- -— *— '— ----------------------------------------------------■---------------------------------- ------------------------------- -— ----------------------------------------------- ------------------- -- —

Trade.

< r

S * ? - 'S y »

to tb S i «ihf . 0, a

5 £ i f »ai«

fm ? \g n d t i^Per»eek.

d : Pnnt- ■:

-to&.Jd.).

l i per hour for mea 1 Mmeworkera, ujd a eTorkers. Miaimuinirkers: men. Si 3d.:

S i per hour for mea limeTorkeri and a

BTorkers. Miaimum ■ rkers; m e a S iS i : :

te after change; i

6 after change: fire- (Sar BedsioaNo.583 |

^ e n and of 3d. per I change: firemen, .ranced apprentiees

Decision

at (5m:.A

rices; ay of piece 46 on

Locality.

Date from which change

took effect.

Oconpatlons. Fartlcnlarn of change, (Decreases in italics.)

Home Counties Area*Oftble Manu­

facture. Bristol ♦ « % %

0 ^

• »

c

Musical Instru­ment Making.

London 0 ^ • » « 0

/ Leicester

Woollen and Worsted Industry.

% % 0 % • •

OTHER METAL T R A D E S —

Pay pre­ceding

flmt pay day in Dec.

Wales % I t •

HosieryIndustry.

Dumfries and Maxwell- town.

. BoreManufacture.

Great Britain 0 I

Pay pre­ceding

first pay day in

Dec.

2nd pay day in <

Dec.

31 Dec.

CarpetManufacture.

AsbestosManufacture,

Great Britain

Great Britain

§ # ♦ 4

4 4 4 4

1st pay day in

Dec.Day after

1st making up day

following 8 Dee.

Tailoring Ireland 0 4 0 0 1 Dec.

Clogging Manchester and Salford

HallwayService.

CartingIndustry.

i.

20 Dec.

1 Aug., 1919.1

Great Britain • 0 V

London I 0 0 # •

Newcastle - on - Tyne (principal firms).

Certain towns in Lanca­shire.^

1 ApriU I July!1 Oct.J /Pay day in week ending 11 Dec.

20 Nov.

12 Deo.

Workpeople employed in the cable-making industry.

Workpeople employed in tho cable-making industry.

electricelectric

Military musical instrument m akers; Timeworkers # 0 0 0

1 Deo. W

Pieceworkers

T E X T IL E T R A D E S.'orkpeople employed in lambs’ wool and worsted yarn spinning industry (except workpeople suoh as engineers belonging to unions other than the Workers’ Union).

Workpeople employed in the fiannel industry.

Hosiery workers Timeworkers

Pieceworkers

Female workers (other than homework­ers) 18 years of age and over employed in the making of rope of U inches cir­cumference or over, or on processes preparatory thereto (excluding those employed in making wire rope unles.s made in the same factory or workshop as hemp or similar rope or core for wire rope).

Workpeople employed in carpet manu­facture (except staff .hands, e.(f., office staff, tuners, etc.).

Workpeople employed in the asbestos industry.

CLOTHING TRADES.Male workers with 4 years’ apprentice­

ship or learnership in the retail bespoke tailoring trade employed in areas other than those administered by Bural District Councils or those with a popu­lation not exceeding 2,000 (as returned at the last Population Census) admin­istered by Urban District Councils or other Local Authorities.

Clog makers and re p a ire rs .....................

TRANSPORT T R A D E S .

Male dock supervisory staff employed by all railway-owned docks (excluding inspettors or foremen working in charge of shopmen, etc., who are re-V ceiving the 12J per cent.,and who a re ' themselves reeeiving the 12i per cent, bonne).

Workpeople employed in the road trans­port industry.

Road transport workers (18 years of age and over).

Hoad transport workers # # 0 4

Hourly rates of wages adopted as follows: plumber jointers, 2s.; jointers, Is. 9^d.; jointers' mates, Is. 7id.

Hourly rates of wages adopted as follows: plumber jointers, 2s. 0'95d.; jointers, Is. U'68d.; jointers’ mates, Is. 8'5ld.

Increase, under sliding scale, of 2d. per hour. Mini­mum rates after change : brass instrument makers, 2s. 2Jd.and 2s. 3Jd.; drum makers, 2s. 2 id .; wood wind, and saxophone makers, 2s. 3{jd.: brass polishers, finishers and other workers (except improvers), 2s. IJd .; and improvers, Is. SM. and Is, lOd.

Increase, under sliding scale, of 8 per cent, on list of December, 1919.

Bonus of 7|d. in the shilling, previously granted, in creased, under sliding scale, to 9^d. in the shilling.

“ Cost of living wage” previously granted, increased, under sliding scale from 155 per cent, on basis rates to 175 per cent, for timeworkers, and from 124 per cent, to 140 per cent, for pieceworkers. Minimum time i-ates after change, including cost of living wage : men 21 years and over 68s. 6d .; stokers,74s,; tuners, 80s. 9d.; wooIsorterB,77s.7d.; women 19 years and over, 33s. 8d.

Decrease in wages resulting from the withdrawal of the increases of 8s., 5s., 3s., and 2s.per week awarded in May 1920, to men, women, youths and girls over 16, and boys and girls under 16 respectively. Minimum time rates after change: men. Is. 2d. per hour; women, 8d. per hour.

Decrease in wages resulting from the withdrawal of the increase of 16 per cent, on piecework prices awar^d in May, 1920.

Increases, under Trade Boards Acts, of 2d. per hour in minimum time rate (8id. to lO^d.), and of 2id. per hour in piecework basis time rate (9d. to Hid.). (See Order on p. 46.)

U

Increase, under sliding scale, of 30 per cent, on pre-war rates, making a total increase of 160 per cent, for timeworkers, and of 170 per cent, for pieceworkers. Cost of living wage” previously granted increased, under sliding scale, from ll^d, to Is, Oid. per hour for males 21 years and over, and from 7Jd. to 8id. per hour for females 18 years and over, and by propor­tionate amounts for other workers under these ages. Bates after change: males 21 years and over, 74d, per hour plus Is, Oid. " coat of living wage ” ; females 18years and over, 5d, per hour plus 8Jd. “ cost of living wage.”

Minimum rates fixed, under Trade Boards Acts, at Is, 7d. and Is. 8Jd. per hour for timeworkera and pieceworkers respectively. (See Order on pp. 715-6 of December Labour Gazettb.)

Increases of 20 per cent, and 12 per cent, on existing “ log” rates to seatsmen and aolemakers respec­tively.

Scale§ of salaries adopted (with equivalent weekly rates) rising from £170 to £200 per annum in fifth class, from £210 to £230 per annum in fourth class, from £240 to £260 per annum in third class, from £270 to £300 per annum in second class, and from £320 to £350 per annum in first class; w ith the addi­tion of a war bonus of £60 per annum and 20 per cent, of the new salary, subject to the condition that it is absorbed or reduced by an amount corres­ponding to the increase in salary granted on the introduction of the new scale.

Increase, under sliding scale, of £5 per annum or 2s. per week.

Increase, under sliding scale, of £20 per annum or 8s. per week.

Increase, under sliding scale, of £10 per annum or 4s. per week.

Increase of 4s. per week to men over ;21 years and to youths under 21 doing men’s work, and of 2s. per week to other youths. Bates after change: one- horse drivers—light, 65s.; heavy, 70s.; two-horse drivers—light, 71s.; heavy, 74s. 5 steam wagon drivers, 83s.; mates, 68s .; petrol lorry drivers—up to 15 cw t, 63s.; 15 cwt. to 40 owt., 75s.; over 2 tons, 83b. ; mates, 689.

Increase of 4s. per week Bates after change: one-horse drivers, 70s.; two-horse drivers, 73 s.; petrol and steam lorry drivers, 79s.

Increases, as war wages, of 7s. per week to men 18 years of age and over and of 3s. 6d. per week to hoys under 18 Bates after change : Bolton : one-horse drivers, 71s. 6d.; two-horse drivers, 74e.; Darwen: one-horse drivers, 7ls.; two-horse drivers, 73s.; Other Towns: one-horse drivers, 70s. 5 two-horse drivers. 72s.

^ ^ * * ^ * ' B u c k i n g h a m s h i r e , Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Kent and Middlesex (excluding Greater London1 The October in respect of the period for which payment was made on that day.

eluding anv in which it was provided that any increased payments ensuing therefrom in-^5? should be made on or before December 4th, of ChSing & ) f ® increased by £10 per annum or 4s.

1920.per week to all supervisory staff who work at docks in London (within a 10-mlle radius

AssooS?o?on^the^o¥e between the London Cartage and Haulage Association and the Motor Transport EmployersT K u d i S a United Vehicle Workers’ Union and the National Union of Vehicle Workers on the other side.

Bolton. Preston Bam W ‘ layton-Ie-Moors, Groat Harwood. Bishton, Darwen, Nelson, Colne, Padihamuuiigo. 1 reston, nambor Bridge. Leyland, Haslingdon. Ohorley, Bacup, Rawtenstall, Whitworth, and Ramsbottom.

!l

1

i THK LABOIJK GAZETPE. January,

P E IN O IP A I. OHANGB8 IN UAT158 OF WAGEH IlK PO U TED DUUING OKfiEMUEE, 1920-(c<m<.m«<ij.

I*'

•i. A

\

i

li. (

Trftdt.

(JartiogIndtutry

(coulil.).

Dock, otc„ Labour.

Agriculture « •

rnnting and Allied Tradcll.^

Future Frame Uakmg

Olillmm, Middleton, Ilydo, AHliton-umlor- Lyuo, MoinIov, Htuly- hridgo and DuKlnQela.*

Warrington e • • e

Birmingham • • e •

DrfNtol # #

LoiecHtor

Hawick

Brlatol ........................South Wales and Mon-

mouthabiro (incloding O ardlIT , P o n a r t h . Barry, Port Talbot. Sw anieaand Llanolly).

Midlothian and Llnlith> gow.t

United Kingdomt t #

London # 4

Ireland (except Bellaat and Dublin).$

Date from which change

took effect

Oocupattons Fartioolan of '.bange.

TRANSPORT TRADES—11 Di-c. Roiul transport workorM » 0 e 0 • e

16 Nor. Rood trun«iport workorn

•I Deo. Coal carters

f

110 Dec.

Road transport wurkom (employe*! by memiicrN of the UrlMlol Commorolal Rood Transport and Warehouse^ kc^ ers' Association)

UorHO drivenDay-work men

Tonnage men

”l7**"** of from 4e, to 6s. per week to adults an«i of £"• f'Of week to tool ore under 16 Tcarn of aga,

changes ono-hone dririrrs, /wi.; two-horse driven,79s.: petrol wagon drivers • under two tons 7Ia; two tone and over. 81s.; asstet> ants and loadei^ 7<K; steam wagon drivers. Ms.: "teererm, 7K

Increeeee of Be. per week to men and of fc. 6d. per week ^ yoothe. Bates after change : one-horse drivers, « s .5 two-horse driven. 7U.; petrol lorry drivers, Oe. 5 tteam lorry driven, 8K

Increases of 6e. per week snbject to certain oonditloos as regards increased ontput Ratos after change: ooe-horee driven. 80s,; two-horee drivers. 74s.

Motor driven ; — Day-work men

Tonnage mon ..

Increase of Kte. per week to those 21 vear« of age and over (63e. 6d. to 73s. 6d.). and of m. per week to yootbs, traceboys, etc.

Increases of 6s. 6d. per week plus Id. per ton to one- horse driven, of 6s. 6d. Mr week pins per too to two and threo-borM drivers, and of half these amonnts to traeebo^n, etc. Rates after change; one-borte drivers, 07a 6d. per week plus 2d. per ton; two-horse drivers, 6d. Mr week plus Ud. per to n : three-horse drivers, t3i. 6d. per week plus I ^ per ton.

Increase of 10s. per week. Ratee after change: driven, 86s.; steersmen. 80s.; loaders, 78s.

IncrMses of 10s. per week to driven of lorrt»< under

17 Dec.

Nov.

1st pay after

SO Nov. 6 July 1 Sopt.

Stablemen, b on e - keepen , a n d foragemen.

Road transport w orken (employed by m em ben of the Bristol and District Road Transr>ort Contractors* Associa­tion).

Rood transport w orken (Incladlng men employed by coal merchants).

Carton .......................................................

Permanent loaders ..................................Coal tlppen , teomers, boistmen, weighers,

and Doxmen.

Nov.AGRICULTURE.

Farm s e r v a n t s .......................

two tons, and of 5s. per week pins Id. per too over tw o tons and to motor loaders. Bates alter chaoira: drivers—two tons and over, 70s. per week plus M. per to n ; under two tons, 81s. per w eak: loaden, 80s. per week pins 2d. per ton.

Increase of 10s. per week.

Increase of 10a. per week. Rates after change : one- horse carters, 73s. 6d.; petrol lorry drivers, BBa.;mates, 78s.

Increase of Ss. per week. Bate after change for one- horoo carters, 67a

Increase of 4s. per week (61s. to 66a). (Set Decision No. 663 on p. 44.)

Increases to amlnimnm rate of 80a per week.Increase of 35 per cent, on piece and tonnage ratea

Increase^ of 3s. per week to men, ao>i of 3s. per week to women.

PAPER. PRINTING AND ALLIED TRADES.29 Nov. Process engraven

19 Deo.

11 Dec.

1st pay day in Nov.

Electrotypen and itereot)'pon employed In trade housea

Belief en g ra v en ............................................

Clerks and shorthand typists employed in newspaper offlcee.

11 Kept. Compositors and machincmen ibook, jobbing, and newspaper), linotype and monotype operators.

Pay day in week

Uolfiist # 9 • #

Compositors, mocblncmen, and linotype and monotype operators (book. Jobbing and newspaper), bookbinders and ma- ebioe rulers, lltbographic printen

r ! Cutters and labourers..................................l*ay (lay 1 I in week 11

Iwglnnlng'; Nov. I

PUR

Londuol i I • 9

Women in the lithographic, letterpress and binding trades.

NITURE AND WOODWORKING TRADPiotoro frame makers >*-

Adnlts . . . . . . . . . .

4 or 0 Doc.

Increase of 6m, per week. Miotmom rates after change ; L o m U m all classes except routers and mounters, 106s. 6d.: routers and mounters, 104a. 6d.: Province*:—nX\ classes except routers and mounters. 106s,: routers and mounters. 100s.

Increase cf 36s. per week Ifiolmom rate after change: L30s.

Increase of 15a. per week in minimum time-rmte (86s. to 100s.) and of 124 ceob on December. 1019. piece prices.

Increases of 16s. per week to adults and of 30 per cent on current rates to those under SI years of age Minimum rates after change: C Ssrki—adults: men. 00s.; women. 80a; juniors; boys and girls 90s. at 16 yeora Increasing with each year of age to 45a at 18 yeora to 54a and 61a for boys and girls respec­tively at 19 years and to 66a and 60a respectively at 30 years; Shorthand IvpIiD;—odulto ; men, 00a; women, 8 ^ ; juniors; 18 years, 6th.; 30 years, 72a

locrestseoflOaperweek. Hlnimum rates after change for jobbing compositors: Grade I tovnial 00a: Grade II, Su* Od.: Grade III, 7 ^ ; Grade IV. 73a 6d.: Grade V. 71a : Grade VI. 68a 6d.

Increase of 5a per week. Minimum rates after change, compositors—jobblngj 03a 6d .: evening newa 06a; m orot^ newa I w 6d.: bookbinders. 63a 1^: lithographic printers,‘.Ca 6d.

Ir^ ease of 6a per week. Minimum ra te s after change, cu tters—6 years' experience and over 8(H. 6d.; i Tears' and under 5 years' experience, 7b. Od.; under S years' experience. 62a Cd.; tabonrers, 59a

Increase of b . per week

Im proverb

Hourly ratee adopted of 2a for wire mounters, moolding stickers (by hand) and mount cotters, of la lOd. for compo. mounters (ordinary) and ovaJ winders, of la M. for Joinera preparers (wblleniogi. pohsbera, filters (drst ciaast) and rnwyera and of la 6d. for proMmen, fitters (ordinary), sraretaoosv- men, -tock-keepers and nackera**

Hourly ratee adopted of la 6d. (or mount cutteis, of la3o . for joinera compo mounters (ordinary) and

Glasgow 27 Nov.

'era, of la Sd. for fitters (ordinary) and oval ____era. and of la for preausen.**

Picture (ramo m a h o r s ................................. Ii Increaae of Id. per boor ( la 0|d. to la lo4dJ• The inercabos took olTect under an Agreement made between the Amalgamated Horse and Motor Owners* Assooiatlon, Ltd., and the United Road

Transijort Workers'AsBOClatlon. _ . . . . . . n . . . . . . . k .t The Inoroases took effect under an agreement made between the Midlothian and Linlithgow Brunches of the l>armeni Union and me oodiuso rarm

^*^*^The ohange took effect under an agreement made between the Federation of Master Proce« Bngravera and the .\ma!garoated Society of LiUio grapic Artiste, Poslgners, Kngravers, and Process Workers. ^

4 For list of towns included in the various grades, note t on p, 198 o f" Labour GAZiCTTl Apri^ 1 ^ burm .htnaI The change look effect under an ogrooment made between the Allied Pioluro Frame Trades Association and the National Amalgamated rurmmlng

TradM'Association (Picture Frame Trade Section). r,f^ Fitting gold frame<(, stainingoU paintings, engravinri, and vellums, picture hanging, and handling valuable woxas oi an .** 8 u also under "Obangos in Hours of Labour,

01

6 '

> *

. 1

* " 4 1 !.'

* to

Per

:!^78s. ^ ' ■ •

‘'‘“ W. per ton over«aws mtt ct&na. Teek p K

■P®iTeei;foS5

^ ter e h ^ ; ojg.drirera, BSs.;

js-perveek.j)d toniu rate,

j>Jii&.perweekto

dmins rate after jicept routers and iB0Bi!ttrs,lMi6i : Iters and mouitters,

rate alter

inm time-nto (Sfe. 3D Decanber, Wl».

flie “ f f “5or cotter*. IOOP* : .«A OT*l

lot'Si«4i.a

dipt SCO'

ted

1

I

tfiei change for one- ; (Sfl? Decision

Jaunary, 1921. CHANGES IN WAGES AND HOURS.

PRINCIPAL, CHANGKS IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING DECEMBER, 1920—(confinwcd)

I I

Trade,

Coopcnnu • ^

Sawmilliog 9 9

I

Glass Bottle Manufacture. *1

Baking and Confectionery

Trades, <

Locality.

Glasgow and District ..

Tyne District® .. « 9

Great B ritaint ♦ f

Glasgow • • « 9

Northumberland, Dur­ham, and Middles­brough.

Wolverhampton ..

Winchester « 9

Abertillery

M erthyr Tydfil ..

Newport (certain firms)

Pontypridd andRhondda.

Tredegar .. • 9 » #

Aberdeen .. 9 9

Dunfermline

Dumbarton and District

Dundee i I

Dalmellington and Troon

Edinburgh and Leith ..

Falkirk and Stirling

Glasgow

Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow.

Hamilton and D is tric t..

Inverness and Peebles .. P erth .................................

Dublin <9 9 9 *

Londonderry 9 9 9 9

— y. «

Date fro m ! which change

took effect.

Goonpations, Particulars of change.

FURNITUAug.

6 Dec.

CHEMI4 Got.

4 Oct.

13 Dec.

U D cc. '

21 Oct.

8 Dec. >20 Nov.

27 Dec.

6 Dec.

20 Dec.

RE AND WOODWORKING TRADESOoopers’ apprentices

Labourers employed in sawmills

CAL, GLASS. BRICK, POTTERY, ETCGloss bottle blowers, finishers, gatherers,

etc.Furnacem en and warehouse workers 9 $

OOD, DRINK, AND TOBACCO TRADEManagers em ployed by co-operative

societies in the bread-baking and confectionery trades.

Adult males employed in the bread-, baking and confectionery trades.

oofitinued).Scale of w eekly wages adopted, s tarting a t 20s. for

m ■ AAflB M ^ ■ _ _ «0rst year, and jnereasine w ith each year o£ Bervieeto 30s. for th ird year and to 70s. for fifth year.

Increase of 2d. per hour (Is. Od. to Is. lid .).

., TRADES.Increase of 5 per cent, on gross earnings.

Increase of 4i per cent, on curren t rates to furnace men, and of 4 per cent, on curren t rates to w are housemen, women and boys.

S.

Workpeople employed in the bread- baking and confectionery trades.

20 Dec.

Adult males employed in the b read-‘ dcbaking and confectionery trades.

27 Dec.

13 Dec.

19 Dec.

27 Dec.

20 Dec.

27 Dec.

13 Dec.

> Bakers and confectioners # 0 I «

27 Dec.

13 Dec.

25 Dec. 27 Dec.

1s t pay day

after 16 Oct.

J

Workpeople employed in the bread bak­ing and confectionery trades

T ab lehands............................................O v e n s m e n ........................................ 'A pprentices................................. ’’

Rates adop ted ,'starting a t £5 per w eek for 50 sacks per week in bread section, or £50 sales per week In confectionery, &c„ section, and increasing by 5s. per w eek for every additional 25 sacks or £25 sales to £8 per w eek for 360 sacks or £350 sales, and then by 5s. per w eek for every additional 50 sacks or £50 sales.7

Bonus of 5s. per week. Rates a fte r change: fore­hands, 80s. or 89s.; doughm akers, 83s. or 80s.; single- hands, 84s.: secondhanas; 82s.; tablehands, 80s.

Increase of 8s. per week. R ate a fte r change for table- bands, 72s.

Increase of 10s. per week. Rate a fte r ohange for table- hands, 90s.

Increase of 19s. per week. Rates after change; fore­hands and singlehands, lOOs.; secondhands, 95s. ; tablehands, 90s,

Increase of lOs. per week. R ate a fte r change for table- hands, 90s.

Increase of 10s. per w eek to adu lt males and propor­tionate increases to females and juniors. Rato a fte r change for adu lt male tablehands, 90s.$

Increase of 14s. per week. R ate a fte r change for tablehands, 94s.

Increase of 7s. 6d. per week- R ate after change 93s. 6d.

Increase of 7s. 6d. per week.95s. 6d.

Increase of 7s. 6d. per week.97s. 6d.

Increase of 5s. per w eek to adu lts and proportionate increase to apprentices. B ate a fte r change for adults, 95s.

Increase of 7s. 6d. per week. R ate a fte r change 93s. 6d.

Increase of 7s. 6d. per w eek to adults and propor­tionate increase to apprentices. R ate after change for adults, 96s. 6d.

Increase of 7s. 6d per week. Rate a fte r change : 94s. 6d.

Increase of 7s. 6d per week to adults and propor­tionate inereases to jobbers and apprentices. R ate a fte r change for adults, 97s. 6d.

Increase of 7s. 6d. per week. R ate after ch an g e : 97s. 6d.

Increase of 7s. 6d. per week. R ate after change : 97s. 6d.

Increase of 5s. per week. Rate a fte r change, 78s.Increase of 7s. 6d. per w eek to adults and propor­

tionate increases to jobbers and apprentices. Rate after change for adults, 92s. 6d.

R ate after change

R ate afte r change :

Increase of lOs. per week (84s. to 94s.).|. Increase of 12s. 6d. per week (94s. to 106s. 6d.

Bakers’ helpers (inside workers) ..

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18 Oct.

1st pay day after

8 Dec.

Vanmen, motormen, charge hands, shop assistants, &c., employed in bakeries.

Clerks employed m the baking and con­fec tionery trades

M ales................................

Females

Workpeople employed in the baking and confectionery trade : —

Table hands, donghmen, and oven- men.

Jobbers .......................Bread servers Packers ......................

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Labourers

New scale of w eekly rates adopted, resulting in in­creases of from Is. 3d. to 8s. per week. Rates after change: 30s. during the f ir s t year, and increasing to 52s, during fourth year of service.!!

W eekly rates adopted of 37s. for those under 18 years, 50s. for those 18 to 21 years, and 70s. for those over 21 years.!!

Increases of 6s. per w eek to vanmen, m otorm en and stablemen, of 4s. per w eek to checkers and y a rd ­men and all other ad u lt m a les ; female charge hands and shop assistants to receive 3s. per week where in receipt of 18s. w ith board, and 4s per w eek w here in receipt o f 34s. w ith rooms, b u t w ith ­out b o a rd ; no increase to bo granted w here wages and commission (com puting board as being w orth 20s. per week) exceed 42s. per week. Minimum rates a fte r change: vanmen, 81s.: m otorm en and stablemen, 70s.; checkers and yardm en, 68s.

Increase of 8s. per week to those a t present receiving from 40s. per w eek to 60s. per week, of 6s. per week to those receiving from 61s. to 80s. per week, and of 5s. per week to those receiving 81s. and o v er; pro­vided th a t those a t present receiving 61s. per week shall receive a rate of 68a. per weok.V

Increase of 8s. per w eek to those a t present receiving under 20s, per week, and of 5s. per week to those receiving 20s. per week and over.1T

Increase of 7s. per week. Rate after change for table- hands, S2s.

Increase of Is. 6d. per dav (12s. 6d. to 14s.).Increase of 6s. per week.Increase of 5s. per week. Hates after change, 62s 6d

to 57s. 6d.Increase of 5s. per week. Rates after change, 47s. 6d

to 57s. 6d. ‘ ■

t Shields^ and Tyne Dock. “National Federation of Glass Bottle WorSrs.'^^*^^ Association of Glass Bottle M anufacturers of G reat Britain and Ireland, and theaddition of tUe^^othe^?* confectionery are carried on under the same management, the wages are to be based on the larger trade scale, w ith 25 per cent

I for night work,

lent of 30s?pe r week . l*ro\ide meals they are to be valued as follows:—dinner, Is. 9d .; tea, 9 d .; board and lodging ihall be deomod the equiva

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Trade. Locality.

Date from which

change took

effect

Uounpatlooi. Partteulani of rhosge.

(D eeutuu In ItaUeM.)

POOD. DRINK, AND TOBACCO TRADES— (/r o iif iW /f) .

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1 Doc. •

Beer UottUoK .. London • •

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Doc.t

Browing • > # • N o t t i n g h a m fih ir e , Dorbyehlro, and Lln>colnihirod

I Oct.

Ireland 13 Doc.

Other Food Trades.

London (.SmithHeld) 11 Dec.

Gloagow and Districts t t

Aberdeen,Buckle,Froi*cr- burglL Lerwick, Mont­rose, retorhoad. Wick, and Great Yarmouth.

20 Doc.

LeatherTannine, olc.

BrodforiL Halifax, Ret­ford. Rochdale Tod-

6 Dec.

morden and District.

Basket makiog Yorkshire 6 Dec.

Coffin Furniture* and O rem ent Making.

Great Britain t i

' 1 London

Otlter Trades and Occu- ^ pations.

Northumberland, Dur­ham, Camberland. and Westmorland.

KlectricltySupplyUndertakings.

London District I fr

13 Doc. •

I Nov.

SO Aug.

7 Aug.

Bradford • « ♦ 4

LocalAuthority

Services.Proton (Ribble Naviga­

tion).

1st pay day in Nov.

Ut pay after 8 Deo. 13 Oct.

Inside workers emidoyod In the l>eer bottling trade

M ates......................................................

Females

weekly rate* adopted «urtiairat7s.6d. at IS yean of ag^ and In-reaelog with CMb

year of i^e to 40s. at 16 yean, 6»i. 6d. at 20 years.

Carters, etc., employed In the l>eor bottling trade.

rn I ----* — • — DecteioflNo, 672 on p. 44.)S « lo of minimum weekly rates adopted of 24*. at

16 years. 28s. at 17 /ears, and 36s. at IS years and over. {Sft Dedsion No. 672 on p. 44.)

nchedula of mloiiBoni voekly rotM tidopladoiyl oo iDcreoM of 4s. per week granted on tbeee rates.) Ratee after change; Chrmei, ono-hone light, 66s. heary, 70*.: two-horse light. TIs heavy. 71s.; bone- keepers, 70s.; steam wagon drivers, 83a, stokers.

Men 31 years of ago and over emptu) cd in breweries (indoor workers),

Workoeopio employed in the sugar confectionery, and food preserving trades

M atos........................................................

Females .............................................

Pieceworkers ..................................

66s.': jpeirol wagon drivers, 15 ewto. to 2 torw, 76a,2 t o r - —over 2 tons, 63s. (.See Decision No. 672 on p. 41)

Minimum rates a/loptcd of 70s. per week for Grade A---------------- . . . ------------towns, 66s. per week for G r^ e B, and 61s. per week for Grade C4

New scale of minimum rales Qxed, under Trade Boards Acts, remiltliw la Increases varying from la. to 4a per week. Hlnimnm rate after change at23 years and over, 64*. i«r week or Is. lid . per hour. IS u Order on p. 716 of December OAXirnL)

New scale of m inim um rates fixed, under Trade Boards Acta, resulting In increases varying from 3i. to 4a per week. Minimum rate after chuige at 16 Tears and over, 31s. per week or 7|d. per hour. <S«e Order on d. 716 of December GAZBrnu

Increase, under Trade Boards Acu. of Id. and Id. per

Outside meat market porters • 4 9 f

Barmen employed in the licensed trade : — Charge hands ..................................

hour in the piecework hoata time rate to males and females reei^UTely. Minimum rates afterchaiMe:

. males, la 4u .; females. 6^1. iSe* (3rder on p. 716 of December Qazkite.)

j Increase of 4a per week. Minimum rate after change:1 74a

B -ale of minimum weekly rates adopted, starting at

4 Dec, <

80a in sboM with staff of 3 or less Gncloding charge hand) and increasing by 6a for farh udlU onal employee to 9Gs. In shope with staff of 6 (ioclodinf

Second handscharge hands). (See Decision No. 6A6 on p. 44.)

.'^ le of mlnlmnm w eek^ fates adopted, starHog at 65a In shop* with stallfor each additional employee to 80a In shops with

of 2. and increasing by 5a

Counter hands

Fishery coopers

MISCELLANEOUS TRADESBuffalo picker makers, tanaor* and skip

makera

Basket, skip and hamper makers ..

Males 21 years of age and over Timeworkers

staff of 6. (.'C's Decision No. 8f<6 on p. 44.)Beale of minimum weekly ratee adopted, starting oft

28a at Id and niKler 17 yeara and increasing with each year of age to S6a at 16 and under 19 yeara and to 65e. at 21 years and over. iS tt Decision No 5S0 on p. 44.)

IncreauM orii ifrd in July. 1930 (see p. 461 of LAOOtTB OazbttB) on ratta adopted in 1918icUAdrdtrs, reaulUng in a dtereaae of 14s. per weak totiauiroriurt, and an equivalent dfcroate Is pteeeicork rates, fuxte a^ter ehanpe/or ttmeicorkeri^SiM.\

Minimum hourly rates adopted of La 7d. for skilled workers, la 6id. for semi-skilled, and ia 4d. fornnakUlw, and piece rates fixed so os to enable a worker to earn 16 per cenk above day-work rates.

Increase, under sUdlng scale, of V per cent, on York­shire list prices, making wages 186 per lonL andper cent, above the list for pieceworkers and time- workers rw*pecti^ iT*

of 9a 6d. per week. Minimum rates after change:invert. Grade 1,80a, Grade lL,87aod.,

Grade ILL, 93s. 6d.: pclitktrt and piamUhert {tneJml^inp ichteUrtK Grad# I.. 8 la 6d.. Grade IL. 90a 6d.. Grade ILL, 96a 6d .; paekere, rouph ttartlkoumuten and

Ficcoworker*

jlipo/cAerr: less than 1 yesir‘s experieooe, 6da 6d.. not less than 1 but le « than 6 years’ experience, 83a 6(L, not less than 6 year*’ experience, 69a 8d. {See Order on p. 716 of December Oa u t t b .)

Minimum pit.i.'ework basis time-rates fixed, under Trade BoarLs Acts, at 12i per cent, in excess of the

Workpeople-employed in the cork trade

appropriate minimum um e-ratea {See Order on p. 716 of December Oa u t t b .)

Increase, under sliding scale, of 6 per cena on basic1919, to timsworkers and piece-

Musicians employed In cinematograph tbeatrea

PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES.

rates of Aogusa workers, making wages 25 per ceoa above the basic ratea Rates after change: warehousemen, packera portera eto„ 76a : sorters, ordennen, macblnlsta noichera 81a Sd.; pasber*-off. 87a M .: first class women sorters. 50a

Increase of 6a per week In minimum ratoa Mini­mum ratee after change: ('loss A hoosea Class B, 66a ; Cja«" C. 48a

Electrical fitters, electrician*, electrical wiremen, plumber lointers aud arma­ture winders,

Elei'trlcal fitters' matea elei'inciaos. wlremons’, Jointers and armature winders' mates (auxiliary workmen over 21 years of age, other than apprentice*, employea Journeymen).

Hourly rate Increased to 3s. 5i<L forquoUfied joarney- men.

in assisting

Minimum rate of la Hid. per hour fixed (La per t*oat. of the rate paid to lully quaUfiod Journey­men).

Navvies and labourers emplt^ad by Gor­ge wiporatlon at I’uleley Bridge waterworks.

Crews of dredging and towing plant

locresisd of Id. per hour (la 9d. to la lOiLX lArs Deci^on No. 566 on p. 45).

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Additional boouse* of 6a per week to men. and of 4a per week to youths making totsd advance* over pre-w ar m t«i of 48a 0d„ and of 34a 3d. per week to men and youths m speettm ly. ________________

•T he change took effect under an Award to which the London Bear Bottlers' A-*ociatioo (roproiooiiag cerum National Union of Vehicle Workers. The United Vehicle Workers and the National Fedoralloo of Uomco WorXers >

t'The Hche bile of minimum rates took effect as from 1st Oecumber and the jucrouso o( 4a per weex from me

firm*) and the Workers’ Unioa, The were partlea

beginning uf the first pay period after

ru t., described w eroom boJ«;U naQ a»r..ujoD lurrlv^MolbourLc, .Newark, Is placed to an inter-

I Tbs mioiimuu rates described were oiabodiea in an agrecmoni urnveu ui oy mu jom i m uu mBeer Bottlers and Maltitera NorUi Mldiafld Area. Toe towns included in the various gr^e* followsDerby, Grimsby. iJkiston. Lincoln. Manslleld. ond Nottingham. G/udr ^ -B oston ,sbaid^low, andW m ford . t/r .i* J.-Alford-Brlgg. Crowle. ^ g h a m . mediate grade between A and B wlUi a rat# 2a below A. It bos been reported to the Department that the rales are not in gcDcrai operauua *

»r tuo induitrla. Cour., to wblcb the OI..«ow aod DUtrict U e .n « d TW lr D .t.oco a » x .i .u o o uat th .

l ” wM” furtL"V?ooTtim t, ow loj to .laek trade and unemoloyment, the oumbor ol bw rel. made by pl«M wotk.r. dtould b . r»u .cted that ih , weekly earnings should not exceed 6ds.

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PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING'DECEMBER, m O — (continued)

f Trade. Locality.

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Burnley

Liverpool (Corporation Tramways).

Per

3 from4 o ,K iu 'k » lte it

lot».

te Ifur i.'l &

S S | s'^OriBroap.*^;!

2tua rate after change:

starting «

yMoI5(iadndiof•No.B6onp.44.) s » opted, starting a) ^ i w ^ b r k .JO 8k in shops-with o6onp.4l) a adopted, starting at ^ UKreaaag with

ad under 19 yean, and (S« Decision Xo 536

(see jk 451 (if Angvl l^n£term5er,]91^ vte ( / Ik. per Koi ti dfertate in piomirt

whenSU.!

7i for shilled and U 4d. for as to enable a y-work rates, cent, on Tork- yc cent and rkers and tune*

Manchester

Oldham

# • 9 •

Birmingham # 0

East Midland Area* 9 0

LocalAuthority < Ser\ice9—

(continued).

Counties of Gloucester, Somerset and W ilt- shire.J

London (CountyCouncil).

forinalifiedJioorDeJ’'

Date from which change

took effect

Occupations. Particu lars of change.

(Decreases in italics.)

1st pay period after

8 Dec. 1 st pay period after

2 Dec.

1 Dec.

15 Dec.

0 Aug.

BLIC UTILITY SERVICES— ).Navvies and general labourers employed IncreaKe of Id. per hour (Is. 9d. to Is. lOd.). (»S'ec

by Corporation a t Huratwood Reservoir. Decision No. 664 on p. 4.5.)

Drivers, conductors and depot employees.

C arters em ployed in the Corporation Cleansing, Paving, Public Health, River and W aterworks Departm ents.

Carters employed in the Corporation Carrying and Cleansing D epartm ent.

Public Works D epartm ent employees ..

5 Aug. Parks D epartm ent employees « • t 0

1st pay in Aug.

July.

H ealth inspectors and baths', art-gallery and m arkets' attendants, etc.

Refuse Disposal D epartm ent em ployees..

t Manual w orkers employed by local authorities (non-trading services).

Grade A ..................... *(County Boroughs).

G rade B ..................................(Boroughs and Urban D(s(r(c(s population 20,000 and over).

Grade C .................................(Boroughs and Urba?i Districts- population under JO,000).

Grade D .......................(Rural District Councils).

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23 Sept.Y

Manual workers employed by local authorities (non-trading services)

Grade A (See note t below)Grade B1 (See note X below)Grade B2 (See note X below)Grade C l (Sec note i below)Grade D (See note J below)

Main Drainage, H ighw ays and Mental Hospital Services:—

Stokers, coal trimmers, engine and crane drivers, oilers and cleaners, sw itchboard attendants, subw ay- men, water-softeners, b a t t e r y attendants, gas m akers and stokers, and disinfectors (able-bodied men 21 years and over).

Flushers, penstock and airgrate- cleaners, watchm en, messmen and labourers (not matos to skilled mechanics), (able-bodied men 18 years and over)

Increase of 4s. 6d. per week. Rates after change; drivers, 78s. 5d, to 85s. 9d .; conductors, 73s. 8d. to 83s. 4 d .; sbedmen, 74s. 6d. to 82s. 6d., plus an allow ­ance of Is. per night for eaoh n igh t w o rk ed ; labour­ers, 73a. lid . per week. (See Decision No. 581 on p. 45.)

Increase of 8s. per w eek. (66s. to 74s.).

Decrease of 6s. per week (76s. to 70s.).

Increase of lOd. per shift to w atchm en and of 5s. per w eek to other classes. Rates after change : gangers and tim ekeepers, 75s. and 90s. 5 patchers and stone- spreaders, 72s.; carters and yardm en, 73s.; scaven­gers and labourers, 71s.; sew er tim berm en and pipelayers, 75s.

Increase of from 7s. to 10s. per w eek to head gardeners and park-keepers and of 6s. per week to other classes. Rates a fte r change: head gardeners and park-keepers, 75s. to 80s.: carters, policemen, gardeners and labourers, 71s. to 73s.

Bonus of 6s. per week (66s. to 71s.).

Increase of 3s. per week to boatm en and of 5s. per w eek to other classes. Rates a fte r ch an g e : boat­men, 98s.; stokers, 79s.; chargers, 75s.; ashmen, 73s.; w harfm en and general labourers, 71s.

M inimum rates of wages for a w orking w eek of 47 hours adopted as follows

Engine drivers (stationary, steam roller and sewage disposal) and labourers on sewage con­struction and m aintenance, Is. lOd. per hour : stokers (destructors and sewage disposal), Is. 8d. per h o u r ; road and general labourers, street and road scavengers, gulley cleaners, g rave-diggers, fillers an d w heelers a t de­structors, labourers (excluding those on sewage farms), pail washers, engine drivers' assistants and stokers (baths and sanatorium s), la. 6d. per h o u r ; gardeners and gardeners' labourers, Is, 5d. per h o u r; m ale attendants, caretakers, porters, cleaners and lam plighters, 66s. 7d. per w eek ; fem ale attendants, 35s. per week.*

Engine-drivers, Is. 8d. per hour j stokers (destruc­tors and sewage disposal). Is. 7d. per h o u r ; grave-diggers, fillers and wheelers a t destruc­tors, pail-w ashers, engine-drivers’ assistants and labourers (excluding those on sewage farms), Is. 5d. per h o u r : road and general labourers, scavengers, gulley cleaners, garden­ers, etc., Is. 4d. per hou r; m ale attendants, caretakers, porters, cleaners and lam plighters, 62s. M. per week.*

Engine-drivers, Is. 6d. per h o u r ; road and general labourers, scavengers, gulley cleaners, grave­diggers, fillers and wheelers a t destructors, labourers (excluding those on sewage farms), pail-w ashers’ and engine-drivers’ assistants, Is. 3d. per hour ; m ale attendants, caretakers, porters, cleaners and lam plighters, 54s. lOd. per w e e t*

Engine-drivers, Is. 6d. per h o u r ; road and general labourers, scavengers, gulley cleaners, grave­diggers, fillers and wheelers a t destructors, labourers (excluding those on sewage farms), pail-w ashers, engine-drivers’ assistants, etc., Is. 3d. (industrial areas) and la. 2d. per hour (agricultural areas).*

M inimum rates of wages, according to grade, adopted for able-bodied men as follows

M inimum wage of 70s. per week.1 M inimum wage of 65s. per week.J M inimum w age of 62s. per w eeki M inimum wage of 57s. per w eek.l M inimum wage of 47s. per week (based on the

principle of la. per week above the agricultural rate)!.

Increase of 4s. per week or 8d. per day or sh ift worked, making total advances over p re-w ar rates of 40s. 6d. per week, or 6s. 9d. per day or shift, plus a bonus of 12J per cent, on earnings. (See Decision No. 582 on p. 45,)

Increase of 4s. 6d. per week or 9d. per day or shift worked, making to tal advances ofi47s, 6d. per week, or 7s. l id . per day or shift over pre-w ar rates. (Sec Decision No, 582 on p, 45.)

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Bwadlincote. West Bridgford and Worksop. '*'*^*^^” ' Grantham , Heanor, Hinckley, Ilkeston, Kettering, Loughborough, Mansfield, Ripley, Rnshden, (xrade C.—Asbby-de-la-Zonch, Melton Mi (j^d e D.—Blackwell, Bourne, B rackley,' t The Provincial Council recommended tus

later in 1920 fixed by local arrangements, ----------^ 44v/oaa

services: n ia n a a rw o r^ r8l^Co?tbe^CoMtfe8 of^Glonrft?^^^ Industrial Council for Local Authdritiea (non-tradinirwhich have adopted these minimum names of th rc o im uGrade 4 .-T h e County Borough of BristSf. ^ available, bu t the rates are reported to have been recognised by the following Councils

the Urban District Council of Kingswood.District Councils of Burnham-on-Sea and Frome.

District Councils of Bradtord-on-Avon, Midsomer Norton, Minehead, Radstock and M alS “Ta^7on^^^^^^ Crewkerne and Ilm inster and the Rural District Councils of Chard, Marlborough. Ramsbury. Shepton

from la £ r d S ? 1 0 2 0 rat e, should date Irom 21et April, but in mauj- ease, the increases resulting took effect. 11 1 he increases were arranged in December with retrospoctivo paym ent fr om the date shown.

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PRINOIPAL (JHANGEH IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING DECEM

Trade.

, 19*2(>—(c'/9tfiiriMKil

Locality.

Dale from which chaoKC

took effect

Ocrupatiooa Partictilar* or chae«o.}-

LocalAuthoritySerrlcoa—{••ontintietl).

Plymouth

Alrdrlo

Kdlobargb .. i i ♦ «

Kirkcaldy .. I •

l i n x b u r t r h ( C o u n t y Council).

PU BLIC UTILITY SERVICES-(/?o« //m /iB Kept. 1 Dec.

O oflilttore.......................Uoadt Departmoot employee^ • s

jncraaao or l»i per boor />.. to to. Id.». ji,I Itureaeo* ot m . ttcr week to road roremao aod rollef<i'

3 Dec.

Int pay after 3 Dec. 0 Bopt.

Hinmon and wheeiere In Cleanitov De­partment.

I'avlorB employed by Corporation Tram- wayn Department.

ciaMo^***^ ^ to to. per week to othertncrcoM of Tmi. r>rr wfMk itfiiM > . x i_____

iiM., w u m e n , ttm. ann toe. per week.P«r week <77a W to

88b. W.).* i.4< Decieion No. fi62on p. M ;

r» Got.Carters and eweeperH in Cloaonintf De­

partm entRoadmen em ployed by the Jedliurtrh

Dtatrlct Committee.

[nrreaie of U. 6d. per week. Rato* after changecarter*. 7to. 6d .; Bweeperi, 7U. 6d. per

Inoreaee of 6a per week (46*. to SPa).eek.

P U IN U IP A L C H A N G E S IN H O U R S OF L A B O U R R E P O R T E D D U R IN G D E C E M B E R , 1920 ( t

Trade. Locality.

Date from which change

took effect

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Ocoupatloni. Particular* of change.'■< 1

Uuildlng

CullomptoD

I Tayiitock

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4 a

Tiverton

Stono Carving.. Glaagow Picture Frame Ix>n<foDt

Making.Haklng and Dublin

Confectionery.

2 Dec.

18 .\ug.4 or 0 D<jc

Nov,

HrickluyerB, carpcnteni ‘ and JolnorB, plumber*, painten and labourer*.

Bricklayun. moAona carpenters and Joiners, plumbers, plasterers, painters, and tabourera

Bricklayers, masons, carpenters and Join­ers. plumbers, painters and iaboorurs.

Ktone carvers

Uniform week of 41 boors adoptad.t

Uniform week of 44 hours adoptofl.f: T

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Decrease of 3 | hours per week in summer (474 to 44>.f

Decrease of 1 hour per week (17 to U U

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Workpeople employed in the bread bak Ing and confo<itlonory trailes.

• An advanuo of .3ld. lo r hou r wan gran ted bu t a deduction of 4d. per boar wus mAila in < t «. i. .leaving a net iDcrooso of 2|d. per hour. of s^B^clal l>eocflt« allowed to those employee

t Sfe also under “ Changes in Rates of Wages."I f

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MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.4

INDUSTRIAL DISEASES AND FATAL ACCIDENTS.

DISEASES OF OCCUPATIONS.T hk to ta l number of cases* of poisoninfr and of an th rax reported to the Home Office under the Factory and W ork­shop Act during December, 1920, was 22. Two deaths were reported during the month, 1 due to lead poisoning in the pottery in d u stn ' and 1 to an th rax resulting from handling and so rting of hidcri and skins.

FATAL INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.T hk number of workpeople, o ther than si-amen, reported M kdled course of the ir employment during

Five cases of lead ^oiserning (including 4 deaths) amongstdhouse pain ters and plumbers came to the knowledge of the

Home Office during December, hut notification of thesecases is not obligatory. The ca.ses of poisoning and an th rax

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December. 1920, was 250. ns compared with 254 in the previous month, and 265 a year ago.

The d istribution of such fa tal accidents among the various trades is as follows; —

are analysed below:(a) 0A8B8 OF Lead Poiboninq. ' (6) Casks o r Otubk Fobms of

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Lead4 44 4 4 4

Among Operatives enj Smelting of Metals Plumbing and SolderingP r in tin g ........................F i le C u tt in g

Hardening Tinnizig of Metali Other Contact

Molten Lead ..White and Bed

Works ...Potteryt —Vitreous Enamelling Eleotrio Aoonmulator

Works ...Paint and Colour Works Xndiambber Works Coaoh and Car Painting Shipbuilding Paint used in other In

dnstriesOther Industries

4 4 4

• 4 4

4 4 4 1• « •

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P o is o n in g . sronrial Poisoning— Barometer and Ther­

mometer Making Other Indnstries

Phoephoms Poisoning ... ! Arsenio Poisoning I Toxic Janndioe—

Arseninretted Hydrogen , Qas I Other

Epitheliomatons Ulcera­t io n -

Paraffin Pitch

, TarChrome Ulceration

4 4 4

4 4 4

14 4 4

4 4 4

RAILWAY SSHVICK.Brakesmen and Goods

Guards.........................Engine D rivers..............F irem en ..............Guards (Passenger) Permanent Waymen Porters Shunters .Mechanics Labourers Miscellaneons Contractors' f

• « a

4 4 4

4 4 4 4 4 4

I 4 4 4 4 4

4 4 4

4 4 4

FAOTOR1B8 AND WORKSHOPS—(cotiiim uad) :

Non-Textile—(ccn/tiittAQ;Gao .................................Wood ...Clay, Stone, Ac.Cbemioalo laundries Food DrinkPaper, Printing, Ac.Other Non-Textile In-

dnstriee

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4 4 f

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« 4 » 4 4 4 31• 4 4 TOTAL, RAILWAY SBBVICK 36

4 4 4

4 4 4

MINES.Underground Surface ..............

TOTAL, FAOTOR1X8 AND W O B X 8B O P S.................. 8.T A. I

4 4 4

TOTAL, MINKS 4 4 4 103

4 4 4

TOTAL OTHKB FORMS OF POISONING • • • 11 quABBiBS over 30 feet deep 0

24 4 4 a • a

4 4 4 4 4 4 • •

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TOTAL OF ABOVE 4 4 4

(c ) Cask s OF A n t h r a x — WoolHandling of Horsehair... Handling and Sorting

of Hides and Skins (Tanners, Fellmongers, Ao.)

Other Industries

1

4 4 4 4 4 4 14 4 4

HOUSE PAINTING AND PLUMBING 4 4 4 4 4 4 TOTAL, ANTHRAX • « •

* CUmh include all attacks reported to the Home OfUce duriotf the tuuntb aud not proviounly reported, so far a>t is known, during tbo preceding 1 months. Deatht include all fatal cases reported during the month, whether inolnded (as cases) in prevlons returns or not.

t The person affected in the Pottery industry was n male.

PAOTORIBS AND WORKSHOPS.Textile—

Cotton • e e e e e • • •

Wool and WorstedOther Textiles ..............

N'on-Teztile—Extraction of Metals ... Conversion of Metals ... Founding of Metals Marine, Locomotive, and

Motor Engineering ...Ship and Boat Building

ACCIDENTS REPORTED UNDER FAUTOBT ACT, BA lO i-5 —Dooks, Wharvee and

Quays ...WarehonsesBnildings to which Act

applies.........................

4 4 4

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coidenta reported under Notice of Aooidents Act, 1894 4 # 4 4 4 4 1

Total (excluding Sea men) 4 4 4 3.’M)

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CO-OPERATIVEq u a r t e r l y r e t u r n s o f

W HOLESALE SOCIETIES.ALES.

Names of Societies and

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Distributive Departments Productive ^

SCO TT ISH W H O L E S A L E SO C IE T Y

Distributive Departments Productive ..E N Q U S H A N D SCO TT ISH

W H O L E S A L E SO O IB T IE S JO IN T C O M M IT T E E :—

Productive Departm ents ..

I r i s h a g r i c u l t u r a l W H O L E S A L E S O C IE T Y :—

Distributive D epartm ents..

T otal-D istribu tive D epart­ments ................................

Total—Productive Depart­ments ................................

Sales* in th ird quarter of

1920. 1019.

£

26,310,4028,794,135

23,095,8876.682,567

7,177.5072,498,034

143,461 172,691 78,450 - 1 7 ‘6 + 81*6

33,839,077 28,244,213

11,435,230 8,776,841

5,863,7711,921,693

1915.

19,340,6633,111,671

2,800.717988,160

351,168 294.556 77,348 +19*2 +354*0

Grand Total

13,218,718

4,178,271

Percentage Increase (+ ) or Decrease (—1

com pared w ith

Fiveyearsago.

! +19*1 : +31*6

+154*4+182*6

1 +22'6 ! +30*0

+ 168*3 +152*9

..145,274,307 ;37,021.054 17.396.989 +22-5 i +160*2

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Selected Urban Areas.*

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West District N orth District Central D istrict East D istrict .South D istrict .

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POOR-LAW RELIEF IN GREAT BRITAIN.(Date supplied by the M inistry of H ealth in England, and

the Board of H ealth in Scotland.)T he number of persons relieved on one day in December, 1920 in the 31 selected areas named below, corresponded to a rate of 164 per 10,000 of population, showing an increase of 11 per 10,000 on the previous month, and of 35 per 10,000 on a year ago.

Compared with November, the total number relieved increased by 19,276 (or 7*1 per cent.). The number of indoor recipients of relief incre^ised by 1,689 (or 1*5 per cent.), and the number of outdoor recipients increased by 17,587 (or 11*0 per cent.). The Cardiff and Swansea district showed no change, and every other district an increase. The largest increase was in the West Ham district (98 per 10,000).

Compared with December, 1919, the total number relieved increased by 64,351 (or 28*4 per cent.). The number of indoor recipients of relief increased by 8,598 (or 8*2 per cent.), and the number of outdoor recipients increased by 55,753 (or 45*6 per cent.). Every district showed an increase, the greatest being in the West Ham district (126 per 10,000), East Metropolitan district (118 per 10,000), South Metropolitan district (78 per 10,000), North Metro­politan district (60 per 10,000) and in the Central Metro­politan district (55 per 10,000). Three districts showed increases ranging from 35 to 40 per 10,000, sixteen from 10 to 28 per 10,000 and in 7 districts the increases were under 10 per 10,000 of the population.

Tri.'sh statistics for December are not available.

Other Districts.Newcastle D istrict Stockton and Teea

D is tric t.......................Bolton, Oldham, etc. .. Wigan D is tr ic t.. Manchester D istrict Liverpool District Bradford District Halifax and Hudders­

field .......................Leeds D istrict .. Barnsley D istrict Sheffield District Hul) D istrict ..N orth Staffordshire .. Nottingham D istric t.. I^ icester D istrict W olverhampton Dis­

tric t «. «. ••Birm ingham D istrict.. Bristol D is tr ic t.. Cardiff and S w ansea ..

Total " o th e r D istricts ”

SCOTLAND.!G lasgow D istrict . Paisley & Greenock Dist. Edinburgh & Leith D is t Dandee and DunfermlineA b e r d e e n .......................Coatbridge and A irdrie..

Total for the above Scottish D istricts

Total for above 81 D is-1 tric ts in Bee., 1920 1

PauDors on one day id Inoreaso ( + ) orDecember, 1020, Decrease (—)

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10,000 of Population aap6r

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XyavUVOf Esti­ w ith am atedPopu­lation.

1Month Year

1ago. ,

iago.

8,581 4,192 12,773 158 +22 + 3510,166 10,120 20,282 204 +10 + 602,861 1,439 4,303 331 +26 + 659,333 11,561 20,894 320 +13 +118

17,900 24,012 41,912 218 +13 + 78

48,834 51,330 100a64 222 +14 + 71

3,935 18,181 22,116 272 +98 +126

2,057 5,310 7.367 145 + 2 + 19

044 3,074 4,018 163 + 2 + 283,450 2,686 6,036 72 + 3 + 31,558 4,685 6,143 135 + 2 + 57,737 5.986 13,723 129 + 6 + 209.147 11,209 20,356 172 + 3 + 281,768 1,546 3,313 88 + 4I

+ 9

1,145 2,137 3,282 84 + 7 + 142.174 2,966 5,140 106 + 3 + 16

801 4,097 4,898 146 + 3 + 52,448 3,285 5,733 112 + 1 + 151,605 4,772 6.377 191 + 5 + 101,705 3,669 6.274 126 + 3 + 31,911 3,989 6,900 121 + 2 + 101,142 1,830 2,978 124 + 6 + 14

2,936 4,939 7,875 110 + 3 + 75,825 4,444 10,269 119 + 8 + 182,485 2,715 6,200 130 + 6 + 82,122 6,663 7.685 162 4 4 + 13

62,960 78.607 131,567 ■ 127 + 4 + 14

3,660 17,795 21,455 222 + 9 + 39704 1,940 2,644 133 + 6 + 16

1,438 4,215 5,663 139 + 1 + 20694 2,117 2,811 139 + 6 + 23402 2,035 2,437 142 + 2 + 14337 1,774 2,111 197 + 7 + 40

7,235 29.876 37,111 181 + 6 + SO

112,964 177,994 290,958 164 +11 + 35

* These urban arefis include, In the case of England and Wales, m ore than one poor-law union, except in the Leicester, Birm ingham and West Ham d is tr ic ts ; and more than one parish in the case of Scotland, except in the Aberdeen district.

! Exclusive of C asuals; of Patients in the Fever and Sm all-pox Hospitals of the M etropolitan Asylums Boards : of Lunatics in Asylums, Kegistered Hospitals and Licensed Houses ;.ana of persons receiving out­door medical relief only,

LEGAL CASES, OFFICIAL NOTICES, ETC.

LEGAL CASES AFFECTING LABOUR.W orkmen's Compensation Acts.

Accident Ar isin g out of E mployment : B reach by W ork­man OP Statutory R egulation : Added P e r il : C oal M in e s ’ Ac t s ; R eturning too soon to M is s e d -fir e Sh o t ; P assing beyond F ence into D anger Ar ea ; A ct Outside Sph ere of E m ploym ent .

A WORK3IAN injured by accident in the course of his employment is not entitled to compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1906, unless the accident was one arising out of, as well as in the course of, his employ- ment. Where it is proved that an injury to a workman is attributable to his serious and wilful misconduct, no compensation is payable unless the injury results in death or serious and permanent disablement.

By a Regulation under the Coal Mines’ Act, 1911, it is ®°acted that if a shot misses fire the person firing the shot shall not approach or allow any one to approach the shot hole until an interval has elapsed of not less than ten minutes in the case of shots fired by electricity or by a Rcjuib, and not less than an hour in the case of shots fired by other means.

A certified shot firer, employed in a coal mine, assisted by another miner, laid two shots close together to be fired

I by detonators and fuses. As soon as the fuses were lighted the two men took cover. One shot only went off, and within ten minutes the shot firer returned to the shot hole when the unexploded shot went off in his face and seriously injured him.

A notice was conspicuously posted at the pithead drawing attention to the Regulation mentioned above and warning the men tha t any breach thereof would be considered serious and wilful misconduct, and tha t any man committing such breach would be acting outside his employ­ment. The injured man took proceedings to obtain an award of compensation under the Act and succeeded before the Sheriff-Substitute on the ground th a t as the claimant was seriously and permanently disabled the defence of serious and wilful misconduct could not be raised and the accident was one arising out of the claimant’s employment.

On appeal the Court of Session affirmed this decision and the employers appealed to the House of Lords. The House of Lords allowed the appeal. They held th a t on principle no distinction can properly he made between a prohibition founded upon statute and one imposed by the employer for the regulation of the employment. A statutory proliibition is, however, of greater notoriety and authority and is incapable of being waived or informally modified as is often the case with regard to non-statiitory regulations. The breach of a prohibition which has the safety of the work­men as its object and which was brought clearly to his

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A. O, Moore dr Vo. v. Donnelly.— House of Lords— IW i December, 1920.

In another case a road in a coal p it was being driven through BAndstono. Two men wor© uirect©d to bore shot holes in the face of the rock and to charge and fire shote.Kach^of the men bored a hole and charged it, p reparing to

^ . . . . . . . ■ al l 'tiro tlio shot with a fuTO. One lighted his fuse and caiic' ou t to the o ther th a t it was alight, but the second m an’s fuse failed to catch fire. To avoid the explosion, however, both men re tired to take cover. Before they had gone far th e first m an’s shot exploded, and ten m inutes afterw ards they re tu rned to the place to look for the second m an’s fuse. W hile they were looking for i t the shot exploded and th e second man was killed. An award of compensationwas made to^the d efendan ts of the doceased man, and theaw ard was affirmed by the C ourt of Session.

On api>eal to the House of Lords th e ir Lordships held th a t th is case was indistinguishable in principle from the first rase, th a t th e fa tal accident was not one arising out of the deceased’s employment, and th a t therefore compensa­tion was not payable. The appeal was therefore allowed.

Fife Coal Co., L td . v. Sharp or Greenwood—House of Lords— same date.

Ill a th ird case p a rt of one level in a coal p it had been fenced off as dani^orous on account of gas. There was a regulation prohibiting any jierson passing such a fence or en tering any area so fenced off as dangerous. A m iner employed in a level lower th an th a t m entioned npparently w anted some b ra ttice nails to use in his work. I t appears th a t ho know th a t some of these articles could bo obtained in th e p a r t of th e level above which had been fenced off. and ho went there to g e t some. Ho got th rough the fenco. and as ho was p ass ii^ th rough the danger area be was overcome by gas, an a was dead before assistance could reach him. The dependants of the deceased man claimed com pensation, and obtained an aw ard in th e ir favour from th e Sheriff-Substitu te on th e ground th a t although the man bad deliberately broken th e regulation by en tering the danger area, he had dono so in th e in te rest of his em­ployers, and therefore the accident was one arising out of. ns well ns in the course of, the employment. On appeal th is derision was affirmed by th e C ourt of Session, and the employers appealed to tho H ouse of Lords. This appeal was also allowed, th e House of Lords holding th a t although the facts were somewhat different from those in the first and second cases, the principle of law applicable was the same; th e deceased had broken the regulations made to secure safety and run a risk outside the sphere of his em ­ploym ent; therefore the accident was no t one arising out of the employment, and com pensation was not pof’ahle.

Fife Coal Co., L td . v. Fyfe or Gordon.— House of Jjords — same date.Claim for Compensation: F ailure to maep. Ci. um within

S ix M onths op Accident: B easonarle Cause for B elay: I k Cause BEKsoNAni.K fi rther P r u t no B ar.

I t is provided by the Act th a t proceedings thereunder for the recovery of compensation shall not be m aintainable unless notice of the accident is given ns prescribed and unless the claim for compensation has been made within six months from tho occurrence of the accident, or from death when the injurv is fa tal. The failure, however, to make a claim w ithin the specified period is not to be a bar to the m aintenanro of proceedings if i t is found th a t such failure was occasioned by mistake, absence from the United Kingdom, or o ther rensonnble cnu.se,

A woman was employed in a projectile factory making shells. In April, 1917, a shell fell on the big toe of her left foot and injured it. Notice of the accident was dnly given. She was medically trea ted in the employer’s ambulance room, hu t she re tu rned to work after two days. In August, 1917, a sim ilar accident happened, a shell falling on th e same toe. Notice of th is accident was also duly given and she was trea ted as before. A fter only one dnv’s absence she resumed work and continued a t work till the factory was closed in Pecem her, 1918. She then tried to get o ther work hut failed to do. on account of the injury, as she said. For th ree months she received nnemnloyment pay. U ntil August, 1919, she trea ted tho toe herself. Then she consulted a doctor and eventually in Febniarv , 1 ^ 0 . the toe was am putated . On 26th February, 1920, she made a claim for compensation to which the employers raised tho objection th a t the proceedings were not m nintainable, as th e claim had not been made within six months of the accident and there was no reasonable cause for the failure to make the claim within the period prescribed. The claim ant testified th a t she had not made the claim within the six months because she thought tho injury was not serious, hut she adm itted th a t over since the second accidents sho had had constant pain and th a t the too gradually grew worse till she consulted the doctor. In these circumstancesthe Cmintv Court Judge held th a t there was reasonable cause for the claim ant’s failure to make her claim withintho prescribed period and th a t once th a t bar was sur­mounted there was.no fu rther bar, therefore the proceedings were mnintninnhle. Tho employers appealod.

Iho Court of Appeal allowed the appeal. They hold tbafl there was no roasonahlo cause for not making the rU in within tho s i i months and therefore the proceedinga were noi mniiitninablo. They held further, however, th a t if th rra had been reasonablo cause for not making tho claim witkin MX months, th« fu rther delay would have been no bar

Injury uy Acmdrnt : fNCACAriTr HrauLTiNo from Injury Workman Hekuhino to Undrroo S uroicai. Operation; Workman h Medical Man ADViara nEruaAi.,

No rom pensation ia payable under the Act except for incapacity resulting from an injury cauaed by an accident arising ou t of f|nd in the course the employment.

Through a fall of atone in th e p it a miner waa injured so Horioualy th a t ho waa totally incapacitated for work and was paid compensation on th a t baaia. After a tim e he was fit for light work, and was paid compensation for partial nicnpacity. Hia employers’ medical adviser waa of opinion th a t he m ight bo made quit© fit for work by a aurgical opera- tion , but the man s own doctor waa of a contrary opinion and advised him not to consent to undergo the operation'The employers then took proceedings to term inato th e com­pensation, c o n t e n d i n ...................man was not caused by ibo iniuryrefusal to undergo an operation! ' The\Sheriff!!s'uhstitnte hold th a t the appellants had failed to satisfy him th a t tho respondent’s continual incapacity was duo to his refusal to undergo a surgical operation. He therefore dis- miased the application to term inate the compensation I h i s decision waa upheld on appeal bv the Uourt of Sessionand a fu rther appeal by the employers wfu dismissed by the' House of Lords.

F i/e Cant.— House of Lards—JrdDecember, 1920.

procoeQjnKB to toriDinftto th© coni* Iff th a t the incapacity of th e injured by tho injury, bu t by his unreasonabte

Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acta, 1918-19..Munitio.vs Tribunals; A ppeals; W’aces (Temporary

B koui^ tion) Act. 1918: Limitation of Operatio.n :J urisdiction of H igh Court after expiration of time limited.

The Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, which came into ^ rc e on 21st November, 1918, provided th a t during six nionths from th a t da te any person who employed a workman of a class to which a prescribed ra te of wages was applicable ihould pay th a t workman a t a ra te not le«s than th a t ra te or such other ra te a.s might be substitu ted therefor as pro­vided by the Act. Any contravention of this provision was an offence to be dealt with by tho local munitions tribunals. An appeal lav from the decision of any tribunal to a Judge of the H igh Court. On 29th Mav. 1919, the W’ages (Temporary Regulation) Extension Act,1919, continued the operation of the first mentioned Act for another six rnonth.s. i.e., till 21st November, 1919. On 20th November. 1919, the Industria l Courts Act, 1919, was passed in which tho relevant provisions of the first men­tioned Act were fu rther continued to 30th September,1920, After September, 1920, several cases came fore Mr. Justice Roche, the Appeals Judge, on appeal from local m unitions tribunals. They all arose ont of com plaints by workmen th a t wages were not paid in acordance with the sta tu to ry regulations. The prelim inary objection was raised to the hearing of any of the rases, th a t not only waa the period in which an offence could bo committed limited by the term inal da te 30th Sep­tember. 1920, bu t also th a t the period within which tho Appeals Judge had inrisdiction to adjudicate was limited h r

- _____ . _ A * • - t % A W l l t « . B B . • •the same term inal date. The appellants contended, on the ’ * ...................... ffe *• * • ‘o ther hand, th a t though no offence could be committed

after the date in question, th a t date had no application to the jurisdiction of th e Judge to hear and decide appeals relating to m atters occurring before th a t date. The Judge, a fter tak ing tim e for consideration, held th a t his jurisdiction, as well as th a t of the munitions tribunals, came to an end on 30th September, 1920. and th a t therefore the objection was good and be was unable to proceed with the hearinc of any of the appeals.

.Alfred .S’p rn rrr v. B’. Hooton and four other cases— King's Bench Division.—21if December, 1920.

Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act. 1919.Before Lord S \ n d s , 30th N ovember, 1920. Mackat r.

J ames B. F b .ser and Company, L imited.In th is case the appellant was a delegate acting on behalf

of the .\m algnniated Society of Woodcutting Machinists, and tho Respondents (the Emplovors) were a firm of timber niorchants and packing box makers, the com plaint being tha t the Respondents were employing women to do work done before the war bv men, therehv infringing the Restoration of Pre-W ar Practices Act, 1919.

Tho Local M unitions Tribunal held th a t the complaint wn.s incompetent owing to the delay w'hich had occurred in institu ting proceedings, vis., 11 months after the obli­gation to restore had become operative and the complaint was dismissed.

On appeal it was held th a t the decision of the Local M unitions Tribunal m ust he recalled and the case remitted to them for further procedure.

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Complaint rxDF.B W ages (T em poeart R eoplation ) ActLODGED SUBSEQUENT TO T H E E X P IR Y OF T H E ACT.

Bv Part 3 of the Industrial Courts Act provisions of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act 1918 with modifications were continued in operation until 30th ScDtember 1920. On 6th October a compljunt was lodgedagainst Messrs, Hugh McLean and Son, ^ n the

firm’s employ. The complaint dealtMuniSons Tribunal decided tha t they had no jurisdiction bv ?iason of the expiry of the M^ages (Temporary Reguha- tion) Act on 30th September, 1920 and on a p p e a l ^ decision was upheld bv the Appeal Judge ^ o r d Sands). M cLmn V McLean n J s o n . - 1 7 f h hecemher, 1920.

Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, and Munitionsof W ar (Amendment) Act, 1916.

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In December, 1919, the Glasgow Local Munitions Tribunal heard a complaint by certain “ young journey­men ” that Messrs. Fleming and Ferguson, Engineers and Shipbuilders, Paisley, had failed to pay them immediately their apprenticeship expired, the full standard journeymen engineers. The case was heard in detail in becemher, 1919, and was then adjourned for the purpose of giving the parties an opportunity of considering whether there was a custom of the trade whereby “ young joiirney- men ” should be paid the full journeymen’s rate imme­diately on emerging from their apprenticeship.

Subsequently the parties agreed on the following joint m inute:—

(1) That, for a long period prior to the war, i t wasthe custom and practice of engineering firms in the Clyde District, on the completion of the term of apprenticeship by their apprentices, to classify them as young jour^ieyraen; and to pay such voung journeymen a rate less than the full journeyman’s rate, and gradually increasing till the full journeyman’s rate was reached.

(2) That the x>eriod during which the lesser rate con­tinued to tlie yoijDg journeymen varied; and the amount of the rate, the increments thereon, and the frequency of the same, until the full journeyman’s rate was reached, also varied.

The case again came before the Local Munitions Tribunal who, on 23rd October, 1920, held tha t the three complaiuers were young journeymen ” to whom the joint minute above referred and were not entitled to the full journeyman rate immediately on emerging from their apprenticeship. The only question therefore th a t remained to be decided by the Tribunal was whether the custom of trade, applicable to the complainers, was abrogated by the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act. The Tribunal held that as this Act was a temporary measure for the purpose of temporarily stabilising wages in industries during the transition period from war work to peace work, it had no effect at all on the existing trade custom.

From this/decision an appeal was lodged on behalf of the men. In a decision, dated 6th December, the Appeal Judge (Lord Sands) dismissed the appeal.—}Villiam Hilcoat and others v. Fleming, and Ferguson.—6th Dccemher, 1920.

RECENT CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATIONCASES.

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Building and Allied Trades,M onumental S culptors.—United Operative Masons and

Granite Workers’ Union v. Scottish Master Monumental Sculptors’ Association. Decision—Industrial Court decision No. 519 advancing the rate of the men concerned to 2s. an hour was granted to men previously rated a t Is. lOd. ail hour; there was no evidence submitted at the hearing to indicate that granite polishers were rated a t Is. 9d. an hour. The Court intimate that either party may apply

for a further hearing in the event of an amicable settle­ment not being arrived a t with regard to the granite lolishers rated a t Is. 9d. an hour. Issued 3rd December.:55i)

Mining and Quarrying.L im esto n e Q u a r r y in g , L lysfaen and L landdulas.—

National Union of General Workers v. Raynes & Co., Ltd., Kneeshaw, Luptou & Co., Llanddulas Quarry Co., Ltd. Decision—The claims for minimum hourly rates, and for standard district wages for craftsmen not established. Day and pieceworkers, aged 18 years of age and over, to receive an advance of 15 per cent, to be added to their existing percentage rates; those under 18 years of ago to receive an advance of 7^ per cent., to be similarly added. Issued 6th December. (560)

Pig Iron and Iron and Steel M anufacture.R oll Tu r n e r s .—British Roll Turners’ Trade Society v.

Steel Ingot Makers’ Association, North of England Iron and Steel M anufacturers’ Association, Scottish Steel Makers’ Wages Association. Decision—The claim for aflat rate of 2s. 6d. an hour has not been established. The Court recommend the roll turners to adopt the tonnage bonus scheme accepted by other classes of men, i.e., allied craftsmen employed in steel works on the North East Coast, for an experimental period. Issued 24th December. (549) •

B ricklayers and B r ick la y ers’ L abourers.—Operative Bricklayers’ Society, National Association of Bricklayers’ Labourers v. Cleveland Ironmasters’ Association, Steel Ingot Makers’ Association. Decision—The claim for an advance in wages to the men concerned employed on the North East coast not established. Issued 24th December. (580)

Engineering, Shipbuilding and O ther Metal Trades.P la ters , S h ipb u il d in g T r a d e , G reenock .—The Boiler­

makers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders’ Society v. the Clyde Shipbuilders’ Association. Decision—The platers concerned employed by Messrs. Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd.. Greenock, to be paid 2fd. per square foot in respect of the water ballast tank tops on vessels Nos. 483 and 506. This payment is exclusive of and in addition to the percentages and bonuses payable during the period when the work was done, t.e., those applicable to the price of l |d . actually paid. Issued 3rd December. (554)

E n g in eer in g and F oundry MECHAiacs, Coventry and D is t r ic t .—Coventry and D istrict Engineering Jo in t Com­mittee V. Engineering Employers’ Federation (now incor­porated in the Engineering and the National Employers’ Federations) (Coventry and District Association). Decision —The application of decision No. 450 of the Industrial Court, with regard to increasing the base rate of 51s. by Is., applies only to fitters and turners engaged on systems of payment by result, and this advance must be regarded as an alteration in rates for calculating piece-work prices and premium bonus times. The general provisions contained in decision No. 450 extended the advances granted to fitters and turners to other tradesmen in the case of time workers; the provisions do not apply in the case of the men engaged on piecework systems in the Coventry establish­ments. Issued 6th December. (557)

W aste M etal T rade.—Iron and Steel Trades Confedera­tion V. T. W. Ward, Ltd., Clydesdale Works, Wishaw. Decision—The advance of 6s. a week granted by decision No. 380 of the Industrial Court of 6th July, 1920, i's held to form part of the earnings on which the bonus of 12I per cent, is to be calculated. Issued 7th December. (561)

E x a m in ers and V ie w e r s .—National Union of General Workers, Amalgamated Engineering Union, and the Workers’ Union v. Ministry of Munitions. Decision—The men concerned employed in the Munitions Inspection Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, who were sent to the United States and Canada and appointed in the years 1914, 1915, and 1916, are entitled to be pai'd the general war advances applicable to the engineering and foundry trades amounting to 28s. 6d. a week plus the bonus of 12^ per cent, on total earnings, any advances (other than merit or grading advances) granted during their service abroad to be taken into account in ascertaining the amount due under this decision. In the case of men appointed during 1917 and 1918 the Court make no decision. Issued 9th December. (567)

E xam iners and V ie w e r s .—Certain men employed in the Inspection Department of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and the Royal Small Arms Inspection Department, Enfield Lock V. Ministry of Munitions. Decision—The men con­cerned who were sent to the United States and Canada and appointed in the years 1914, 1915, and 1916 are entitled to be paid the general war advances applicable to the engineering and foundry trades amounting to 28s. 6d. a week plus the 12i per cent, bonus on to t^ earnings, any advance (other than merit or grading advances) granted during their service abroad to be taken into account hi ascertaining the amount due under this decision. In the case of men appointed during 1917 and 1916 the Court make no decision: other portions of the claim are not estoblished. Issueq 9th December. (568)

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Indu>trittl Court.—Con/Z/iued.

Sm ith s , LAMiNAit^u S i'iunqh 'I'liAitK.—Associntecl Dlock- iitlis’ niHi Irnnworkors’ Socioiy v. Lnminntcd Snrinitsnm ns nml l rnnworkors' Hocioiy v. Lnminntcd Spring

MttkorH ARAooinlion. Dooision—Tlio spring sm iths' printedprict list for hoavy lam inatod springs*is iTot a true** record nr the ngrrom ent come to in conference with reference to thiok-ond hoops, the W'ords “ of varying thickness ” being {»mittod, while no final settlem ent was reached nt the con- feronco since it required the approval of the smiths and strikors coneernod. W ith regard to prices for plain lioo the C ourt find th a t the price for ** between ”nearest siv.o of lower price quoted December. (569)

Rlrctuk’ians.—I rish Kngineering, trical and Foundry Tracies Union W estern Railway Co. Decision—The

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Bhipbuilding, Elec- V. M idland Groat ra te to be paid to

men concerned employed in the railw ay shops nt Rroadstone, Ire land , is the d is tric t ra te paid to fitters and tu rn ers in the general engineering shops in D ublin, t.e., 53s. plus 26s. 6d. war advances plus 12^ per cen t on earnings, or £4 9s. 5d. per week of 47 hours. Issued 16th December. (570)

Shket Meta?. W orkf.hr.—N ational Amalgamated SheetMetnl W orkers and Rrnziers v. Engineering Employers' Federation (now’ incorporated in the Engineering and the N ational Employers' Federations). Decision—TheCoiirt recommend the parties to confer and endeavour to arrive n t an ngre<'ment ns to the application of Industria l C ourt decision No. 180. having in view the in te rp re ta tion contained in decision No. 180a, and in which an indication in general term s of how the expression ** p resent list or ne t piecework prices " should he construed in applying the 15 per cent, advance. In the event of the in te rp re ta tion given in decision No. 180a being inadequate to meet the spe<‘ial circum stances of th e case, the C ourt would be prepared to supplem ent the ir decision. The workpeople concerned aro pieceworkers engaged in the m anufacture of general domestic tinw are and dairy utensils employed in W olverham pton, W orcester. Rirm inghnm and the M idlands.

.Issued 16th December. (571)B arof B vii.df.r s .—Barge B uilders' T rade Union v.

Association of M aster L ighterm en and B arge Owners, P o rt of London. Dt^cision—The claim for an increase of wages from 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. an hour for a working week of 48 hours not established. Issued 17th December. (573)

WooDWORKKR.s.—Am algam ated Society of C arpenters, Cabinet M akers and Jo iners, General Union of O perative C arpenters and Jo iners v. E ast Anglian Association of Engineering Employers. Decision—The claim for an in­crease in base ra tes to woodworkers employed by 3fessr8. E. R . A- F . T urner, L td ., M illing Kngiiu*ei*s. Ipswich, not established. Issued 18th December. (674)

PuiiiCKRR.—C arriage Pum icers and P'ngino Pumicora employed nt Locomotive W orks a t D undalk v. G reat N orthern Railway Co. (Ireland) D«‘eision—The rates of the men concerned in tho D undalk shop.s to be increased by 2s. a full ordinary week with effect from 30th fieptcinln’r, 1920. tho increase to form p a rt of the to ta l earnings upon which the bonus of 12| per cent, is calculated. Issued 18th December. (675)

B oii.frmakers’ HKiii*F.Rs.— Employees of the Company a t the Tx)eomotive W orks, D undalk v. G reat N orthern R ail­way Co. (Ire landl. Decision—The rates of the menconcerned in the Dundalk shops to be increased by 6s. a full ordinary week with effect from 30th Ju n e , 1020, the increase to form p art of the to ta l earnings upon which the bonus of 12J per cent, is calculated. Issued 18th December. (576)

S heet Metal Workers.— N ational Amalgamated Sheet M etal M’orkers and Braziers v. Engineering Employers' Federation (now ineorporated in the Engineering and* the N ational Employers’ Federations) (Coventry and l>istriet .Vssociation). The firms represented are the D aim ler Co., L td ., Armstrong—Siddeley Motors, L td ., S tandaiil Motor Co., L td ., and the 8j>eedwell Gear Case Co,, L td ., all of Coventry. Decision—The advance of 15 per cent, g ran ted by decision No. 180 of the Industria l Court to apply to the piece price li.sts in each of the firms mentioned asexpressed in tbo in terp re ta tion given in tho C ourt's decision No. 438. i.c.. tlin t the 20 per cent, advance onpiecework prices th a t lias been g ran ted in consequence of Committee on Production Award No. 820, d.ited 7th February, 1918. to tho workpeople concerned is not to form part of the piece price upon which the 15 |>or cent, advance is to be calculated. Issued 20th Dcceinber. (677)

F arrieus, E dinburoh.—Amalgamated Society of F arrie rs r. National Asso<’intion of M aster Farriers and Black­smiths. Decision—From 1st December, 1920, the rates for the men eoncorned in the Edinburgh d istric t to be for fire­men 2s. 2d. an hour and drivers 2s, l |d . an hour. Issued 29th December. (583)

Women E mployees.—The W orkers’ Union r . .-Vdiniralty. Decision—The women timeworkei*s, 18 years of age and over, employed in H.M . Dockyards and Admiralty Establish­ments. to receive an increase of 3s. a full ordinary w-eek, and the women pieceworkers of whatever age to receive an ♦*(|uivalent advance on the ir piece prices from beginning offirst pav period following date hereof. Issued 30tli Derem->av p

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I ^ A A A 2 » ' ^ T 3 * ^( ompany. Ireland. Decision—From first pay after De<^mhor, 1920, the labourer* concerned eroploved a t the Inchicoro W orks of the Company to roceive an advance of 4s. 6d. a full o rd inary week. The case of stokers aaaiaUatstokers and coal wheelers not e*tabli*hed. Issued 31st December, (687) '

M AINTENANCE MEN, UPNEERMI.rifB.— A m a lg a m o t^ d E o -Mathew,on

A Go., U d Tho F ife Flax and F ibre Co., L id ., Erskine Iloverjdgo A Co. L td. R E. 3Valker. Reid A Co., L td .,r V I* A Co., L td ., Andrew Reid A Co., L td ..Inghs A Co. L td ., H enry Reid A Co.. L td. Decision— I he prescribed ra te for tho men concerned employed on the nmintonanco of machinery in Dunferm line tex tile mills is

cen t., or £3 a week of 47 hoars. The Court find th a t no ra te has been substitu ted in the sense of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, for the pre- scribed rote. Issued 3rd December. (660)

Texllia Trades

Transport Workers.Carters, H awick.— N ational Union of General ^Vorkera

r. Messrs. Adam H a rt A Son, G. Blackie A Co.. Robson Eckford A Co., R. Mahen A Sons, T. Rutherford, M artin Scotts A Co., R. W alker. Decision—The wages of the men roncem od to bo advanced by 4s. a full ordinary week, with effect from first pay period following 30th November, 1920. IsRiiod 3rd December. (553)

Steam Trawler Crew s, D rn u x .—N ational Sailom* and F irem en’s Union of G reat B rita in and Ireland Irish Trans­port and General W orkers’ Union v. Dublin Steam Traw ling Co., L td . Decision—Onlv one fireman and two h 'rkhands will in fu tu re be carried on the vessels of thoDublin Steam 'Trawling Company; hence the crew of e.ich

' ilfo ■vessel will consist of the following in addition to captain and m ate, and existing scales of pav of crew have been increased with effect from 31st December, 1920. i.e..Chief Engineer, £6 10s. Od. a week, plus poundage of 2d

in tho £ . ^Second Engineer. £5 10s. Od. a week, plus poundage of 2d

in the £ .F irem an, £4 7s. Od. a week.Boatswain, £4 7s, 6d. a week, plus poundage of 3d. in the £ . Deckhands, £4 2s. 6d: n week, plus poundage of 2d in the £ Cook, £4 2s. 6d. a week, plus poundage of 2d. in the £ .

Men on deck to receive half stooker. Firemen to receive 7s. 6d. for cleaning out back ends. Paym ent of sea Honm to cease. Issued 31st December. (588)

Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades.B armen, Glasgow and D istrict.—W orkers' Union v.

Glasgow and D istrict Licensed Trade Defence A&sociation.Decision—Minimum rates have been awarded as u n d e r :_

(i) Charge Honfis.—R anging from £4 per week in shops with staff of two or less to £4 15s. Od. in shops with staff of 6.

(ii) Second Handx .—Ranging from £3 6s. per week in shops with staff of two to £4 in shops with staff of 5.

(iii) Counter Hands .—R anging from £1 6e. Od. per week, 16 and under 17 yeais of age. to £3 5«. Od.. 21 years of age and over. Issued 4th December, (556)

B eer Bottlers and Carmen.—Worl, rs* Union. National Union of Vehicle Workers. U nited 3 'h id e Workers and N ational Federation of Women Workers r. London Beer B ottlers' Association (representing certain London firma). Decision—Weekly minimnro ra tes awarded to insida workers varying in the case of male workers from 67s. 6d., aged 21 years and over, to 27s. 6d.. aged 16 years, for week of 47 hours; in the case of female workers from 3Ss., need 18 years and over, to 24s.. aged 16 years; transport and delivery workers to bo paid tbo following minimum

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Sunday hostling to bo paid Is. a liora'. with a minimum of 2s. Overtime rates for transport and delivery workers to bo ordinary tim e for first six hours in excess of the agreed working week, and time and n-half thereafter. This decision, except n.s hereinbefore stated, to take effect from 1st December. 1920. Issued 17th Deveiuher. (572)

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P aviors, Aberdeen , D un d ee , G reenock and G lasgow .—- Building Trades of Scotland Operatives’ Wages and Condi­tions of Service Board v. The Corporations of Aberdeen, Dundee, Greenock, Glasgow, the Clyde Navigation Trust, and the Dundee Harbour Trust. Decision—The claims of iwognising the affiliation of the paviors with the building tracft and for a further increase of lid . an hour as from 9th July, 1920, not established. Issued 3rd December.(655)

M unicipal E m ployees.— National Union of General Workers v. Hawick Corporation. Decision—An advance of 4s. a week to be paid to the corporation and cemetery workers with effect from first pay period following 30th is^ovember, 1920. Issued 6th December. (558)

S urveyor and Sanitary I nspector , S h o reh a m -by-S ea .— National Association of Local Government Officers v. Sbore- ham-by-Sea Urban District Council. Decision—From 1st November, 1920, the Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector to receive a bonus of 68 per cent, based on tha t part of his total salary paid to him for his services in this capacity, t.«., £276 per annum, in which shall be merged the advances already paid amounting to £99. This percentage addition is based on the Civil Service scale as it operated on 1st March, 1920, and is subject to the increases which have since taken place owing to the increased cost of living, vide the report of the Civil Service National Whitley Council Cost of Living Committee. Issued 6th December. (559)

CniEF Of f ic e r s , M anchester Corporation . — Man­chester Municipal Officers’ Guild v. Manchester Corpora­tion. Decision—The claim for the application to the chief officers of the Corporation of the bonus scheme under a Treasury Circular, dated 17th August, 1920, payable to civil servants with salaries in excess of £1,000 per annum, not established. Issued 8th December. (662)

N avvies and L abourers.—Workers’ Union v. Corporation of Cardiff. Decision—The rate at present paid to the men concerned employed by the Corporation on the construction of reservoirs, filter beds and mains to be increased to Is. lid . an hour with effect from first pay period following date hereof. Issued 8th December. (563)

N avvies and L abourers.—Public Works and Construc­tional Operatives’ Union v. Burnley Corporation. De­cision—The rate a t present paid to the men concerned employed on the construction of the Hurstwood Reservoir to be increased to Is. lOd. an hour. To take effect from first pay period following date hereof. Issued 8thDecember. (564)

N avvies and L abourers.—Public Works and Construc­tional Operatives’ Union v. Fylde Water Board, Decision— The rate a t present paid to the men employed on the construction of sidings and storeyards and repair of roads preliminary to the construction of a storage reservoir to be increased to Is. lOd. an hour. Issued 8th December. (565)

N avvies and L abourers.—Public Works and Construc­tional O ^ratives’ Union v. Corporation of Bradford. De­cision—The rate at present paid to the navvies and labourers concerned employed on the duplication of a pipe track in connection with the Pateley Bridge Waterworks to be increased to Is. lOd. an hour, with effect from firstpay period following date hereof. Issued 8tb December. (566)

and Clerical Staff .—National Amalgamated Workers’ Union v. Ogmore and Garw Urban District Council. Decision—The Civil Service scale of bonus applicable to permanent civil servants from 1st March, 1920, to be calculated in the case of the officers of the Council concerned on the amounts set out in the decision ag a i^ t each office respectively, for the purpose of determin­ing bonus except w ith'regard to the deputy housing sur­veyor and the rate collectors, in which cases the Court? 4 4.?^ d^ision is to take effect from thedate tne Councils resolutions became operative in reducing the base salaries upon which the bonus was to be calculated Issued 23rd December. (570)

S i l l e d Workers.—Employees of the Corporation t;. i??, j , Corporation. Decision—The claim of the

skilled workers and their assistants who are not permanent employees of the Corporation, whose wages and general con- ditions of employment are regulated by those obtaining in

U ““" “A with pay, not established.Issued 23rd December. (579)T ram D ^ ees , Conductors, etc.— National Amalgamated

Workers Union v. Liverpool Corporation Tramways Com-following 2nd

December, 1920, the drivers, conductors and shed workers to receive an advance of 4s. 6d. a full week. The alteration of hours of the night shed workers and the regrading ofin The pavment for work doneon statutory holidays to remain unaltered. Shed nightFs^ued 24th S C -

N on-Trading Se r v ic e s (M anual W o rk ers), L ondon County Co u n c il .—National Union of General Workers, National Union of General Workers (Engine and Cranemen, Boiler Firemen and Wire Workers’ Section), National Amal­gamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen. Mechanics, Motor- men and Electrical Workers, Dock, Wiiarf, Riverside and General Workers’ Union, Workers’ Union, National Union of (^!ori>oration Workers y. London County Council. Decision —From first pay following 23rd September, 1920, the men employed under the Main Drainage, Highways, F ire Brigade, and Asylums Committee 18 years of age and over, not in receipt of the 12J per cent, bonus, to receive an advance of 4s. 6d. a week payable at the ra te of 9d. a day or shift. Those aged 21 years and over in receipt of the 12| per cent, bonus to receive an advance of 4s. a week payable a t the rate of 8d. a day or shift, the advance in this case to form part of the total earnings upon which the 12^ per cent. to be calculated. Issued 29th December. (582)

Offic ia l and Cleiucal S ta ff .—National Association of Local (Government Officers v. Blyth Urban District Council. Decision—The Court in satisfaction of the claim increased the salary of each officer concerned; the revised salaries to be payable from 1st January, 1921. The total salary result, ing from the increase granted is stated in the decision against the name of each officer respectively. Issued 30th December, (684)

B oard of (Guardians Of f ic e r s and E m plo y ees .—National Poor Law Officers’ Association, Incorporated, v. The Hammersmith Board of Guardians. Decision—In a claim by the officers and employees concerned for payment of temporary increases in accordance with the scale applicable to permanent cWil servants operative from 1st March, 1920, the Court concede th a t certain percentage advances, in 60 far as they are applicable, should be paid, and in their finding direct the manner in which the remuneration due is to be calculated in respect of the different classes of employees, such as non-resident, non-rationed, whole-time employees, non-resident and partly rationed employees, etc., e tc .: the parties to consider the case of each individual concerned with a view to arriving a t the sum payable to each in accordance with the directions given by the Court, and failing agreement, the m atter to be referred to the Court for determination. The decision is to operate from 1st October, 1920. The percentage additions granted to be subject to increases* which have since taken place owing to the increased cost of living above the scale as it operated a t the 1st March, 1920 and to any future variation con­sequent upon the provision of the report of the Civil Service National Whitley Council Cost of Living Committee. Issued 30th December. (586)

CONCILIATORS, SIN G LE ARBITRA TO RS AND AD HOC BOARDS OF ARBITRATION A PPO IN TED BY TH E M IN ISTER OF LABOUR UNDER TH E INDUSTRIAL COURTS ACT, 1919, AND UNDER TH E CONCILIATION ACT, 1896.

Mining and Quarrying.Salt Min^ s.—The National Union of General Workers

V, the United Alkali Company, Limited. Difference— Whether the workers should be paid for the time they were laid off in consequence of the Coal Miners’ Strike, having regard to an agreement between the parties dated 20th December, 1917. Arbitrator—Mr. W. A. Willis. Award

Claim not established. Issued 16th December, 1920,W. A. 5715/2. ’

Pig Iron and Iron and Steel M anufacture.S ^ l W o r k er s .—Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v.

bheffieid and District Engineering Trades Employers’ Association, Crucible Steel Makers’ Association, Sheffield

^liH Proprietors’ Association, and the bheffieid Forgers’ and Filters’ Association. D ifference- Concerning the settlement of the claim of 29th March arrived a t on 29th April, 1920. Arbitrator—Mr. C.Doughty. Award—The settlement does not carry the quaiitying condition tha t i t must operate for 12 months; a claim fox* a general increase may be submitted during this period. This finding does not deal with the merits or other-

made. Issued 13th December,1920. W.A. 427/2.Welsh Iron and Steel

Clerks Conciliation Board. Difference—Application for an interpretation of the awards dated 9th August, 1920 {see L abour Gazette for September, page 518, W.A. 3853/2), and 1st October, 1920 (see L abour Gazette for November, i^ge 635, W.A. 3853/5). Board of Ai-bitration—Mr. W. H. btoker, K.C. (Chairman), Mr. F. J . Taylor (Employers’ Representative), Mr. W. Samuel (Employees’ Representa­tive). A-ward—;-TIie grades to which certain individual men belong are specified in detail. Issued 18th December 1920 W.A. 3853/9. ^

Food, D rink and Tobacco Trades.V an D r iv e r .—Irish Transport and General Workers’

Unmn u. Messrs. F. Hafner & Sou, pork butchers, etc., Dublin. Difference—Concerning the dismissal of a van- driver. Arbitrator--M r. S. W . Maddock. Award—An

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Conciliators, Single Arbitrators and Ad Hoc Boards—Continued.odvortiBomnnt should ho insortod bj' tho firm in tho 7imt?s for u van driver, and in tlio ovont of tlio inai

/ rish man con-

oeniod applying for tho position, tlio firm should ro-omploy him. Isstiod 3rd Dccombor, 1920. W.A. 5865/2.

IU kkiib, CoNFKOTtoNKiiH, &0 .—Irish B akers’ N ational Ainalgamatqd Union v. Londonderry M aster B akers’ Asso- ciutiqii. Diiforonco—Application for incroases and other conditions. A rb itra to r—M r. J . H . Robb. Award—Ad­vances g ran ted of 7s. to bakers and confectioners, 6r. to bread servers, 5s. to packers and bakehouse labourers. The wngee of jobbers should bo 14s. per day. Tho hours of workers in bakehouses should continue to be 48 a w'eek. KlFoctive <by Agreement) as from first pay day a fte r the issue of tliis award. Issued 6th December, 1020. W.A. 5838/2.

Chemical. Explosives, Cement, Pottery, and Glass Trades.

PoTTEiis.—N ational Society of P o ttery W orkers (Scot­tish Committee) v. P o tte rs ’ Federation^ Lim ited. Differ­ence—A pplication fo r: (1) An increase in wages of Is. 6d. per man per kiln, and 9d. per woman per kiln, to workpeoplem the employ of Messrs. Kennedy and Sons, L im ited, Glasgow; (2) Thro^vers a t tho Eagle Poltorv , Glasgow, to bo allowed by the society to Hatton foot bottles; (3) A ltera­tions in wages or w orking conditions to be notified by one secretary to the o ther secretary only. All applications to conform to Rules 3 and 4 of the Scottish Stoneware Con­ciliation Board Rules. A rb itra to r—Mr. J . Macdonald.Award—Claims not established. Issued 10th December, 1920. W.A. 720/10.

Mi«cellaneou« Trade*.(■o-orKKATi VB WouKEKs.—Amalgamated Union of Co­

operative and Commercial Employees and Allied WorkersV. Spalding In d u stria l Co-operative Society, Ltd. Differ­ence —Application for th e paym ent of a minimum scale ofwages and other conditions.S t ^ e r , K .C. Award—M inimum rates fixed, varying from

A rb itra to r—Mr. W. H.rying

14s. to 45s. according to age and sox for juniors, and from 38s. 6d. to 62s. according to ago and sox for adults and shop assistants. Wages specified for branch m anagers andmanageressos (forewomen or chargewomeu), transportw'orkers, bakers, and clerks. Conditions fixed for holidayswith pay, wages during sickness, and overtime. Effective as from the beginning of the pay period commencing 6thDeoember, 1920. Issued 21st December, 1920. W.A. 5737/2.

SETTLEM ENTS BY A COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER SECTION 2 ( I ) ( 5 ) OF THE CONCILIATION ACT, 1896.

Food, Drink and Tobacco Trade*.B akers.—Irish B akers’ N ational Am algam ated Union v.

Dublin M aster B akers’ Association. Difference—Applica­tion for increases and other conditions. Chairm an of Committee— M r. S. W. Maddock. Award—Advancesg ran ted oi lOs. i>er week to tablehands, 12s. 6d. per week to ovensmen. A pprentices during first year shall receive 308,, second year 37s,, th ird year 45s.. and fourth year 62s. per week. Inside workers—B akers’ neipers over 21 years snail be paid £3 lOs., 18 to 21 years i>2 lOs., under 18 years £1 17s. per week. W orking bourB. overtime, and other con­ditions fixed. Effective as from tlie first pay day following October 16tb, 1920. Issued 11th November. 1920. W.A. 6051.

TransI'OBT Wobkebs.— Irish T ransport and General W orkers’ Union y. tho Dublin M aster B akers’ CJommittee. Difference—Application for increases and other conditions. Chairm an of Committee—M r. B. W. Maddock. Award —Advances g ran ted of 6s. per week to regular van- men. motormon and stablemen, 4s. per week to checkers, yardm en, and all other adult workers. To female charge hands, and shop assistants with board an increase of 3s., w ithout board 4s. per week. O ther working conditions fixed. Effective as from 18th October, 1920. Issued 8th December, 1920. W.A. 5960.

Clerks.—I rish Clerical and Allied W orkers' Union v. Dublin M aster B akers’ Committee. Difference—Applica­tion for increase and a working week of 44 hours. Chair­man of Committee—M r. 8. W. Maddock. Award— Advances g ran ted to mule clerks, as follow s;— , a week to those receiving from 40s. to 60s. a week, 6s. to ihoBo from 61s. to 80s., ami 5s. from 61s. and over. Clerks receiving a ra te of 61s. per week should receive 68s. Increase of 6s. a week to females receiving under 20s. a week, and 5s. to those receiving 20s. and over. O ther conditions fixed. Claim for alteration in hours not established. Effective from 18th October, 1920. Issued 20th December, 1920 W.A 6122.

Public Utility Service*.G.as Woukbus.—I rish Transptirt and General W orkers’

I'liion V. Tipperary Gas Company, Ltd. Difference— Ap- ilieation for increases and other conditions. Chairman of Hoard of A rb itra tion—Mr. S. W. Maddock. Award—Ad­vances gran ted of 6e. J6d. per week to stokers, 7s. to

assistant stokers, 6s. to one serviro Inyor and onp female Inrk, 4«. to yordmnii, ami IDs. 7il. to the fitter. The ir««b

should consist of 48 hours. Overtime and other cond itio^ fixed. Effective from 2nd Octol>er, 1920. Issued 24th Doromber, 1920. W.A. 6085/2.

AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED BY OFFICERS OFMINISTRY OP LABOUR.

THE

Engineering, Shipbuilding and Other Metal Trade*.Mkciianicr.—Am algam ated Society of Scale Beam and

K M achine M akers r . Messrs. W. and T. Avery,WoigliingJitd., and H. Pooley, L td ., Birmingham. D iife ro n c^A p - plicatiou by employees in South Wales for the wages payabi# m the Engineering Trades. A greem ent^The firms will verify the increased rates iu tho Engineering Trades in the South Wales area, and will pay the incroasai from the date on which tho last increase came into operation Aicreed 7th December, 1920. W.A. 6683.

•ick. Cement, Pottery Trades.

P lasterbbb.—N ational Federation of Buildinir Trade.uiidingOperatives, and the N ational Ass<xriation of F osterers, G ranolithic and Cement Workers v. .VleMrs. Doulton andCompany, Lim ited, London. Difference—Application for building tra d e ra tes for plasterers engagedT

„ w „ -------- .. I s . 4d. peThe men concerned did not come under the building trademaking. A greem ent—H ate g ran ted of

in mouid- 4d. per hour.

rates or conditions. 5912.

Agreed 6tb December, 1920. W.A

TRADE BOARDS ACTS. 1909 AND 1918.

I.v pursuance of his s ta tu to ry powers, the M inister of Labour has niade Grdcrh, as set out below, under Section 4 (2) of the Trade Boards Act, 1918, confirming minimum rates of wagea as varied or fixed by the following Trade Boards. These rates become effective as from the date* specified, in cases in which they are applicable, in respect of all persons employing labour and all persons employed in the trade coming w ithin the scope of the respective Trade Boards. W here, however, as respects any employer who pays wages a t intervals not exceeding seven days, the date specified does not correspond w ith the begiiiniiigof the period for which wage.s are paid by th a t employer, the rates become effective as from the beginning of the next full pay period following the date Bpecined.

The penalty for paying wages a t less than the minimum ra tes is a fine not exceeding £20 for each offence; but in the case of time-workers affected by infirm ity or physical injury the Trade Board may. in certain circumstances, gra'nt perm its exem pting tne ir employment from the operation of the minimum rates.

W here general minimum time-ratee, but no general minimum piece-rates have been fixed, the ra tes payable to workers employed on piece-work must be such as would yield, in the circumstances of the case, to an oeolkaby WORKER not less than tho equivalent of the general minimum tim e-rate, or of the picoe-work basis tim e-rate where such a ra te has been fixed.

F u rth e r particulars regarding the minimum rates of wages set out below (which do not include general minimum piece-rates) may be obtained from the Secretary of the Trade Board concerned a t 5, Chancery Lane, London. W.C.2, in the case of Trade Boards in Groat B rita in , and at 21, Parliam ent S treet, Dublin, in the case of Irish Trade Boards.

Rope, Twine and Net Trade Board (Great Britain).Ordeb n.ATEn 13tb D ecember, 1920, co.vriBLMixo tbs

General M inimum T ime-Hate. P iecb-W obk Basis Time- Hate AND Overtime Hates as varied roe certain CLASSES o r F emale Workers, and made effective as FROM 31st D ecember. 1920. until the 30tb .April, 1921.

I .— iieneral Minimum Time-Kate andTime-Bate.

Gen. Min.Time-Hate.

Per hour 8. d.

Fur Female Workers (oUier than homeworkers) of 18 years of age and over, when omployod in tho making of rope of I I ins. circumference or over, or on procc6S>?8 pre­paratory thereto, wnen carried on in the same factory or workshop as such making ...............

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IT.—Overtime Bates.The Overtime Eate-s as varied are calculated on the

Minimuni Rates above in the manner set out in the Schedule to the Minister’s Order, dated 31st March, 1920.

Stamped or Pressed Metal W ares Trade Board (G reat Britain)Order , dated 14th D ecember, 1920, confirming General

M in im um T im e-rates and Overtiaie R ates as varied FOR C iUTAIN classes OF MaLE IVoRKERS, AND SIADE EFFECTIVE AS FROM 31sT DECEMBER, 1920.

• I .— Genex'al Minimxim Time-Bates.(«) :diile workers of 21 years of age and upwards : —

Per hour. 8. d.

(i) Braziers, Burnishers or Drop Stampers: —Workers of Grade 1. (as defined by the Board) 1 8^

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(ii) Dippers; —During first 12 months of employment after

age of 21 yeai”sOn and after completion of 12 months’ employ­

ment after reaching age of 21 y e a rs ..............(iii) Dippers who are also Bronzers : —

Workers of Grade I. (as defined by the Board)

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OX v(v) Brass Polishers: —

Workers of Grade I. (as-defined by the Board)I I ’ >> n J> }) it

yt yy yy yy yy(b) Male workers under 21 years of age who are employed

as Braziers, Burnishers, Drop-Stampers, Dippers, Dippers who are also Bronzers, or as Annealers who can take charge of their wvn work : —

Per hour. 6. d.

Under 15 years of age15 and under 16 years of age16 „ „ 17 „17 ,, „ 18 ,,18 „ 19 „

(i) With less than two years’ experience(ii) With not less than two years’ but

less than three years’ experience(iii) With over three years’ experience ...

19 and under 20 years of age; —(i) With less than three years’ experience

(ii) With not less than three years, but less than four years’ experience ...

(iii) With over four years’ experience ...20 and under 21 years of age: —

With less than three years’ experience(ii) With not less than three years’ but

less than five years’ experience ...(iii) With not less than ’ five years’

experience .....................................II .—Overtime Bates.

Overtime Rates, in substitution for the Minimum Rates set out above are to be calculated in the manner set out in

Minister’s Order, dated 7th September, 1920, in respect of all hours worked in excess of the declared normal number of hours of work in the trade.

PROPOSALS TO FIX OR VARY MINIMUM RATES.Proposak to fix or vary Minimum Rates of Wages have

been issued by the following Trade Boards.proposals set out below may be lodged

Jrni. issuing the notice within two monthsJrom the day following the date of the Notice of Proposal fc»uch objections should be in writing and signed bv the

(adding his or her full name and address), and should be sent to the Secretary of the Trade Board concerned at 5, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.2, in the case of Trade Boards in Great Britain, and a t the Office

Boot and Shoe Repairing Trade Board (Ireland).I he Bo.iUD have, with the Consent of the Minister

1 P roposal, dated 22nd December,CERTAIN M IN IM U MKates for Male ant) F emale Workers.

1 —Proposed Cancellation of M inimum Batesin thp I® cancel the Minimum Rates set out1920 fnd ® dated 25th March,

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apprentices) employed on Surgical Work (ii) For female worKers employed

(i) Male ivorkers undergoing a course of training inthe trade under an approved scheme of the Industrial Training Brancli of the Ministry.

(ii) Male workers completing a period of apprenticeshipin the trade under an Interrupted Apprentice­ship Scheme of the Ministry.

(iii) Male and female workers in retail establishmentsemployed wholly or mainly in retailing leather footwear or in receiving, delivering, marking in or marking out such goods for repair.

I I .— Proposed Variation of General M inim um Tim e-Batesand Overtime Bates.

Per hour, s. d.

(i) For male workers (other than indentured. . . 2 2

on surgicalW’ork ... .............. ... ... ... 2 0

The Overtime Hates proposed in substitution for these Minimum Rates are to be calculated in the manner shown in the Schedule to the Minister’s Order, dated 25th March. 1920.

I I I .— Proposed General M inijnum Piece-Bates.The Board propose to fix General Minimum Piece-Rates

for male and female workers engaged in certain specified operations.

Flax and Hemp Trade Board (G reat Britain).The B oard have with the consent of the Minister issued

A N otice of P roposal, dated 23rd D ecember, 1920, to FIX a P iece-Work B asis Time-Rate and to vary Over­time Rates for Male H ose-P ipe Weavers employed on P ower or H and Looms.

I .— Proposed Piece-W ork Basis T im e-Bate.Per hour.

B. d.For male hose-pipe weavers employed on power

or hand looms ................................................. 1 5I I .— Proposed Overtime Bates.

The Board propose tha t in respect of all time worked in excess of the number of hours declared in their Notice dated 30th July, 1920, to be the normal number of hours of work in the trade, male hose-pipe weavers employed on piece-work shall receive, in addition to piece-rates, each of which would yield, in the circumstances of the case, to an ordinary worker, not less than the piece-work basis time- rate specified above, the whole, one-half or one-quarter of the piece-work basis time-rate, according as the overtime rate which would have been payable under the provisions of the said Notice, dated 30th July, 1920, if the worker had been employed on time-work were double time, time-and-a-half, or time-and-a-quarter, respectively.

General W aste M aterials Reclamation Trade Board(G reat Britain).

The B oard have issued a N otice of P roposal dated3rd J anuary, 1921, to f ix General Minimum Time-R ates, Guaranteed Time-R ates, P iece-W ork B asisTime-Rates, and Overtime Hates for F emale Workers.

^•—^ o p o s e d General M inim um Tim e-Bates for FemaleW orkers and Guaranteed Tim e-Bates for Female Piece- Workers.

B C Per hour.

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In the case of workers between 14i and 18 years of age, the rate applicable shall only become payable on the first pay-day in January or July, as the case may be, correspond­ing with or next following the date on which the worker attains an age specified above.

Learners engaged in operations to which the rates in columns A, B or C above apply may. during their first three months employment in such branches of the trade be paid Id. per hour less than the rate otherwise applicable. Learners engaged in operations to which the rates incolunin A apply must be registered in accordance with rulea laid down by the Trade Board.

II .—Proposed Piece-W ork Basis Time-Bates for FemalePiece-Workers.

A B C DPer hour.

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two hourt of ovortiino on any dayFor the fiint iwo n o u n oi ovoniino on any oxcopt RuiuliiyB and (Jiistoinary Public and S ta tu ­tory Holidays, tim r-a n d -a-quauter .

(ii) For ovortimo after the first two hours on any day oxcopt Sundays and Custonmry Public and S ta tu ­tory Holidays, TIMB-AND-A-llAtP.

For (ul t line worked on Sundays and CustomaryPublic and S ta tu to ry Holidays, doddlb-t im b .

(iv) F o r all hours worked in any week in excoss of 48, TiMR-ANi)-A-QUAiiTKU, oxcfpt iu HO far uH Iliulicr overtiino ra tes aro payable under the above provisions.

For the purpose of these overtim e rates th e T rade Board have declared the normal num ber of hours of work to b o : In any week, 48; on any week-day other th an S atu rday , 8 J; on S atu rday , 4J.

Note.—I ^ e ra tes Hpecitied in columns A, B, C and D above are applicable to the following w orkers: —

(A) Tho&e employed in the waste paper and paper stockm aterials section of the trad e (as defined by the Board).

(B) Those employed in the woollen rag or woollen andworsted wasto m aterials section of the trad e (asdefined by the Board) in the W est R iding of Yorkshire, i.e., the A dm inistrative County ofth e W est R iding of Y orkshire and the County Boroughs of Sheffield. Leeds, B radford, H udders­field, H alifax , York, Rotherham , Dewsbury, Wakefield and Barnsley.

(C) Those employed in the same branches as (B), butoutside the W est R iding of Yorkshire.

(D) Those employed in all o ther sections of the trade .

Grocery and Provisions Trade Board (Scotlsmd).

T h e B oard h a v e ih su bd a N otice of P roposal , dated 14t u D b c e u d e r , 1920, TO f ix G eneral .Min im u m T im e-R ates AND Ov e r t im e R ates for M ale and F emale W orkers AS set out below : —

X.— Proposed General M inimum Time-lintes for all Maleand Female Workers.

M ale W orkers. Female W orkers.

24 years of age and over ... 23 and under 24 years of age

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A “ week " means a week of 48 hours, or in the case of those classes of Couiitiug-House Clerks who arc employed in the Wholesale Trade, and whose custom ary working week consists of a number of hours less than 48 b u t not less than 38, a “ week ’* means a week of the number of hours custom arily worked.

Paym ent a t not less than the hourly ra te applicable (calculated by dividing the minimum ra tes set ou t above by the num ber of hours constitu ting a “ week ” ) is to be made for ALL hours of emplov’m ent except in so far as higher ra tes will be payable under II. below.

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I I .— Proposed Overtime BatesThe Board propose to fix the following Overtime Rates for

P. ■ ■ ■ ' " *ail Male and Fem ale W orkers in respect of all hours worked in excess of the declared normal number of hours of work in the tra d e : —

(а) for all hours worked on Sundays, on CustomaryLocal Holidays and on S ta tu to ry HolidaysDOUBLE-TIME.

(б) for all hours w orked in a n y w eek in ex cess o f 48tim e-a n d -a-half, e x c e p t in so far as d o u b le-tim e is p ayab le under (a ) above.W W m V

For th is purpose the Board pronoM to declare the norma! number of nours of work per week in the trad e to be 48.

Hat, Cap and Millinery Trade Board (Ireland).

T u b B oard have issu e d a N otice of P roposal, dated the 7th J a n u a r y , 1921, to fix General M in im u m T ime- R ates, A PiBOS-woiiK Ba sis T im e-H ate and O vkhtimb R ates for certain classes (jk F kmai.b W orkkus.

F — Proposed General J/«nimum Time-Bates.Per hour.

8. d.1 For female workers engaged in the Retail

Branch of the Trade employed in areas other than the areas of the County Boroughs of the Cities of Dublin, Belfa.st,Cork, Limerick, W aterford and London­derry, who have not a tta ined the age of 22 or who having a tta in ed th a t age have not had three years’ experience after learner- ship iu the Trade 4 • A • • 4 % 0 8

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Learners in Classes A and B under 14 years of age to receive 7s. and 5s. respectively.

The advances to be given to learners commencing a t under 21 years of age snail become due as from the first Monday in Jan u ary and Ju ly of each year, the learner being en titled to her first advance from the first Monday inJan u a ry or Ju ly , as the case may be, provided th a t she has

ns.been in the trad e a t least th ree mont.I I .—Proposed Piece-Work Basis Time-Bate.

Per hour, s. d.0 9For female workers specified in I. 1 above

* I I I .—Proposed Overtime Bates.For female workers whether employed on time-work or on

piece-w ork:(i) For the first two houn of overtimo on any day

except Saturdays for the weekly short day sub­s titu ted therefor). Sundays and Customary Public and Statutoiw Holidays, time-and-a-<juartbb.

(li) For overtim e a j i t t ih t fit$t two hoi^n od any dayexcept Saturdays (or the weekly short day sub­stitu ted therefor), Sundays and CustomaryPublic and S ta tu to ry Holidays, tim i-and-a-ha^ .

(iii) For all tim e (in the case of workers customarilyattending on 6 days a week) or for all tim e after the first 6 hours (in the case of workers cua- tom arily a ttend ing on 6 days a week) worked on Saturdays (or the weekly short-day substituted therefor), timb-and-a-half.

(iv) For «f/ time worked on Sundays and CustomaryPublic and S ta tu to ry Holidays, double- t im e .

(v) For all hours worked in any w ^ k in exceaa of w ,time-and-a-<juartbb, except in^so far ^ higher

ibieovertime rates are payable under the above pro­visions. . * J O J

For tho purpose of these overtime rates the Trade B<mrdhave declared tho normal number of hours 'In any week 48; on any week-day other than Saturday (ortho weekly short day substitu ted therefor), 9.

The Board add the provisions where it is the eeiablisROdpractice of an employer to rw u ire .

(a) only on 6 days a week, the overtime ratee sot out ' in (i) and (ii) above shall not be payable until

the number of hours worked exceeds 9J and 11respectively. , , . u n

(b) only on a lternate Saturdays, the overtime ra te shallnot be payable in the week on which .attendance on Saturday is required until 50 hours have beenworked*

fr) on Sunday instead of Saturday, the Minimum R a ^ for Overtime, as set out above. 'ihnM apply in like manner as if the word “ Saturday were ftul^ stitu ted for “ Sunday ” and tho word “ Sunday ” for “ Saturday.

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Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods T rade Board (Ireland).

Tttk Board h w e issued a Notice of P roposal, dated I bt jC ary 1921, TO FIX Genebai, Minimum Time-Rates FOR Male AVorkers and Overtime Rates for Malf-AND F’emalb W o rk ers .

j__Proposed General M inim um Time-Bates.<i) Male Workers employed in the

flections of the trade, excluding workers at ^ ®b ro id e ry :- s. d. '

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Under l5 years of age (ii) Male W^orkers employed

machines, viz., on—(o) 4 | yds. (2 tier) machines (h) 4 | yds. (2 tier) machines or

machines ... ... ••• ••• •••(c) 42 yds. (4 tier) machines or coupled

machines—i.e., two 4 | yds. (2 tier) machines ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ,

Provided tha t the rates set out above shall not apply,during the period of training, to workers employed undera Training Scheme as laid down by the Ministry of Labour for the»Swiss Embroidery Branch of the trade.

I I .— Proposed Overtime Fates.For male and female workers on time-work : —

(i) For overtime on any day except Sundays and Cus­tomary Public and Statutory Holidays, time- and-a-half.

(ii) For all time worked on Sundays and CustomaryPublic and Statutory Holidays, double time.

(iii) For all hours in any week in excess of 47, time- and-a-half, except in so far as a higher overtime rate is payable under the above provisions.

The overtime rates proposed for male and female piece­workers to correspond with the rates of time-and-a-half and double-time proposed for time workers above, are one- quarter and the whole respectively of the appropriate general minimum time-rate in the case of male workers, or of the appropriate piece-work basis time-rate in the case of female workers, iii addition to piece-rates which would yield in the circumstances of the case to an ordinary worker not less than the appropriate general minimum time-rate in the case of male workers or the appropriate piece-work basis time-rate in the case of female workers.

For the purpose of these overtime rates the Board have declared the normal number of hours of work to he 47 in any week; 8J on any week-day other than Saturday, and 4J on Saturday.

Retail Bespoke Tailoring Trade Board (Ireland).The B oard have issued a N otice of P roposal, dated 6th

J anuary, 1921, to vary and to fix General Minimum Time-Rates and P iece-Work Basis Time-Rates for certain classes of F emale Workers.

Proposed General M inim um Time-Bates and Piece-WorkBasis Time-Bates.

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Time-rate.Per hour.

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For Female Workers of 20 years of age and over with not less than four years’ experience in any branch of the trade, employed:—(1) making cas­socks, soutanes, clerical cloaks, municipal and judi­cial robes; (2) on the con­structional parts of coats; (3) as vest makers, skirt makers, trouser makers, breeches makers; (4) making ladies’ and gentlemen’s coats where the garmfent is made through­out by one worker; (5) as machinists who do the whole machining on a garment.N ote. Workers included in Class A are those employed

in areas administered by Rural District Councils or byLrban District Councils or other Local Authorities andhaving a population not exceeding 2,000, as returned at the last Census.

Workers included in Cla^s B are those employed in other

ShirtmeJung T rade Board (Ireland).The B oard have issued a N otice of P roposal, dated 21iT

December, 1920, to vary General Minimum Time- R ates for Male W orkers and to fix General Mini­mum Time-Rates for Apprentice Cutters, and a P iece- Work B asis Time-Rate for Cutters (other than Special or Measure Cutters).

I .— Proposed General M inim um Tim e-Bates.Per hour.

6. d.(а) For Special or Measure Cutters (i.e., workers

able to take a complete set of measures and cut from model patterns and to alter

atterns—excluding stock patterns), or attern Cutters or P a tte rn Takers with

not less than 5 years’ experience after 19 years of age; provided tha t the experience of Special or Measure Cutters shall include 3 years’ experience in Measure Cutting ...

(б) For Male Workers 22 years of age and overemployed in cutting ...

(c) For Apprentice Cutters (registered in accord­ance with rules laid down by the B oard):

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Tobacco Trade Board (G reat Britain).The B oard have, with the consent of the Minister,

ISSUED A N otice of P roposal, dated the 4th J anuary, 1921, to vary Overtime R ates for Male and F emale Workers.

I .— Proposed Overtime Bates.For male and female workers whether employed on time­

work or on piece-work:(i) For the first two hours of overtime on any day

except Sundays and Customary Public and Statutory Holidays, time-and-a-quarter.

(ii) For overtime a fter the first two hours on any dayexcept Sundays and Customary Public and Statutory Holidays, time-and-a-half.

(iii) For all tim e worked on Sundays and CustomaryPublic and Statutory Holidays, double-time.

(iv) For all hours worked in any week in excess of 48,time-and-a-quarter, except in so far as higher overtime rates are payable under the above provisions.

For the purpose of these overtime rates the Trade Board have declared the normal number of hours of work to b e : In any week, 48; on any week-day other than Saturday_, 9: on Saturday, 5. WHiere it is or may become the established practice of an employer to require attendance only on five days a week, the Overtime Rates shall only be payable on such days after 9^ hours have been worked.

Tobacco Trade Board (Ireland).The Board have issued a N otice of P roposal, dated 1st

J anuary, 1921, to vary General Minimum Time-Rates AND Overtime R ates for Male and F emale W orkers.

I .— Proposed General M inim um Time-Bates.Male Female

Workers. Workers. Per week of 47 hours.

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A f®nmIo lenrnor to Hnnd or Mould OiRar MakiuR (andoOnod by the Board) who ontors tho trado a t or under th© age of 17 ennll bo oxcludod for tho firat 12 tnontha of loarnor* fillip from the oporntiou of tlio minimum ra te applicable nfi fiot out above.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT. 1920,Tnn CNkupi^ tme^t fMRuaAacK rAsArM'fATioMii)

(Hoi'PLBMbmtaht) Uboulatiomi, 1920.I I .— Proposed Overtime Hates.

Tho proposed Ovortimo Raton to apply in aubstitu tion for tho nbovo propofiod Minimum Hatoe, in respect of all hours worked in oxccsa of tho number of hourfi doclarod by the Hoard to bo tho normal numbor of lioure in tho t r a d ^ are calculated on tho proposed General Minimum Timo^Ivatefi above in tho m anner set out in the Hoard’s Notice dated 2nd Marcli, 1920; and tho Board propono th a t such Over­tim e Raton shall bo payable to Male and Female Workora w hether employed on time-work or piece-work in lieu of the Ovortimo H ates a t proeont operative and se t ou t in their Notice dated 2nd M arch, 1920.

Wholecale Mantle and Coitume Trade Board(G reat Britain).

T ub B oauu h .w e issubo a N oticb of P uoposal, dated 20th D ecruiikh, 1920, to vary the Qrnraal Minim um T imk- Ratbs, the P if.cf.-Wouk Baris T ime-IIatr and the Overtime Rates for F emale Workers.

I .— Proposed General .Ifinimum TxmeAiates.1. Fem ale W orkers (other than Learners).

(а) W orkers employed ns C utters, Trim m ers andF ittera-up (as defined by the B o a rd ): —

P«*r hour. 8. d.

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Provided th a t in tho even t of any Female W orker being employed for the first tim e as a C u tte r, Trim m er or F itte r- up a t or over the age of 19 years, tho ra te to be paid during the first two months of her employment shall bo a t Id. per hour less than tho ap p ro p ria te ra te above.

Per hour. 8. d.

(б) O ther W orkers (including Home-Workers) 0 102. Female Learners (as defined by th e Board).

(a) Learners who nro occupied wholly or mainly in ; —(i)F ittin g -u p , (ii) Hooking-up m aterial composed solely of Cotton or Linen to bo used in making overalls and o ther sim ilar washable garm ents : —

Per week of 48 hours.

8. d.Under 16 years of age ............................ 1616 and under 17 years of age ............... 2017 „ 18 „ 26

(b) O ther L earners: —

T ub M inister of Labour, by v irtue of the poirera ronferr*-d on him by tho Unemployment Insurance Act. 1920. hereby makes tho following R egu la tions:—-

1. An arrangem ent made by the M inisUr of F/aboiir1?* National Insurance Act, 1911,

shall. If the M inister of Labour and the Association with which the arrangem ent was mad© so agree, and subject to such modifications as may be renuired, be continued in force on and after the 31st DecemlMjr, 1920, but not after th e 28th February, 1921, and so long as i t is »o continued, shall be deemed to he an arrangem ent under Section 17 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920.

2. Those Regulations may he cited a.s the UnemploymentInsurance (Associations) (Supplem entary) Regulations, 1

Signed by Order of the day of December, 1920.

ini.nter of Labour this 31tt

J . E. Mastrbton S m ith . Secretory of the M inistry of Labour.

PROPOSED SPECIAL EXCLUSION ORDER,

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T o e M inister of Labour hereby gives notice, pursuant to Section 36 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 19M, tha t he proposes to make a Special Order, under Section 39 of the Act. excluding from the Act M asters, Seamen and A pprentices to the Sea Service who are neither domiciled nor have a place of residence in the U nited Kingdom, and M asters, Seamen, and Apprentices to the Sea Service who have neither been domiciled nor had a place of residence in the U nited Kingdom since the eight of November, 1920. and m aking tho employers’ contribution payable in respect of such seamen so excluded from the Act except where they are employed in a ship engaged in regular trade on foreign sta tion or where they are over 70 years of age.

Copies of the Order proposed to be made may be obtained on application to tho M inistry of Labour, Employment and Insurance D epartm ent, Queen Anne’s Chambers. W est­m inster, 9 .W. 1.

Objections to the d ra ft Order by or on behalf of anv person or persons affected by the Order must be fn w riting and must s ta te (a) tho d ra ft Order or the portions thereof objected to, (b) th e specific grounds of objection, and (r) the omissions, additions, or modifications asked for, and m ust bo sen t to tho M inistry of Labour. Employment and Insurance D epartm ent, Queen Anne’s (I’hambera, West- m fnster, 8.W . 1. on or before 25th Jan u ary , 1921.

J . E. Masterto.v Sm ith .Secretary of the M inistry of L.-iboiir.

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DECISIONS BY THE M INISTER.21 years of age

and over.Noticb is hereby given of decisions given by the ^finister of Labour upon questions subm itted to him for d'^termina- tion under Section 10 of the Unemployment Insurance .\r t. 1920.

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shall on attaining the age of 18 years, be entitled, during the remainder of their learnerhUlp period, to receive 6a. per week of 48 hours in addition tothe rates applicable, a« oet not In th ii oolamo.

Ltmrnors under 14 years of ago to receive 21d. per hour.I I .— Proposed Piece-Work Basis Time-Bate.

Per hour, s. d.

For Female W orkers (including Home-Workers but excluding C utters, Trimmers and F itters- up and Learners occupied in F ittiiig -up and Hooking-up us Hpccified in 1 1 (ti) and L 2 (u) above) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 11

I I I .— Proposed Ocertime Bates for Fenude Workers.Tho Board propose th a t Overtime Rates calculated

tho above Miiiimuin Rates in tho m anner specified their Notice, dated 19th April. 1920, shall apply, in substi­tution for the ra tes set out above, in respect of all hours worked in excess of tlio number of hours declared by the Board in the ir Notice, dated 19th April, 1920, to be tho normal mimlior of hours of work in the Trade.

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Clerk to an .Agricultural Executive Couimittee.Greenkeeper, employed by a Golf Cluh^ on the golf course, in cu tting , rolling, winding and m anuring greens, fairways and tees? attending to and repairing mowing machines, laying and levelling ground.F arrie r and general smith.Commi.ssionaire and door a tten d an t a t a drapery eetnbUshment.W orkmistress, by tho .Metropolitan .Asylums Board, whose duty entails taking charge of and supervising all sewing and kn itting , etc., undertaken by the imbecile patients in the said Board’s M ental Hospitals.Firem an, by the M etropolitan Asylums Board, who attends to fire engines and fire apparatus a t the said Board's institutions.Me.ssenger a t a hospital, by the Metrop<*litan Asylums Board.Animal keeper, by the Metroptilitan A-ylums Board, for animals kept for research purposes.Charwoman, to clean the ofiStes occupied by a firm of solicitors.Cook, by tho head of a small or waiting bouse a t Rugby School, who for the a h l«»household, including tho boy.s boarding in the house.Cook, in a boarding honst* attached to Rughv School, to cook for the whole hou-ehold including 50 schoolboys.

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S.D.U. 32.

S.B.F. 33.

S.B.U. 34.

S.T>.U. 35.

S.B.TJ. 36

S.B.U. 37

S.D.U. 38

S.D.U. 43.

S.D.F. 47. S.F.U. 57.

S.F.U. 61

S.B.U. 62

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S.B.U. 67

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S.B.U. 69.

S.D.U. 70.

S.B.U. 72.

S.B.U. 73. S.B.U. 74.

S.B.U. 75.

S.B.U. 76.

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S.B.U. 79.

S.B.U. 80.

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S.B.U. 82.

S.B.U. 83.

S.D.U. 84.

S.B.U. 85.

House butler or boy’s man, in the School House of Rugbv School, whose duty includes helping to lav the tables, waiting and washing- up, and the general superintendence ofinternal housework for 84 boys.Cleaner and caretaker of certain premises at Rugby School, used as classrooms for educa- tionai purposes only.Charwoman, to clean Government offices. Charwoman, to clean the warehouses and factories occupied by a firm of merchants. Cashier at a Members’ Social Nou-Residential Club.Billiard marker at a Members’ Social Non- Residential Club.Valet, in “ service flats,” employed by a Limited Company.Hall porter, in “ service flats,” employed by a Limited Company.Housemaid, in “ service flats,” employed by a Limited Company.Lift attendant, in “ service flats,” employed by a Limited Company.Keeper, employed by a Fly Fishing Club, to prevent the poaching of fish and to super­vise generally the river with special relation to weed cutting, keeping down coarse fish, and “ mud-pulling.”A person employed at a fish hatchery in rearing young trout and tending them.Invoice Clerk, by a firm of agricultural seed merchants, implement dealers, and nurserymen. Salesman, by a firm of agricultural seed merchants, implement dealers, and nurserymen. Despatch clerk, by a firm of agricultural seed merchants, implement dealers, and nurserymen. Book-keeper, by a firm of agricultural seed merchants, implement dealers, and nurserymen. Packer, by a firm of agricultural seed mer­chants. implement dealers, and nurserymen. Caretaker, by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, whose duty entails cleaning and looking after a casual ward, the said ward not a t present being in use.Gamekeeper in private service.Stableman, by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and as such grooms, feeds and generally attends to the horses kept in con­nection with the preparation of diphtheria anti­toxic serum.Motor driver a t an Ambulance Station, by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, to drive the ambulances owned by the said Boarji. Commissionaire, at a Members’ Social Non- Residential Club.A person employed in domestic household duties and in attending to the employer’s shop for about an hour each day.Cleaner and warehouseman, by a firm of agri­cultural seed merchants, implement dealers, and nurserymen.Timber feller or thrower, employed by a Limited Company owning saw mills, which employment includes felling standing timber, cutting out cord wood, and rinding bark. Library attendant, a t the Royal College of Surgeons.Museum attendant, at the Roval College of Surgeons.Kennelman and feeder, engaged in looking after a pack of fox hounds.First whipper-in to a pack of fox hounds.Bricklayer, employed by the owner of a private estate.Wine butler, at a Members’Residential Club.House porter, at a Members’ Social Non- Residential Chib.Hall porter at a Members’ Social Non-Residential Club.Housekeeper a t a Members’ Social Non-Residential Club.

“ Members’Social Non-Residential Club.Engineer, to look after the engines and to perform odd jobs on the premises at aMembers Social Non-Residential Club

8, at a Members’ Social Non- Residential Club, which emplovment entailsa l l dressing-rooms andalso that of attending to the libraryPage boy. at a Members’Residential Club.Waiter, at a Members’ Social Non-Regidentjal

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S.D.U. 86.

S.B.U. 87.

S.D.U. 88.

S.B.U. 89.4

S.B.U. 90.

S.D.U. 91.

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Sculleryman, a t a Members’ Social Non-Reaidential Club.Kitchen clerk, a t a Members’ Social Non- Residential Club.Pastry cook, a t a Members’ Social Non-Residential Club.Housemaid, at a Members’ Social Non- Residential Club.Stillrooni maid, a t a Members’ Social Non- Residential Club.Plateman, to clean plate and silver, a t a Members’ Social Non-Residential Club.

S.D.U. 93. Waitress, a t a Staff Luncheon and Tea Clubin connection with a Government Department.

S.D.U. 95. Kitchen hand, a t a Staff Luncheon and TeaClub in connection with a Government Department.

S.D.U. 97. Estate carpenter, employed by the owner of aprivate estato, who also does fencing, gate hanging, and tree felling if required.

S.D.U. 102. Training stable groom, in private service, togroom and exercise racehorses.

B. The M inister has decided tha t contrihv,tions are NOT payable in respect of persons employed as—

S.B.U. 3. Gardener for a garden attached to a privateresidence.

S.D.U. 4. M arket gardener engaged in the production offruit, flowers, and vegetables.Manager of a farm of 34 acres, employed bv a Board of Guardians, the principal work being in connection with the production of milk from cattle and rearing and feeding of pigs for food, 8 acres of the land being arable, the work being wholly manual, and no clerical work being performed.Shepherd.Night watchman, a t a hospital, by the Metro­politan Asylums Board.Chauffeur in private service.Electrician attending to the heating and lighting apparatus of a country mansion and in working in the garden attached to the said mansion.Woodman and forester, which employment includes general agricultural work on an agri­cultural estate.Domestic servant, employed by a medical practitioner, who performs house work and attends to the surgery door to admit and to show out patients during consultation hours. Night watchman on a private estate.Ward maid, by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, which work entails cleaning the wards and bringing in the patients’ food, in the said Board’s institutions.Yard foreman a t a hospital, by the Metro­politan Asylums Board, and as such is in charge of the stable yard staff and motor- drivers in the yards of certain of the said Board’s institutions.Daily woman, employed by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, as charwoman a t a Training Colony. ^Baker a t a Training Colony, by the Metro­politan Asylums Board.Sempstress a t a Training Colony, to sew andmend the underwear, etc., belonging to thestaff and to the patients in an institutionmaintained by the Metropolitan Asviums Board.Laundry man a t a Training Colony, by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.Head laundress a t a Training Colony, by the Metroiiolitan Asylums Board, and as ' such supe.^ises the washing of clothes, linen, etc., a t the institutions maintained by the said Board.Stores porter at a Training Colony, by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, who receives, checks and issues out stores, food and c'othingin the store looms of the said Board’s institutions.Porter of a Training Colony, by the Metro­politan Asylums Board, and as sucli is engaged in transporting coals and furniture, cleaning windows, und helping to carry patients a t the institutions maintained by the said Board.A person employed in the intensive culture of mushrooms and in work incidental thereto. ‘‘ Odd man,” whose duties include performing the heavier work in and about a private country house, and in attending to the boiler used for heating the said house.A person employed by a private employer in tree felling and planting, and in fencing and gate hanging on a private estate, and alsoemployed, when required, in tb© saw mills on the said estate.

( S.B.U. 100. Children’s nurse in a private house

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THE LABOUR GAZETTE. Janaary. 1921,

FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT, 1901DRAFT HOME OFPICH ORDERS.

CORUIUAL WORKR.T iir Homo Office havo drawn up Roffiilations which i t in

IU<nroposod to ombody in an Order under the Factory and W orkshop A rt, 1901, roIatinK to tho m anufactures and pro-roBscR incidental thereto carried on in chemical workfl.

The HeKulatiouR will supersede tlie Special Rules for rliemical works which were first established in 1894: alH<» the Ro(;ulatiuns made on tho 30th December, 1908, for tho m anufacture of n itro and amido derivatives of benzene, and those made on the 9th AujTust, 1913, for the m anu­facture of chrom ate and bichrom ate of potassium or sodium.

The Regulations do not apply to—(a) the m anufacture of white compounds of lead

(including carbonate, su lphate, n itra te , and aceta te of lend);

the m anufacture of red or orange lend or of flaked lith a rg e ; *

the processes of blenching, dyeing, m ercerising.browing, tan n in g , and the distillation of alcohol;

proces-ses carried on only by way of experim ent.

only to tboM in which carried on.

■ pecially d a n g e ro u s p roceioes e r aS • W 4 J •

Conies of tho d ra f t Regulations may bo obtnm rd from the Fnetorv D epartm ent, Homo Office, W hitohait, London.

W .l t i t n t i unv nhinn4.inna rnnaf a L . 1tii.j » m iu» v vifiuiit, riurijp i.mire, n iittonall, L/onUon.S.VV.l ; anti any objections must be made in w riting to th# Recretary of S ta te w ithin 30 days from the 24th Dec«»inb#r. 1920.

I niiiakc iiiiKn Works (Vci.CAfnziifo).The* Home Office have also drawn up Regulstioiis

it is proponed to embody in an Order undor tha Factory and Workshop Art, 1901, relating to certain pftxresae* incidental to m anufacture of iiidiaruhber. and ofa

vu iiitr imimiiiici.ure oi inuiaruTiDer, and of rticles and gotjdh iimdo wholly or p.irtially of indiarubber. The Regulations will supersede the ftpM-cial IIuIm for

the vulcanizing of indiarubber ‘ ' ............which were first establishedA A A ^ ^

a/a au A4ii»« u i/i/vt vriucu wtfMj «^l30lt%rM<lin 1898. Those rules applied only to vulcanizing by means

hide of carbon. The proposed new Regulations

Care has also been taken to avoid overlappine with theRegulations under the Alkali, etc., WTorks R egulation Act. 1906.

The R egulations are divided in to two parts , tho first of which IS applicable to all chemical works as defined in the schedule to tho Order, while th e second is applicable

of bi-sulphide or caroon. m e proposed new Regulations apply to vulcanization with bi-sulphide of carbon, chloridw of sulphur, benzene, carbon tetrocmloride, trichlorethyiene, or any carbon chlorine compoui.d, or any m ixture contain-> ing any of these materialsr, or in which the vapour of any such m aterials is given off; they also applv to processes in which lead compounds are iiHeff. The K ^u la tio n s will not apply to any factory or workshop in iHiich no lead process or fume process is carried on, nor to proceoses in the repair of any article.

CTopies of the d ra ft Regulations may be obtained from4 A Xl-Tlk I ^ 1 I T _ _ -J

Uopies of the d ra ft Regulations may be obtained from the Factory D epartm ent. Home Office. W hitehall, Ixmdon. S .W .l, ana any objections must be made in w riting, to the Secretary of S ta te , w ithin 30 davs from the 7th Janii.'irr, 1921.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO LABOUR RECEIVED DURING DECEMBER.

UNITED KINGDOM.{All the Official PutUcationMldUtln^lih^d by Cd- Cmd.. B.O. or 8.0.

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ARniTRATiOK.— TAe Indunirinl Court. D cciA io n j, l i f Ju ly to ZOth Septem ber, 1920. Vol. I I I . (P a r t 1). Nos. 370 to 491. [S.O. publication : price 10s.]

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E m ploym ent E xcha .v o e s .— Iteport of the Committee of inquiry info the work of the employment exchanges. M inistry of Labour. [Cmd. 1054 : price 4d.]

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D o m i.m o n s a n d F orkic .n . ' R kp uits.. U) Fiji. Report No. 1047 tor 1919. Colonial Office. [Crad. 508-30: price 2d.] (2) M eso^tam iu . Review of the Civil Administra­tion. India ;ce.fn terim Deport of

[Cmd. 1061 ; price 2s.] (3) Dussia.theim ueport oj me C’ommiffrc to collect tn/ormafton

on:—Mis<;elIaiieous No. 13 (19^), Foreign Office. [Cmd. 1041 ; price 3d.]

BRITISH DOMINIONS AND INDIA.Ca-n.\d.i .—(1) The Ij4ibour Gazette. November. 1920.

Industrial conditions; a rb itra tio n ; strikes and lock-outs; mining legislation; cost of living; adjustm ent of wages of Vancouver Island m iners; retail nnd wholesale prices; etc D epartm ent of Labour. (2) Monthly liulleiin of .Xgricul- fnral Siatisties. October, 1920. Field crops, livestock and fru it production; Dominion Experim ental Farma andS tations; inlliieiico of climate on sugar-beet production, etc. Dominion Bureau of S tatistics. [O ttaw a : Thomas Mul%*ey.J (3) N ew B r u n sw ic k . The New Brunswick Factory .Act.1918. An Act to consolidat** and amend the several Acts relating to the protection of persons employed in factoriw Covers minimum age of einploym eut; hours of work ; safety precautions; inspection; etc. [New Brunswick Statuto*. 1920. Ch. 54.]

New South W.clbs.— .Apprenticeship tn Industries. No 2. The significance of the English Education .Icf, 1918 No. 3. .Apprenticeshi;i and national education. No. 4. Apprenticeship and technical education. Board of Trade. [Sydney : W. A. Oullick.]

ViciouiA.—The L*iw ielating to Factorirs and Shops in I’ifforiu. (Complete to 3rd February, 1 9 ^ .) Factory Acta; shop-closing hours; decisions of tho higher C ourU ; etc. D epartm ent of Labour. [M elbourne: A. J . Mullett, Government P rin te r.]

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N kw Z ealand.— Tirr«fi/-scfOHrf annual report of the Pen­sions lyeparfmcnt for the year eiu^crf 31. # March, 1920. War old>age, widows, military and miners pensions. rWoUiiigton : M. K. Marks, Gorernment Printer.]

—(1) M onthly S ta tistics of Cotton Spinning and l eaving in Indian Mills. May and June, 1920 Depart­ment of Statistics, India. (2) Wholesale and reta il (fort­nightly) prices. Returns showing the wholesale and retail prices of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, sugar (raw), salt, etc., bv districts for the fortnights ending the 31st July to 15th September. 1920. Department of Statistics. [C alcu tta : Sui>erintendent Government Printing.] (3) Second Sugar­cane Forecast, October 22nd, 1920. Department ofStatistics. [Calcutta.]

U nion of South A frica .— (1) Journal of Industries. November, 1920. The Advisory Board of Industry and Science; labour situation in October; industrial disputes; etc. [P reto ria ; Government Printing and Stationery Office.] (2) Quarterly Abstract of Union S ta tistics. Octol^r. 1920. Includes standard wages in certain occupa­tions; statistics of trade unions and associations and manu­facturing industries; prices and price indexes. Office of Census and Statistics. [^Johannesburg: Argue Printing and Publishing Company.]

Trinidad and T obago.—TVuges Committee, 1919-1920. Report of the Committee appointed to consider and report on the rate of wages paid to labour in the Colony and to examine into the economic position of the various classes of workers with a view to recommending rates of wages suited to present conditions. Council Paper No. 125 of 1920. [Port of Spain : Government Printing Office.]

F O R E I G N C O U N T R I E S .I nternational.—(1) M onthly Bulletin of S ta tistics.

Vol. II. Bulletin No. 2. October and November, 1920. Production; trade and shipping; price movements; finance; unemployment among trade union members in various countries, 1913 to 1920. Supreme Economic Council. [S.O. publication.]

Austrla.—(1) Staatsgesetzblatt. Nos. 142-153, 155-158(inclusive) of 1920. (Gazette of Laws.) (2)Bundesgesetzblatt. Nos. 1-7, 1920 (inclusive). (FederalGazette of Laws.) [Vienna.] (3) Am tliche Nachrichten des Ocsterreichischen Staatsam tes fiir Soziale Verwaltung, Nos. 19-23. (Journal of the Austrian departm ent for Social Administration.) [Vienna.]

B elg iu m .—(1) Bulletin de Documentation Economique, 24th November, 1st and 8th December, 1920. Notices, statistics, etc., relating to reconstruction, supplies, indus­trial and labour matters. Ministry of Economics. [Brussels.] (2) Situation Economigue de la Belgique.

industrial situation in Belgium in 3rd 1920. (Supplement to “ Bulletin de Docu- Economique.” ) Ministry of Economics.

----- (3) Pevue du Travail, 15th-31st October, and15th and 30th November, 1920. Labour market in Sep­tember and October; retail prices, April, 1914-—October 1920; unemployment aud out-of-work relief in Septem­ber; employment exchanges in September, 1920; labour disputes in September; law on miners’ pensions and sup­plementary allocations to injured workmen; trade union membership; Order concerning miners’ superannuation fuuds. Ministry of Industry, Labour, and Supplies. [Brussels.] (4) Statistique des Accidents du Travail. Statistics of labour accidents. Ministry of Industry Labour, and Supplies.. [Brussels.] (5) Statistique des Industnes Metallurgiques et dcs Appareils d Vapeur dn Belgique pour Vannie 1919. Statistics of mining and metal industnes in Belgium in 1919. Ministry of Industry, Labour, and Supplies. [Brussels.] (6) IjCIravail Industriel aux Etats-Unis. Tomes I and IIReport on industry in the United States. (2 vols.) Minisl n y of Industry, Labour, and Supplies. [Brussels.] (7) liapports Annuels de VInspection du Travail, 1919 Annual report on labour inspection, 1919. Ministry of industry, Labour, and Supplies. [Brussels ]

CzECHO-SLOVAKU.-Biiiieim Statistique de la Be-B u l t e Statistical[Prague.] National Statistical Office.

D enmark .—Sfatistisfce Efterretninger, 15th December

Workpeople’ benefit Handel. Trade Statistics, 1917 and 1918 fd

Siofart. Navigation Statistics, 1916. [Helsingfors.]'f r a n ^ r c T ^ gencraU de lan ' r 1 , d’observation des Brix. OctoberHeu'il nrire^fn^tn" 1®*'" general statistics of France’.

veUlancfi <1p in Bappoit par la Commission de Sur-DenVr/ef Awtorfts^emenf et de la Caisse desdepots et Consignations. Report of the Supervisory Com-

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Report on quarter of mentation [Belgium.]

mission of tho S tate Amortisation Bank and the State Deposit and Trustee Bank for 1919. [Paris.] (4) Bulletin du Mini-sfvre du Travail. August-October, 1920. (Ministry of Labour Bulletin.) Strikes in August and September; retail prices of certain necessities in large towns; report on the utilisation of leisure resulting from the eight-hour day; general census of the employees of industrial establish­ments in invaded regions. [Paris.] (5) Le Fonctionnem ent de VOffice D cpartem ental du Placem ent et de la S ta tistique du Travail et V Organisation des Secours de Chomage £ in s le D epartm ent de la Seine. 1st November, 1918—41st December, 1919. The Office of the Departmental Employ­ment Bureau and Labour Statistics and the Organisation of Unemployment Relief in the Department of the Seine. 'Paris.] (6) Journal Officiel (daily). Issues from 29th

ovembor—30th December (inclusive).Germ a n y .—(1) Statistisches Jahrbuch der S ta d t Berlin.

33 Jahrgang, enthaltend die S ta tis tik dcr Jahren 1912 bis 1914. Statistical Year-Book of Berlin. Statistics for 19J2-1914. National Statistical Office. [Berlin.] (2) Peichs-Gesetzblntt. Nos. 201-226 (inclusive) of 1920. Federal Bulletin of Laws. [Berlin.] (3) Die Verbdnde der U nternehm er, Angestellten, A rbeiter und B eam ten im Jahre 1918. Employers’ and workers’ associations in 1918, with summary for later period. National Employ­ment Department. (4) Reichs-Arbeitsblatt. (New Series) Nos. 1 and 2, 3, 4 and 5. (Official Journal of the Ministry of Labour.) Employment and out-of-work donation; cost of living statistics; development of employers’ and workers’ associations since 1918; labour agreements. Ministry of Labour. [Berlin.] (5) Deutscher Reichs- Anzeiger (daily). Issues from 27th November—27th Decem­ber (inclusive).

H olland .—(1) Bijdrogen to t de S ta tis tiek van Neder­land. (a) No. 299. K iezerssta tistiek. Election Statistics, (b) No. 300. S ta tis tiek van de loonen en den arbeidsduur der volgens de OngevaXlenwet 1901 verzekerde werklieden in de wasscherijen en de chemische wasscherijen en ver- verijen in het jaar 1917. Statistics of wages and hours of labour in the bleaching, cleaning and dyeing establish­ments in 1917. (c) No. 301. Justitieele S ta tis tiek over het Jaar 1918. Judicial Statistics for 1918. Central Bureau of Statistics. [The Hague.] (2) Jaarverslag der Vis- scherijinspectie 1917, 1918 and 1919 (I, H , and III). Annual report of the fishing industry, coast and deep sea fishing. Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Indus- try. [The Hague.] (3) M aandschrift van het Centraal Bureau voor de S ta tisU ek, 30th November, 1920. Employ­ment in October; unemployment in M ay; labour disputes in October; trade unions on 1st January, 1920; wages and hours; wholesale and retail prices. [The Hague: Gebr Belinfante.]

I celand .—(1) V erslunarskyrslwr arid 1917. Foreign trade of Iceland, statistics for 1917. (2) H agtith ind i.October, 1920. Retail prices in October. Statistical Bureau. [Reykjavik.]

I taly.—(1) II Mercato del Lavoro. November, 1920. Journal of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Un­employment, placing of labour. [Rome.] (2) Bollettino della Emigrazione. August-September, 1920. Bulletin of the General Commission on Emigration. [Rome.]

M ex ico .—(1) Gaceta Mensued del D epartam ento del Trabajo. September, 1920. (Journal of the Mexican De­partment of Labour.) Supply and demand of labour during September; labour accidents during August; disputes in September; retail prices in September, 1920 and 1910 [Alexico City.] (2) Boletin ae Industria , Comercio iraba-jo. December, 1919. (Journal of the Mexican De­partment of Industry, Commerce and Labour.) [Mexico City.] *-

N orw ay .— (1) Norsk Lovtidende. 9th, 15th, 20th, 25th November, 1920. (Norwegian Gazette of Laws.) Contain­ing laws of 29th October to 19th November, 1920 [Chris-

(?)Socia leM eddelelser. No. 10,1920. (Journal of the Ministry for Social Affairs.) Cost of living statistics, ^p tem ber and October, 1920; retail prices on 15th Noveml ber, 1920. [Christiania.]

S w ed en .— (1) Sveriges Officiella S ta tis tik . (a) De Ideella l< oremngarna i Sverige och deras Ekonomiska Forhallanden ai ly i i . Report on societies of non-economic character (religious, philanthropic, patriotic, sport, social, etc.) in Swedeii in 1917. (b) K ollektivavta l i Sverige, ar i919.Collective labour agreements in 1919. (c) Olycksfall i Arbete ar 1916 Labour accidents in 1916. [Stockholm: P. A. Noretedt and Soner.] (2) Sociala Meddelanden. No. 12. jo u rn a l of the Swedish Department for Social Affairs.) Jliinployinent in October; proposals for dealing with un- empmyinent, co-oporation, 1914-1916; collective agree­ments m 1919; employment exchanges in October; trade union unemployment in September; retail prices in October. [Stockholm : P. A. Norstedt and Soner.]

Schweizerische Arbeitsm arkt. 1; 6th, 13th, and 20th December, 1920btatjstics relating to work of employment exchanges* ^ i i t r a l Employment Exchange. [Berne.] (2) StaiU - tische VierteJiahrs— Verichte des Kantons B a h l— S t h t . Quarterly statistical report of the canton of Urban Basle

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ConditionH n« to doftth. (N ational F^il^ral ,^ui»»e f t

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P o p u la tio n NtatiRticR fo r U rb an llnRlo. inn rriago , o io .. am i cntiRCH of 8 tn ti(iticn l OfTico : IP inIo.) (4) Feuillr Uccucil f/ra Loix Snisxex (P o rtn iK litly ).Novombor—23rd Docombor (incIuMivc).<?id(7cn(iaaiar/irn fahrikinsprkttirpn Uher ihrn Amxfati{/kr.it in den Jnhren 1918 utid 1919. R o |)o rt of tb o Kodoral !n- Kooctorfi of FactoricH for tbo y ears 1918 an d 1919. Fodoral D o p u rtm o iit of P ub lic Econom y. [A n ra ii.J (6) S<daira Pay^x en 1918 aux Onvricrx Victimca d 'aceidenta. WaROfl p a id to w orkcra m ooting w ith lab o u r acoidnnta in 1918. Fodornl H ta tm tica l P u re a u . [P o rn o .] (7) Mexxuyr. du

P'6dt^ral d VAxxnnbUe F 6dcrtde concernnnt le dc la Conf6d^ration pour 1921. M ossago of th e C ouncil to th e F e d e ra l Assem bly co n cern in g th e

l'\jdornl i 'onacfi Ihulget FodoralP u d g et of tho Confederation of 1921. [B orne.]

U nited States.— (a) Federal. (1) Eighth Annual Report of the Secretary of Labour for the fiscal year ended io thJune, 1920. Publications and reports; labour disputes liandlod by tho Conciliation D ivision; im m igration, n a tu ra lisa tio n ; women and ch ildren 's bureaux: report of tho Industria l Conference. D epartm ent of L:ibour. (2) Thirty-first Annual Report on the S ta th t ic s of Radxcays in the United States for the year ended 3Df December, 1917. Includes tables showing the average hourly wage of leading classes of employees. In ter-H tate Cummorco Commission, liu roau of S ta tistics. (3) Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United States, May, 1920. D epartm entof Commerce, B ureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1919. Includenata lities in coal and motui mines, quarrie.s, and a t Hinolt>

ing p lants, 1914 to 1918; strikes in coal minps, 1917 to

1918; wiig<M)nrriors employed in maniifnctttrwi, 1914, by industri<«»; relative hours of bilM»iir and wage^i comnut«»d from union scales. 1914 to 1919; wages of farm la>iiirers 1866 to 1919; etc. Dwmrtmont of ( ‘ommerce, Ptireari *4 fo re ign and Dr»inoHtic Commerce. (6) (!r.nsu$ of Elertrunl Indrtstries, 1917, Central FAeelrxt Ltght and Cower Stations, u^ifh Summary of the Electrical Industries. IncludeM sta tistics of employee*, salaries and wage* in 1917 1912 and 1907. D epartm ent of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, lb) Fiiuincxal Statistics of States, 1919. Includee details of expenditure on public health and sanitation. <JiuritiOd| hoBpitalSi Hchrx>li libra riMi, anr] focr«*ation U opnrtm ent of Commerce, Bureau of tho Census. (?i Monthly iMhour Review, Ju ly , August, O ctol^r. 1920 I rices and cost of liv ing; wages and hour* of labfmr, w orkm ens com pensation; labour bureaux; strikes and lock-outs; eyestrain in relation to industry : family budgotA, 191^19 and 1901; induatrial domocracj in a cloth- ing factory; hours and earnings in the bwH and •hoe industry ; co-operation in various <y>untrie«, industrial resettlem ent in Oregon; etc. D epartm ent of Pabour,H tircau of L abour S tatiA tica. [ W aaning ton : G overnm ent P r in t in g OfBce.l

— (b) S ta te .— Y o r k .— The JiuUefin, November,1920. Factory inspection; workmen’s comp«>nsation; decision arising ou t of the Wall S tree t explosion; industrial rest pcnod.s for women: etc. New Vork S ta te Industrial Commission. [A lbany: J . B. Lyon Company.]

— P ennsylvania.— o f ' the. Ijep tsrtm en l o f lyihour and Industry, Nos. 6 and 7, 1920. Activities of the Indus- tria l Board to 3 ls t Decomlicr, 1919; industrial safety cam paign. [H arrisb u rg : J . L. L. K uhn.]

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

LIST OP NEW CONTRACTS, DECEMBER, 1920.

ADMIRALTY (CONTRACT AND PURCHASEDEPARTM ENT).

Batteries for 9-inch Torches: Ever Ready Co. (Groat B rita in ), L td ., London, N .— Bacon, T inned : C. &. T. H arris, L td ., Caliio, W ilts.--B elting , Laminated L eath er:.J . Hendr>, L td ., Glasgow.— Bitum en: Liimner & T rin idad Lake Asplmlto Co., L td ., London, 8 .W .—Boxes, Cap: B u lp itt & Sous, L td ., B irm ingham .— Blocks, Malleable Cast Iron: L a ird & Son, L td ., Irv in e ; Ruston <fe Hornsby, L td ., G rantham .— Brushes, A r tis ts ': F . Brockley & Son, E psom ; J . M ares & Sons, London, N .; Reeves & Sons, L td ., London, E .— Brushes, P ain ters’ : H am ilton & Co. (London), L td ., London, E .O .; W. M oriei\ Glasgow; G. B. K en t & Sons, L td .. London. E .; C. H . liOng & Sons. B irm ingham ; A. Reid ^ Sons, London, S .E . ; Rigby, Battcock, L td ., LonduiK E . ; Vale B radnack, W alsall; W. H . Vowles A Suns, L td ., Stonehouse.—Canvas, R .N .: B ax ter Bros. & Co., L td ., D undee; Boase Spinning Co.. L td ., Dundee.Carpets: Tho Cbildoma C arpet Co., L td ., K idderm inster. — Chemicals: B runner, Mono & Co., L td .. N orthw ich; Bur-goyne, Purbidges & Co., Tyondon, E .—Cocks, Guninetal and

E. A J . Richardson, Newcasllo-on-Tyne. - Internal Grind­ing M achine: C. Churchill & Co.. L td .. London. E.C.— Ironmongery: W. Gilpin, Senr., & Co., L td ., Staffs; R. Green, L td .. S taffs; F. H am pshire, B irm ingham ; J . Hill, L td ., S tourbridge; A. E. Jenks A Cattell, L td ., Wolver­ham pton; Loys^ Malleable Castings Co., L td ., Derby;S. Lewis & Co., L td ., Dudley; T. M inian, Birmingham; E. O rton, W illenhall; E. P artridge <t Co., S u ffs ; H. J . & K. Shorthouso, B irm ingham ; Swindell & Co , Ltd N etherton. near Dudley; W. H . Tildesloy. W illenhall;T. B. Wellinps <fe Co., L td ., Staffs.— Kersey: W. Edleston, Sowerby B ridge.—Linseed Oil: Dixon Sc Cntdiis L td . Southam pton; F . F . Fox * Co., L td ., B ristol: J . M. H am ilton <fe Co., L td ., H ull; W orringham <fe O^. Loudon.K.E.; Younghusband, Barnes A t . . London, 8 .E .— M anufactured Wood Goods: Bowerman & Sons, L td .. B ridgw ater; J . Brown & Sons, L td ., Newbury; Burley 4 Sons, L td ., Liverpool; \V\ E. Chivers 4 Sons, L td ., Devizes; E. 4 W. Coward, Ulverston; Dyne 4 Evens, London, E . ; E ast 4 Son, L td ., Berkham sted; Fosters, L td ., Boxraoor; J . B. Latham 4 Co., L td ., London, 8 .E .; J . 4 A. M cFarlano, L td ., Glasgow; J . Nicholls 4 Sons,

P la te d ; E.Sons, L td ., m inghain; f Sporryn & minghain.

B arber & Co., London, N .; S ir J . Laing 4 S underland .; P layer 4 M itchell, L td ., Bir-

Imith Bros. 4 Co. (Hyson), L td ., N ottingham ; Co., L td ., B irm ingham ; Taylor Bros., Bir-

Coii Winding Machines: Nevilles, L td ., Liverpool.—Cooking and Heating A pparatus: F alk irk Iron Co., L td ., F a lk irk .—Cotton W aste: Adams 4 Co., L td ., M anchester; C. E. A ustin 4 Sons, L td ., M anchester; J . W hite (W igan), L td .. W igan Cloth Co., L td ., London, E.C.& W eston, L td ., London,Accessories: B urton 4 Sons,Sons, L td ., W alsall; B rotherton, Ediswan Tubes 4 Conduits, L td ., W olverham pton.—Gunmetal Steam Cocks and Torpedo F ittings: W. N. Baines 4 Co., L td ., R other­ham ; J . Blakoborough 4 Sons, L td ., Brighouse, Yorks; W. Broady, H ull; P e te r Brotherhood, L td ,, Peterborough; S. Dixon & Sons, L td ., Leeds; S ir J . Laing 4 Sons, L td ., Sunderland; Sm ith Bros. 4 Co. (Hyson), L td ., Nottingham .

inpton; J . Owen 4 Sons, L td ., Liverpool. Pinnock, Tbatcham ; J . Reynolds. Chesham; Ruddvrs 4

Cloth, American: Leather —Collars, Soft W hite: Bryce E .C .—Conduit Tubing and L td ., W alsall; J . Birch 4

Drills, High-speed: A. M athieson 4 Sons, L td ., Glasgow; Sheffield Steel Products, L td .. Sheffield; Sheffield TwistDrill 4 Steel Co., L td ., Sheffield.— Drawers, Brown Cotton: A tkins Bros., H inckley.— Drawers and Vests, Woollen: Turner & Jarv is , L td ., Leicester.— Dryers: Burrell 4 Co.. L td ., London, E . ; Craig 4 Rose, L td ., London, S .E .— Dust Exhausting P lan t: A. Rnnsome 4 Co., L td .. Newark-on- T ront.— Firebricks; J . Dougnll 4 Sons. L td.. Bunnybridge; H. Foster 4 Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; Hill, W estlake 4 Co., L td ., Gunnislako; J . T. Price 4 Co., L td ., S tourbridge; (1. Turnbull & Co., L td ., Bonnybridge.—Garments, OilskiinCombination: G roat Grimsby Coal. S alt 4 Tanning Co., L td ., G reat Grimsby.—Hazel Rod Fenders; T. Block 4 Co..Greenock; R. Charnley 4 Sons, Ulvorston.—Hides,Upholstering, e tc ,: B ryout & Co., London, 8 .E .; Connolly Bros., Londou, N .W .; C rotty & Polsue, London, W.*;

Paynes, L td ., B irm ingham ; Staveley Wood Turning Co Staveley. near K endal; H. W orkman, L td ,. Stroud.—Manganese Jointing P aste: Wilman 4 Co.. L td., London, W.— Micanite and Insulating M aterials: I co Proofing Co., L td ., Glasgow; M icanite 4 Insulators. L td ., London. E .; J . North H ardy 4 Co., L td ., Mancncjiter; R. Whiffen, M anchester.— Milibands, Leather S traps: H arbord 4 Poole. London, S .E .; 8. E, Norris 4 Co., London, E .; P aten t Anhydrous Co., Portsm outh.—Mineral Grease: Anglo- American Oil Co,, L td ., London, 8 .W .—Metal Polishing P aste: Pnton. Calvert 4 Co.. L td .. Liverpool.—Mop Heads: T. M. Clewee 4 Son. Cradley; J . W liite (Wigan). L td .. W igan.—Motors and Motor Generating Set: Brush Electrical Engineering Co., L td ., Loughborough.—200 k.w. Motor Generator, e tc .: W. H. Allen, Son 4 Co., L td .. Bedford. —M ustard: J . 4 J . Colman. Norwich.—Oxide of Iron P a in t: Pogg 4 Ellam Jones, L td ., Derby.—White Oxide of Zinc P a in t: N. J . Fenner 4 H B. Alder 4 Co.. Ltd.. London. E .C .; Locke, Lancaster 4 W. W. 4 R. Johnson

L td ., London, E.C.—Pepper: E. 4 T. Pink. Ltd.. S .E .—Pneumatic Hose; India Rubber 4 G utta

Co., L td ., London, E .—Pitch, Marine Glue: .A.. 4 Co.. London, E .— Racks, Steel, Estler Bros.,

London, E .— Red Lead: Alexander. hVrgussoD 4 Co.. Ltd., Glasgow; Cookson 4 Co., L td ., Newcastle-en-Tvne; W alkers, P arker 4 Co., L td ., Chester,— Reamers, High­speed: G. 4 J . Hull, Sheffield.— Rope, Steel W ire: Caledonian W ire R ^ e Co., L td ., A irdrie; J . cSnwhnll 4 Sons, Gatosliead-on-Tyne; R. Hood, Haggle 4 Sooa, Ltd.. Nowcastle-on-Tyne; Tno Whitecroes Co.. Ltd., W arrington. W ilkins’ W ire and W ire Hopes, L td.. Eastwood: A. Whyte 4 Co.. L td ., Glasgow.— Rugs and Mats: Tumkinson 4 Adam, Kidderminster. Sheets, Copper; BUiot’s Metal Co., L td ., Birniinglmin.—Steam Heating Equipment: Beohaui4 Sous, London, W.—Selector Switchboard and Panels:*

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Ltd., Wolrer- •• Ltd., Derby; in, Birmingliaiii: 0.. Staffs; H. J. U 4 Co.. Ltd., sky. Mlenhall; ey: W. Edleeton, b Cirdos, Ltd..

Bristol: J. M ■; k Co.. I/ndon. London, S.E.— k Sons, Ltd.,

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Dyne k Erens, imsted; Foster, i.. London, S.E.; 2 ichoUs & Sons,

Drerpool; S. am; Rudders k K)d Turning Co., Ltd.. Stroud.'

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Horto”. r ’& So^ Ltd., Darlaston; Laird & Son, Ltd., Irvine; W. Renwick, Wini.aton; Ruston & Hornsbv, Ltd., Grantiuam; Vaughan Bros Wiitenh.aii.— Switches, etc.; A G.abriei A Co., B^irmingbam; Hawkers, Ltd. Birmingham; W. McGeoch A Co., Ltd., Birmingham._Soda Ash: Brunner, Mond & Co., Ltd., N(^thwicb.Shoes, Gymnasium: New Liverpool Co., Ltd.,Liverpool; Victoria Rubber Co., Ltd iMinburgh —Suet, Refined Beef: Globe Refining Co., Ltd., Bristol.—Targets: F. Bevis, Ltd., Portsmouth; J . F. Goodwillie, Ltd., Gosport.—Tiles: Doulton & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.— Thread: Lindsay, Thompson & Co., Belfast.—Twine: Belfast Ropework Co., Belfast; J . A A. D. Gnmond, Ltd., Dundee; J . Gundry & Co., Bridport; Pymore Mill Co., Bridport.—Thermometers, Hydrometers, etc.: A. C. Cossor it Son, London, N.; Perken, Son & Co., Ltd., London, E C ; T. A. Reynolds & Co., London, E .C .; T. E. Thompson & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Tubes, Condenser: A. Everitt it Sons, Ltd., Birmingham.—Varnishes, etc: Blundell, Spence it Co., Ltd., Hull; Griffiths Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.; Goodlass, Wall <fe Co., Ltd., Liverpool; Naylor Bros. (London), Ltd., Slough; Jenson & Nicholson, Ltd., London, E .; G. Purdom & Co., London, E .; Sissons Bros, ct Co., Ltd., Hull; C. W. Waters, Ltd., London, E.C.; Yorkshire Varnish Co., Ltd., Ripon.—Water Closets and Gear: J . Stone & Co., Ltd., London, S.E..—Wire Work: Aston Chain & Hook Co., Ltd., Birmingham; J . Dickson, London, T\^C.; Foggin, Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne; A, A. Janies, Ltd., West Bromwich; H. A. Joyner, London, S .E .; T. Locker & Co., Ltd., W arrington; J . Nichols & Son, Ltd., Birmingham; Patent Process Wire Weaving Co., Glasgow; F. W. Potter & Co., London, E .C .; S. Ramsey & Co., London, E .C .; W. Riddell & Cfo., Glasgow; A. Rowat & Co., Ltd., Glasgow; Tower Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Worcester; J . & R. Whyte, Glasgow.

ADIIIIRALTY (CIVIL ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF’S DEPARTMENT).

Cast Iron Pipes and F ittings for M alta: Cochrane & Co., Ltd., Dudley.—Cast Iron Pipes and Valves for P o rtlan d : Staveley Coal & Iron Co., Ltd., Chesterfield.-^teel Sleepers, etc., for “ Jubilee ” Rails a t G ib ra ltar: Bolling & Lowe, London, E.C.

WAR OFFICE.Baths, Canvas: Groom, Ltd., London.—Bearskin Caps,

e tc .: W. Carter & Co., Ltd., London; Hobson & Sons, London; Myers & Co., London.—Beds, Folding; The Higli Grade Manufacturing Co., Ltd., London.—Boards, Dis­trib u tin g : General Electric, London, E.C.—Boots: Adams Bros., Raunds; R. Coggins & Sons, Ltd., Raunds; G. T. Hawkins, Ltd., Northampton; John Horrell & Son, Haunds; W. Laurence, Raunds; C. E. Nichols, L td , Raunds; W. Nichols & Son, Ltd., Kettering; St. Crispin Production Society, Ltd., Raunds; 0 . Smith, Raunds; Tebbutt & Hall Bros., Ltd., Raunds; Tecnic Boot Co., Ltd Rushden.—Boxes, Wood: C. Lumb & Sous, London Vickers, Ltd., Hartford; J . W att, Torrence & Co., Woolwich. — Brush Heads: James Root & Son, New Southgate — Brushes, Sweeping; James Root & Sons, New Southgate —Caps, Service Dress, e tc .: Myers & Co., London.—Chloride of Lime: United Alkali Co Ltd., Liverpool; A. C. Young & Co., London.—Cloth, Billiard Table: G. Edwards, Ltd London.-Cjoth, Scarlet: J . Halliday ife Co., P u dsey .- Clothing, Miscellaneous: J . R. Bousfield & Co.,Ltd.,London Atkinson Bros., Ltd Sheffield; Brooke Tool Manufacturing Co., Birmingham.—Earthenw are, Table: T. Winkle & Co.

Staffs.—Enamel,M ^ - TT Sons, Ltd., London, N.—Horns,

Birmingham.— Inspection ofBoilers. British Engine Boiler & Electrical Insurance Co London. Iron, Pig: The Barrow Hematite Steel Co. L td ’Th^^Sigiysr^PW^^®^ Lamps, EYectric:P o L 1 P.®^^ric .& Siemens Supplies, Ltd., London-MTste?s A^Co E-C.—Matches: John

Associated Equipment Co Ttrl Woi+u*’ Ltd., Glasgow;

T ra '^ r^ C c * Ltd“’ ^ “ ‘“ hall^Pneum atio C o v ^ : s tu g h Eudleyl E“-p.^;\‘'nidg®e'Tco'"oid ’iifedneerin^’ ci™ Lfd^“ : Pul.somrterH adiator T+d ’’ b - Radiator Spares; SerckF t b l ° k Co LarbeT® RTnnT'l?"®.'*- • ^ “bbie,Co., Larbert“: ^ s X M ^t • Parts; Dobbie, Forbes ACord: J . Holmes & Rnn ’ Loxmoor.—Sash

Bimingham.—Shoes, Canvas: Adams Bros^ Raunds; G. Knight, Finedon; Walker, Kerapson & Stevens, Ltd., Wellingborough.—Shoes, Gymnasium: North British Rubber Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.—Shoes, Horse, Steel: The British & Colonial Horse Shoe & Machine Co., Ltd., Walsall; W. H. T ildesl^, Willenhall.—Slates: E. Parkin­son, Woolwich.—Soda Crystals: Brunner, Mond & Co., Ltd., Silvertown, E.—Steel, F lat : Lilleshall Co., Oakington. —Steel Plates: Francis Morton ife Co., Ltd., Liverpool.— Steel Rails: Partington Steel & Iron Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Stove^ Oil: Rippingille’s Albion Lamp Co., B ir­mingham.—Table Glass: Stevens & Williams, Stourbridge. —Thread, Flax: Finlayson, Bousfield & Co., Ltd., John­stone.— Tool Rolls: W. Talbert & Co., London.—Trans­formers, Rotary: Newton Bros. (Derby), Ltd., Derby.— Tubes, Steel: Talbot Stead Tube Co., Ltd., Walsall; Vickers, Ltd., Sheffield.—Turpentine: Langley, Smith & Co., London.—Velocity Screen Towers: Braithwaite & Co., London, S.W.—Whips, Hand: G. & J . Hair, Birmingham; Swaine & Adenej^ Ltd., London.

Building Works:Periodical Services: Ashton-under-Lyne: R. Holt, Bury.

Bodmin; W. E. Bennett, Bodmin. Bury: R. Holt, Bury. Dublin (Royal Barracks): — Holdsworth, Shipley. Leeds: T. Carr, Halifax. Sheffield (Hillsborough Barracks): G. A. P illatt & Sons, Nottingham. Youghal: Murray & Sons, Youghal. L e ith : Andrew Hutton & Son, Edinburgh. Mill H ill: Barber & Dunderdale, London. S trensall: A. Bagnall & Sons, Ltd., Shipley. Woolwich: T. Carr, Halifax; A. Bagnall & Sons, Ltd., Shipley.—Building: Deepeut Camp (Frim ley): J. Cockerell, Aldershot.— Miscellaneous: Woolwich: Edward Dean & Beal, Ltd., London; F. R. Hepperson, Norwich.

AIR MINISTRY.Aircraft Engines: D. Napier & Son, Ltd., London, W.—

Aircraft Gear: W. Beardmore & Co., Ltd., Dalmuir.— Aircraft Spares: Vickers, Ltd., London, S.W.—Alterations to Motor Launches: Cox & King, Ltd., London, S.W.— Bomb Ribs: G. A. Harvey & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. —Building Works Extensions: Macdonald, Gibbs & Co., Ltd., London, E.O.—Dope: British Cellulose <fe Chemical Manufacturing Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Electric Wiring, Donibristle: S. Dixon & Sons, Ltd., London, W.C.—Engine, Installation of: Armstrong, Siddeley Motors, Ltd., Coventry.—Furnace Fuel Oil: Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Gas, Starting Gear, etc. : D. Napier & Son, Ltd., London, W.—Generators: Everslied & Vignoles, Ltd., London, W.— Ignition Vibrators: H. W. Sullivan, London,E . C.—Mechanical Transport Spares: Crossley Motors, Ltd., Gorton, Manchester.—Mooring Mast, Supply and Erection:F. Morton & Co., L td^ London, S.W.—Paper Targets:Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., London, E.C.—Petrol Storage: Oil Storage Equipment Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Portland Cement: Brading Cement Co., Ltd., Isle of W ight; London & Provincial Ballast Co., Ltd., London, W.C.—Propellers: Armstrong, Siddeley Motors, Ltd., Coventry; Win. Beard- more & Co., Ltd., Dalmuir, Dumbartonshire; Metal Air­screw Co., Ltd., London, W.C.—Radiators: J . Marston, Ltd., Wolverhampton; Serck Radiators, Ltd., Birmingham. —Rafwires: Bruntons, Musselburgh, Scotland. — Re­conditioning Barrack Stores: Sabey & Son, Islington.— Sparking Plugs: Robinhood Engineering Works, Ltd., London, S.W.—Steelwork, Constructional: Braithwaite (fe Co., London, S.W.

POST OFFICE.Apparatus, Telegraphic: Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., Lon­

don, S.E.—Apparatus, Telephonic: Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Liverpool; British L. M. Ericsson M anufac^ring Co., Ltd., Beeston, Notts; International Electric Co., Ltd., London, N .; Phoenix Telephone it Elec­tric Works, Ltd., London, N.W .; Siemens Bros, it Co., Ltd., London, S .E .; Sterling Telephone <fe Electric Co., Ltd., Dagenham, Essex; Western Electric Co., Ltd., Lon- ^ n , E.—Cable, Electric Light: Hackbridge Cable Co., Ltd., Hackbndge, Surrey.—Cable, Submarine: Telegraph Coii- ^ruction & Maintenance Co., Ltd., London, *S.E.--Cable, Telegraphic and Telephonic: Macintosh Cable Co., Ltd., Derby; New Gutta Percha Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Casks: Tyson & Co. (Millwall), Ltd., London, E,—Clips, Earth: Farmer & Co., Birmingham.—Combiners: F, W. Male & bon, Wolverhampton.—Condensers: Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Cords for Telephones: Phoenix Telephone & Electric Works, Ltd., London, N.W.—Ducts: Doulton & Co., Ltd., Springfield & Smethwick, Birming­ham.—Insulators: Bullers, Ltd., Hanley.—Lamps, Indicator: General Electric Co., Ltd., London, W.—Laying Conduits: Preston-Blackpool (Section I I .) : W. Dobson, Edinburgh. Harrow (Headstone Road): G. J . Anderson, London, E. Hornsey (C^oleridge Road): J . Abrahams, Ltd., London n ! London-Bristol-Newport (S.W. Section VI.) and Man- te s te r (Piccadilly and Newton Street Pneumatic Tubes) • E. E. Jeavoiis & C ^, Ltd., Dudley Port, Staffs. North- Eastern Post Office Engineering District (Six Months’ Con­tra c t) : W. Irwin & Co., Ltd., Leeds. North Wftles Post

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Offloo KnKinoorinR D iiitrict (Six ^fonth«' C o n trn c t): Hodne Bros (Contrnctorfl), U d ., Nortlifiold, HirminRlifim. WnlthnmHtotv (Piilmorfiton Hoad); W. C. Fronrh, Bnck- h u rs t H ill, E hsox. W andsworth Common (T rin ity Ho;id) and Norwood (Vorinont Bond): J . Mowlom dr Co.^ U d ., London, flAV.—M anufacture, Supply, Drawing-in and Jointing Cable: Hnm pstcad-Hondon Ju n c tio n : Johnson & Phillips L td .. U n d o n , 8.1C. H ulU drim sby: W. T. Glovor ifc Co., L td ., Mnnnhostor. Paisloy-Groenock : B ritish Insu­lated tfe Holsby Cables, L td ., London, W.O.—Oil, Dynamo: I rank How A Co., London, E .—Pipe, W rought Iron: Scottish Tube Co., L td ., Glasgow ^ C oatbridge; John Spencer, L td .. W odnesbury.— Plates, E a rth : Karringdon W orks * H. Pontifox A Sons, L td ., London, K.C.—Sets,. ........; ^ v iiv itvA P7UII0, Aitu*, i ju f iu o iu — o o is ,C harging: A rthu r Lyon A Co., London, N .—Sleeves, Lead: G. Farm iloo A Sons, L td ., U n d o n , E .C .; T. A W. Formi- oc, L td ., London 8 .W.—Spikes, Insulator: Thomas Wil-

liains A Sons, L td ., Halesowen, B irm ingham .—Spirit, M ethylated: W. H . Palm er A Co.. L td ., London, K.C.— Telephones; We.storn E lectric Co., L td ., London. E.—Tele­phone Exchange Equipm ent: Bromlev A W nltlmmatow: W estorn Eloctrie Co., Titd., Tiondon, E. L n t »n: Poe!- Conner Telophuno W orks, L td ., Salford, Lancs; Sub-Con­trac to rs for B a tte rie s : The Tudor Accumulator Co., L td ., London, W .C .; for C harging S e ts : Crompton A Co.!ChoImBford.—W ire, Electric L igh t: M acintosh Cable Co!! L td ., D erby.—W ire, Vulcanised, Indiarubber: Wm. OeipelA Co., Wembley, M iddlesex; H ackbridge C.ible Co. Lt<l, H ackbridgo, Surrey. * '

H IG H COM M ISSIONER FOR IN D IA .

A pparatus, Telephone: Pool Connor Telephone Works. L td .. London, E .C .—A sphalte : London Asphalte Co., L td .. London, E .C .— B edsteads: W hitfields Bedsteads, L td ., Lon­don, W .C.— B elting; J . Stone A Co., L td ., London, 8 .E

r \ k t . - V t t v x iBicycles: B .8.A . Cycles, BirminKhain*—Bleaching

to ile rs , Loco.Powder: U nited Alkali Co., L td ,, Liverpool. M arine: J . Noilson A Son, L td ., Glasgow. H unslot Engine Co., L td ., Leeds.— Boilers,

Boilers,

_ ^ Vef*fical *M arshall. Sons A Co., L td ., Gainsborough.— Bolts, Steel: Bayliss. Jones A Baybss, L td ., London. E .C .— Boxes, Glass:Chloride E lectrical S torage Co., L td .. Tendon, 8.W .

rushes, Carbon: M organ Crucible Co., L td ., London, 8.W .luntm g: W. B ancroft A Sons, L td ., H alifax .—C able:

General E lectric Co., L td ., London, E .C .; W. T. Glover A Co., L td ., Trafford P ark , M anchester: Johnson A Phillips, L td ., Charlton, 8 .E . ; Peel Connor Telephone W orks, L td ., London, E .C .—C am bric: A. Stockwell A Co., L td ., M an­chester.— C anvas: D. Corsar A Sons. L td ., A rbroath .— Cells: Chloride E lectrical S torage Co., L td ., London, 8 .W .; Edison Accumulators, L td ., London, 8 .W .- Cells, Sections fo r: Tudor Accumulator Co.. London. W .C.—Chain, Iron: T. P errins, S tourbridge.—Chain, Roller: Coventry Chain Co., Coventry.—Chassis: Albion .Motor C ar Co., L td ., Glas-

< a” vas: F . R. R and A Co., L td ., London. 8 .W .—Cloth, L eather: Rexine. L td ., Hyde.— Cloth, Navy Blue: H . Booth A Sons. L td ., Gildersome, n r. Lcod.s.— Cloth, Oxford: Brigg A Son (B atloy), L td., Batlev.— Copper Bolt: Aston Chain A Hook Co., L td ., B irm ingham . —Copper Ingot: B ritish M etal Corporation. L td .. London, E .C .—Cord, C otton: E. Spinner A Co., Mnnehostor.— Couplings; Bayliss, Jones A Bayliss, L td ., London. E .C .;

le t r ^ o l i ta n C arriage, Wagon A Finance Co.. L td .. Salt- ley, B irm ingham .—Cranes,- . Loco.: Ransomes A R apier,L td ., London, S .W .— Discs, Corundum: B. R. Rowland A Co., L td ., R edditch.— Disinfector: Manlove, Alliott A Co., L td ., Tiondon, 8.W .— D redger: I^ b n itz A Co., L td ., Ren­frew.— Drums, S teel: Cyclops Engineering Co.. L td ., B urton-on-Tront.— Dynamos: J . Stono A Co., L td ., London. 8 .E .— Engines, S team : W. Sisson A Co., L td ., Gloucester. — Eqmpment, W elding: M etro-Vickers Electrical Export Co., FrafFord P ark , M anchester.— Erasers: G. B utler A Co L td ., Sheffield.— Fans, Electric: Crompton A Co., L td ., London, E .C .; General Electric Co.. L td ., London, E .C .; J Stone A Co^ L td ., London, S .E .; Voritys, L td ., London, W.C.— Files: Howell A Co.» Ltd.» Sheffield.— Fishbolts, e tc .:

* London. E .C .— Fuses: W. T. Henley s Telegraph Works Co.. L td ., London, E.C.—Gauge P ipe: Associated Equipm ent Co., L td ., London, E .— Generating Sets, e tc .: Lancashire Dynamo A M otor Co L td ., Trafford P ark .— Hose, Pneum atic: Avon India Rubber Co., L td ,, Melksham, W ilts.— Ink Glasses: E. Woodham A Co., London, E .— lodum: Wliiffon A Sons L td ., London, E.C.— Iron: R. H eath A Low Moor, Stoke-on-Trent.— Iron, F irebar: Hull Forgo Iron A Co., L td ., H ull.—Jaconette; L. Behrens A Sons, Chester.— Joists, Steel: Dorman, Long A Co., M iddlesbrough.— Lace: Dalton, B arton A Co., L td., don, E.C.— Lampholders: Edison Swan Electric Co.. Ponders End.— Landaulette: Armstrong Siddeley Motors. L td ,, London, W .- Lathe: A, H erbert, L td .. Coventry.— Locomotives: W. G. Bngnall, L td ., Stafford.— Longcloth: A. Stockwoll A Co., L td ., M anchester.— Machine, Bolt Screwing: J . H eap A Co., L td ., Ashton-undor-Lyno.— Machine, Milling: Greenwood A Batley, L td ., Leeds.— Machine, Rivet-heading: Greenwood A Batlev, L td ., Leeds.

Machine, Scragging; J . Buckton A Co., L td ., Leeds.— Machines, Linotype: Linotype A Machinery, L td ., London,

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MQtors: Eaiirenco, Scott A Co.. L td ., Norwirh.- Muslin; Bfwkwell A Co., L td ., Mnnehe<«tor.- Oil, C astrol' C f*

Mnkofiold A (V> London, K.C. • Oil, L ubricating: Anglol

-.H olhngw ortli A O )., Maidetono. Paper, P rin ting :i ',1 Co., Ltd., U n d o n . E .C .-P a p e r , Stencil:Ellnrns D uplicator Co., U n d o n , K.C\—Paper, W riting;Hollingwortli A Co., M aidstone.—Pencils: V. Oi.-imbcr^ AD r n Rownev A Co.. U n d o n . W -Point Redding: S tew arts A Lfoyds, L td .. O U sgow .- PotassM lodidum: Howards A Sons, L td .. Ilford. U ndr.n . E. J Peel (Vinner Telephone Worke. Ltd..

U ndon , K.C. Pulleys: A. H erbert, l,td .. Coventry -- Pumice Stone; Produce Brokers Co., L td.. U ndon . E C — Road Roller: A gricultural A General Engineers. Ltd U n - don, W .CL-Roofing Sheets: B ritish Everite A A.hestilitc M orks. L td ., M anchester.— Rope, Steel W ire: J . A E, W right, L td ., Birm ingham . — Salammoniac: Brunner Mond A Co., L td .. N orthw ich.--Santoninum : Carnegie Bros., London, N .-S c re w s: H arrild A Sons, L td ., London. K.C.—Stalks: Bavliss, Jones A Bayliss, L td ., U n d o n . E.C • Bullers, L td ., U n d o n , E .C .—Steel, Galvanized: ’ E«ton Sheet A Galvanizing CV>., L td ., South Bank. Yorks.— Steel, Mild: D istric t Iron A Steel Co., L td ., B irm ingham .; Karl of Dudley’s Round Oak Works. Brierley Hill, Staffs; Steel Co. of Scotland. Glaegow. - Steel Sheets, Corrugated:E.ston Shoot A Gnlvanixing Co.. L td ., South Bank, York* Switchboards: K n rtre t Engineering Co., L td ., London8 .M .; Peel Conner Telephone Works. L td ., U n d o n . E.C.— Thread: W. A J . Knox, K ilhirnic.—Tools: J . Birch A CV) L td., London, K.C.—Tubes, Boiler: Metallic Seamlees Tulx^ Co., L td ., B irm ingham .—Tubes, Copper: Allen. Evoritt A Son, L td .. B irm ingham .—Type: H. W. Cnalon A Co., Ltd London. E.(^.—Tyres, Steel: Steel. Peech A Tozer, L td ! Sheffield.—Vices: J . W ilkinson, Ju n . (Dudley) Ltd D udley .-W ebbing , Cotton: Dalton. B arton A Co.. U ndon K.C.—W eighbridge: W. A T. Avery. L td .. Birm ingham .— W heels: N .A .P. Pneum atic Tyre Syndicate. L td.. London S.W .—Wire, Copper: T. Bolton A Sons. L td .. L4>ndon. W .; W. T. Glover A Co., L td ., Trafford P ark : U n d o n Electric W ire O). A Sm iths, L td ., U n d o n , E.C.—Wire, Iron: Dor­man, Long A Co., L td ., M iddlesbrough; R. Johnson A Nephew, M anchester; Rylanda Bros.. W arrington; White- cross Co.. L td ., W arrington.—Wires, Fuse: General Elec­tric Co.. L td ., London E.C.

CROWN AGENTS FOR TH E COLONIES.

Air Compressor: S ir W. H. Bailey A Co.. Ltd., Man­chester.- Barges: .Messrs. Bow. M cLiiichlan A Co., Paisley. — Barrows: Messrs. F. Brnby A Co., L td .. London, E.C.-^ Bars, Bronze: Messrs. J . Stone A Co., L td., London, S.W.

B attery : The Prem ier Accumulator Co.. N ortham pton.— Battery M aterials: .Messrs. Siemens Bros. A CV>.. Ltd.. London, S .E .— Beds, etc,; “ X ’ Chair P a ten t Co., Haye^. M iddlesex.—Bends, Elbows, e tc .: .Messrs. J . Sptmeer, L td.. Wedne.shury.—Blasting Powder: .Messrs. Curtiss A H.irvev. London. E.C. — Block Making Machine, e tc .: Aleasw. W inget, L td ., U iidon , S.W .— Bogies, Motor Coach: The Gloucester Railway Carriage A Wagon Co., L td., U ndon , S.W .— Boiler, e tc .: Messrs. Babcock A Wilcox. L td ., Lonl don, E.C.— Boilers: Me.ssrs. A. G. Mumford, L td .. Col­chester.— Bolts and Nuts, e tc .; Messrs. Guest, Keen A Nettlefolds, L td.. London, E.C.— Bridgework: The Horse- hay Co., L td ,, Horsehay, Shropshire.—Cable: Messrs. W. T. H enley’s Tel. Works Co., L td ,, London, E .C .; Meosrs. H ooper’s Tel. A India Rubber Works, L td ., London, E C.— Cable Joint Boxes: Messrs. W. T. H cn ievs Tel. Works CoLtd., London, E.C.—Camp Equipment: Messrs. Silver A Edgington. London, S .E .—Canvas: Messre. Anderson AChalmers, Arbroath.—Car, Lorry, Mail Van: The BcUise Motors. L td ., M anchester.—C.l. Pipes, e tc .: Messr«i. D. King A Sons, L td ., Glasgow.—C.l. Piping: The Stanton Ironworks Co., L td., nr. N ottingham .—Cement: The O n ie n t M arketing Co., London. E .C .; The Tunnel Port­land. Cement CV).. London, E .C .—Chairs, e tc .: Messrs. Maple A ( ’o.. L td., London, W .—Chisels, Rivets, Nails, e tc .; Messrs. V. A R. Blakemore, London. E.C.—Cloth: The Gourook Ropework Co., London, E.C.—Closets: M*'ssr>*. Doulton A Co., L td., Paisley.—Coke: J . T. Burton. Liver­pool; Messrs. Crompton A Hardens, I.,ondon, E.(?.— Corrugated Galvanised Iron Sheeting: The Wolverh impton Corrugated Iron Co.. L td .. Ellesmere Port, nr. BirkcDhoiid.

Corrugated Galvanised Sheets: The Wolverhampton Cor­rugated L td., Elle-iniere Port, nr. Birkenhead.—Couplings: The Birmingham Railway Carriage A Wagon

(Roure.ster Railway Carriage A Wagon Co., L tu., Ijoiidoii, S,W*.—C r a n e s C r a v o i i Bros. (Manchester), L td.. SU»ckport. —Cylinder Machines: Messrs. H arrild A So*lis. Ltd.. lajiidon. E.C.—Drawing and Surveying M aterials; Messrs. W. F. Stanley A Co Ltd

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'T f a in ^ M e i r s : ’ M M her & P la tt , L td ., Loudon, S.W -• \!aRcr<; MeLroDolitaii-Vickcrs li*lec.c'olBCtrrc'weldirTg’ r ^ Messrs. Metropolitan-Viclscrs JlUeo.

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;Lon7 elc., spare Parts: The xXorth British Locomotive. Ltd , Glasgow; The Vulcan 1‘oundry, Ltd., INewtou-le-iUows, ’Lancs^-Fire Engine and Spare Partsjsrryweather & Sons, Ltd., London,essrs. Kelsall & Kemp, Ltd., Kochdale; Messrs.ttlewood & Co., Rochdale.—Furnaces. Theucible Co., Ltd., London, S.M

a- n r , Tnndon W —Ga vanised Sheets: Messrs.Summer*

-• ^ndon, £ ^'".Lggrs J . Lvsaght, Ltd., Loudon, E.C.—Hinges, etc.: H Li^jossrs.' tv.' <fc B. Leggett, Ltd. Loniiou, W.C.—Insulator:

■ ' ”■'essrs. Bullers, Ltd., London, E.C.—Iron : Messrs. P. &acleUan, Ltd., Glasgow.—Joint Boxes, e tc .: Messrs emens Bros. & Co., Ltd., Loudon, S.E.—Knickers ami inics: Messrs. Hobson & Sons, Ltd., London. Lamps le Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd,, Ponders End Middle- X.—Lighthouse: Trinity House, London, E.C.—Loco )are Parts: Messrs. Kitson & Co., Ltd., Leeds.—Lymph ae Lister Institute, London, S.W.—Machine Tools: essrs. A. Herbert, Ltd., Coventry.—Mamoties: Messrs.

& R. Blakemore, London, E.C.—Map Roller: Messrs.. W. Penrose & Co., London, E.C.—Marine Equipments r Barge: The Bergius Launch & Engine Co., Ltd., Glas- y y f —Monotype Keyboard and Caster: The Lauston Mouo- -pe Corporation, Ltd., London, E.C.—Motor Car: The ;rewry Car Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Mounting Maps: Messrs. W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh.—Nails: Messrs, uest, Keen & Nettlefolds, Ltd., Rogerstcne, Mon.—Oil: he Anglo-American Oil Co., London, E .C .; The Vacuum il Co., London, S.W.—Paint: The Red Hand Composi- ;ons, Ltd., London, E.C.; The Torbay Pain t Co., London, C.—Paper: Messrs. C. Baker & Co., London, E .C .; essrs. A. Cowan & Sons, London, E .C .; Messrs. Dunster

Wakefield, London, E.C.—Pick Axes, Matchets, etc.: Messrs. V. & R. Blakemore, London, E.C.—Pipes and ittings: The Stanton Ironworks Co., Ltd., nr. Notting- |am.—Piping: Messrs. Stewarts & Lloyds, Ltd., Glasgow.— rinting: Messrs. Waterlow & Sons, London, E.C.—Rails d Fishplates: Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., London,

.C.; Messrs. Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., Middle^brou^ lessrs. Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds, Ltd., London, E.C. ails, etc.: The United Steel Companies, Ltd., Workington Ice: Messrs. J . A. Anderson & Co., London, E .—Roao oilers: Messrs. Agricultural & General Engineers, Ltd., ondon, W.C.—Roofing Materials: Messrs. Wm. Bain & !o.. Ltd., Coatbridge.—Saw Mill Machinery: Messrs. T. obinson & Sons, L td^ Rochdale.—Serge: Messrs, R. aunt & Sons, Ltd., Parsley, nr. Leeds.—Sleepers and eys: Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., London, E .C .;

rlessrs. Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough.—Spare 'arts forSteamTractor and Roller: Messrs. Aveling & Porter ltd., Rochester, Kent.—Spares for Buoys: Messrs. Brown’ enox & Co., Ltd., Pontypridd.—Spares for “ Lagos ■ornulus ” : Messrs. Fleming, Ferguson, Ltd., Paisley.-^ itationery: Messrs. Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., London E C

Madellan, Ltd., Glasgow.—Steel lates: TheConsett Iron Co.,Ltd., London, E.C.—Steelwork

:tc.: Alessrs. F. Braby & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Steel- “ork; Messrs Alex Findlay & Co., Ltd., Motherwell; The

^ Engineering Co., Ltd., Tipton, Staffs.— toneware Pipes, e tc .: Messrs, Doulton & Co., Ltd., Lon-V. ’ n ; ? ; ' f Troughmg. etc .: Messrs. Sutton &

M -^®^By-de-la-Zouch.—Superheater Ele­ments. Messrs. Stewarts & Lloyd.s, Ltd., Glasgow • The Superheater Corporation, Ltd., London W-SiTrVevina Instruments: Messrs Troughton & Simms, Ltd.,* LonLn E.C. Switches and Crossings: The Isca Foundrv Cn i i-A ^

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RnJIprH T+/1 T uine iviaxenais;

phone Sets: The P ^ i L o^on , W.C.—Tele-'don, E .C .-T en?sf M ^srs Lon-W.6.—Theodolites- London,London, E .C —Tiles- THp \ f * Simms, Ltd.,B u rslem .-tin : filS^rs W^^lf ^o.’, L td.’L iv e rp o o l.-T o d s: eto:7 f L td .;don E.C.— Trolleys: Messrs ^ Blakemore, Lon-Londoii, W —Tube/ n». c & Carter, LtdSona, Ltd"' siethw ick - I tu^s EverittTfe& Co. Paisley.—Turntable' Tb McLauchlauh ay ,^ a lo p .-T y p e w rite ^ s^ T b ^ 1 ? °"^ ^ ^ ^ ’ Hors^London. E .C . - T y r e s ^ ^ Typewriter Co.Sheffield; M e s s r s C a m m e l l , Laird <fe Co., Ltd.Ltd., London, W —VeUrlnarv^fl*^^^“ Milne Co.’,» vv. veterinary A pparatus; Messre Arnold

& Sons, London, E.C.—Wagon Covers: The Waterproofing Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Wagon, Spare Parts: Messrs. Hoad, Wrightson & Co., Ltd., Thornaby-on-Tees.—Water Columns: Messrs. Newton, Chambers & Co., Ltd., nr. Shef­field.—Wheel Centres: The North British Loco. Co.. Ltd., Glasgow.—Wheels and Axles: Messrs. Kitson & Co., Ltd., Ijeeds.—W .l. Pipes: Messrs. Stewarts & Lloyds, Ltd., Glasgow.—Wire, Copper: Messrs. E lliott’s Metal Co., Ltd., flirmingham.^—Wire, Copper, e tc .: The Shropshire Iron Co., Ltd., Hadley, nr. Wellington, Salop.—Wire, H.D. Cop’per Line: Messrs. Rd. Johnson & Nephew, Ltd., Man­chester; The Shropshire Iron Co., Ltd., Hadley, nr. Wel­lington, Salop.—Wire, Insulated: Messrs. Hooper’s Tel. Ofc India Rubber Works, Ltd., London, E.C.

H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE.Bags; E. S. & A. Robinson, Ltd., Bristol.—Binders:

Webb, Son & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Boards: Wiggins, Teape & Co., Ltd., London, E .—Boxes: H. Stone & Sons, Banbury; R. B. Thompson & Co., Glasgow.—Brushes, Type Cleaning : Association for the Welfare of the Blind. London. —Carbons: Lion Typewriter Supplies Co., London, E.C.; Crusader M anufacturing Co., London, E.C.—Cases, Batten and Shelfboards: Delaney & Co., Manchester.—Cord: J. Cookson, Ltd., Manchester; J . Holmes & Son, Huddersfield; H. J . Faller & Co., Ltd.. London, E.C.—Deed Boxes: Chatham & Son, Ltd., Wolverhampton.—Drawing Pins: Twigg & Beeson, Birmingham.—Files, Manilla: W. H. Hilton & Co., Rochdale.—Ink, Duplicator: Ellams Dupli­cator Co., Bushey.—Inkstands: Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops, London, S.W.—Packing Cases: A. Lloyd & Sons, Ltd., London, S.E.—Paper of Various Descriptions: Inveresk Paper Mills, Ltd., Musselburgh; Smith, Anderson & Co., Ltd., Leslie, Fife; P. G arnett & Son, Ltd., Otley, Yorks; A. E. Reed & Co., Ltd., Horton K irby; Hendon Paper Works, Ltd., Hendon, nr. Sunderland; Caldwell & Co., Ltd., Inverkeithing; Golden Valley Paper Mills. Ltd., Bitton, nr. Bristol; Northfleet Paper Mills, Ltd., North- fleet; Wiggins, Teape & Co., Ltd., Devon Valley; Fisher & Co., Ltd., Kettlebrook; St. Neot’s Paper Mill Co., St. Neot’s; Reed & Smith, Ltd., Cullompton; J . A. Weir, Ltd., Kilbagie; J . Allen & Sons, Ltd., Ivybridge; Bathford Paper Mills, Bathford; Cooke & Nuttall, Ltd., Horwich.—Pencils: G. Rowney & Co., London, W.—Printing, Ruling and Binding, etc.: 1,000,000 Doctors’ Index Cards: Morrison & Gibb, Ltd., Edinburgh. Jobwork Printing—Ireland, Group 31: R. Carswell & Son, L td., Belfast. Bookwork Printing —Scotland, Group 5 (1921): R. W. Poe, Ltd., Glasgow; Group 6 (1921); D. Macfarlane & Co., Ltd., Edinburgh; Groups 10 and 11: J . Cossar, Glasgow. P rin ting Bills and Acts—Group 82 (1921): Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd., Loudon, E.C. Bookwork Printing—Scotland, Group 4 (1921): J . Skinner & Co., Edinburgh; Group 9 (1921), Section A; A. Walker & Sons, Galashiels; Section B : Neill & Co., Ltd., Edinbui-gh. Groups 79, 80, 81—England: H.M.S.O. Press, Harrow. Group 32 (1921), Ireland, Litho P rin ting : A. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin. 21,500 Ships Rotation Books, No. 235: Pirie, Appleton, Ltd., London, E.C. 1,500 Money Order Sub Office Cash Books and 200,000 Manilla Labels: J . Dickinson & Co., Ltd., Hemel Hempstead. 500,000 Forms (A/c 36): Dean & Co. (Stockport), Ltd., Stockport. Binding 1,000 Army Books 174, 1,500 Books (Forms 341, T.L.14), 30,000 Ships Blue Books, 3,380 Ledger Summaries,10.000 Books (^Form 674), 200,000 Registry Jackets, 100,000 Forms (664), Binding 5,000 Manifold Books : McCorquodale & Co., Ltd., Wolverton, Bucks, and Newton-le-Willows. Binding 10,000 S.O. Books (72), 37,000 Linen Neck Labels, Binding 12,000 Army Books (138): Willmott & Sona, Ltd., London, E.C. 600 Books (P.1008), 7,500 Lock Label Books,110.000 Registry Jackets, 1,000,000 Forms (F.A. 1/1920): Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., London, E.C. 1,500 Counter Balance Books (P.1035), 5,000 Books of Mines and Quarries Forms,25.000 Pads (Army Form C.348): Drake, Driver & Leaver, Ltd., London, E.C. 350,000 Forms (38 F.A.), 504,000 Forms 823, 750,000 Forms(Q1F.A.), 1,200,000 Forms (F.A. 1/1920): Howard & Jones, Ltd., London, E.C. 1,500,000 Forms L.P.S., P.P.6 Post Office: W. P. Griffith & Sons, Ltd., London, E.C. 1,400 Books (Form 69, Air Ministry),4.000. 000 Forms (F.A. 1/1920): J . Truscott & Son. Ltd., Tonbridge and London, E.C. Binding 10,000 copies Call Office Instructions, 3,750 copies Official Telephone Cir­cuits Directory, 1,500 Portfolios: J . Adams, London, E.C. Binding 2,000 Army Books, 5,000 Sets Manilla I n d ^ Leaves: Clements, Newling & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.1.000. 000 Pensions Forms : A. Harrison & Sons, Leeffij. 250Portfolios: Geo. Stewart & Co., Edinburgh. 3,000 Books (P.1054): J . Corah & Son, LoughborougU. Forms,Inland Revenue: Mackenzie <fe Storrie, I^ ith . 7,000 Sets Guide Cards: Spicer Bros., London, F-C. 20^000 Linen Laid Will Covers: H. & L. Slater, Ltd., Manchester.1.000. 000 Showcards, 5,000 Posters: J . Weiner, Ltd., Lon­don, W. 8,000 Army Books, Bookwork Printing, Group 83 (1921): H.M.S.O. Press, London, F. 60,000 Army Forms; Phillip Palmer Press. Reading. 500,000 Manilla Labels: Fishef, Clarke & Co., Boston 60,240 Pamphlets, ‘‘ Q o ^ Luck my Boy ” • J- E. C. Potter, Stamford. 2,000,000 Form’s (P.436): Barclay & Fry, Ltd., London, 8.E. Binding 1 500 copies “ British Rainfall, 1919 ” ; Leighton, Son & Hodge, Ltd., London, E.C. 3,500 Memo Books : CJhorlton &

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Knowlos, Mnnrliotitor. 30,000 lU*gifltry J n rk o ta : J . Broad A, Co.. Manchcflter. 2,500 G uard Booka; W ataon & Co., Bolton. 2,600 G uard Booka ; J . B. B arber, liaocaRter. Can> torhury Prison ColondorH; P, D. Eastes A Co., L td .. Can­terbu ry . 1,200 Dooka, D raft and IL-eeipt Form s: Jonnaon, Riddle A Co., L td ., London. S.K. 1,000 M etal F ittingn for IlindiTB: British B.L. M nnutarturin>4 Co., I/td., Ix>ndon, K.C. 10,000 Book^ (Funn 676): L.iwrenco Bro^*., lAd., Wowton- 8iipL‘r-M are. A ltering “ Lifl<.»« B a r a ” for I..L. B inders: Avery A M artin, London, S.W Punches: A. Smellie A Co., lA)ndon, R.W. Sealing W ax: C‘ooper, Donniwin A Wnlkd<m, Lid., I.iondon, E.C. Silk Tw ist: J . N orth. H ardy A Son. Whitofiold. Slate P e n c is : O uitonnan A C o . Lw ..I'.S .A . S lates: Phillip A 'J’acey, London. W.C. JyP®' writing Stencil P aper: Silkato, L td .. I/>ndoii, S.K. Type­w riters, R epair o f : General Typewriter Exchange, Lon­don. S.W . Typew riters: Yost TypewTiter Co., L td ., lion- don, E.C. W ater Colours: Reeves A Sons. Ltd., Ijondon, K .C .: J . Nowmnn. London. W. W ater Pans, Tinned Steel: Unlbjvrd A Co.. London.

H .M . O F F IC E OF WORKS.

Building W orks, e tc . : B irm ingham HosteU—Erection of Sleeping Q uarters: W. B. A F . T. Archer, HanAsworth.Custom House, E .C .—P a in t in g : A rth u r H . Inns, London, E.C. Edinburgh— P ain te rs’, etc., W ork; W. A. Campbell A Sons, Edinburgh. Glasgow—P ain te rs ’, etc., W ork:McCulloch A Co., Glasgow. H ull D istric t—O rdinary Works and R e p a irs : Tlie Executors of W. Sanderson, H ull. Kew insurance Office— Fibrous Slobs; C lark A Itenn, London.8 .E . M iddleton Sanatorium —F>ection of AdditionalB uildings: J . T. Sm ith A Co., Bkley. Richmond Hoini^ing Scheme— S la tin g : J . J . E tridgo, Ju n ., L td ., London, E .—Fittings. F urn itu re , e tc . : Jo inery for C arsh a lto n : Wm.Duncan Tucker A Sons, L td ., London. N. Steel F iling Cabinets: Roneo, L td ., Ixmdon, Fl.C.— Miscellaneous: Gal­vanised W a re : H ill A. Boaler, Lye. Glnssw T um blers:Stevens A W illiams, L td ., Brierloy H ill; C. McD. M ann A Co., L td ., London, E.C. Linoleum : The Tayside Floorcloth Co., L td ,, Newburgh. R ain W ater Goods; Nicbolls A Clarke, L td ., London, E . ; Geo. Hyde A Co., I^ondon, S.E. Tower Telephone Flxchange—Roof and L an tern L ig h ts : Mellowes A Co., L td ., Sheffield. Steel Casem ents: H um ­phries, Jackson A Ambler, L td ., M anchester.

M IN ISTRY OF HEALTH.

ricks^ The Leicester B rick Co., L td ., Leicester; Webb,M ajor A Co., L td ., W eym outh; Taunton Brick A Tile Co., L td ., T aun ton ; B. J . Forder A Son, L td ., London, E .C .;J . A A. Jackson, Longsight, M anchester; J . A W. Saunders, E x e te r; J . Hancock A Son, E x e ter; Exeter Brick A Tile Co., L td ., E x e te r; G. E. W. Wnao, Neasham, D arling ton ; Carey A Webb, BexliFll; Federated Brick­works, L td ., Rochdale; Land, Glass A Foundry M aterials. L td ., D oncaster; Webber A Stedhaw . Torquay; High Broom Brick A Tile Co., Tunbridge Wells, K en t; Plow­mans Brickfields, L td ., London, N . : The Ebbw Vale Steel A Iron Co., L td ., Ebbw V ale; Danesliill Brick A Tile W orks, L td ., Basingstoke, H an ts ; H enry Williamson A Co., H ull; J . D uckett A Sou, L td ., Marsley, Jjancs; Tin* Askern Brick A Tile Co., L td ., Askern, nr. D oncaster; Messrs. J . F ield­ing A Sons. Blackpool^ Messrs. W. Eaves A Co., L td ., Blackpool: Messrs. W hitegate Brick Co., L td ., Blackpool; John F ran k A Son. South Ferreby, nr. H u ll; Warboys Brick (kj., Wnrbovs. H untingdon ; M r. J . E. Quested, K en t: The Sussex Brick A E sta tes Co., L td ., H orsham ; Messrs. Coups Bros., Sbelficld; Messrs. E. Grosiier A Son. M anchester; .Messrs. W. Beach A Sons, Chelmsford.—Cisterns: Messrs. Baldwins, L td ., London, E .C .: Messrs. G. A. Harvey A Co., Jvondon, S .E .—Coppers, Gas: Messrs. McDowall, Steven A Co., L td ., London, E .C .—G utter Lengths: Messrs. Burwell A Co., L td .. London E.C .—G rates: Tin* Carron Co., Lon­don, E .C .— Ironmongery: Messrs. N ettlefold A Son. L td ., London. W .C .: Messrs. Spiers A Co.. London. E.C.— Plumbers B. W k ,: Messrs. G. Mason, L td .. B irm ingham .— Mantel Registers: Messrs. Jones A Campbell, L td ., Larbcrt.S tirlingshire; Messrs. The Park Foundry Co.. L td .. Belper. nr. Derby; Messrs. W hyraans Foundry Co., L td.. W arring­to n ; Messrs. W atson, Gow A Co., L td ., F alk irk ; Messrs. The Stirlingshire Iron Co., Bonuybridgo; Messrs. The Scottish Central Iron Co., L td., F alk irk ; Messrs. R. A O. Main, Ltd., F alk irk ; Messrs. The Yew Tree Ironworks Co., L td ., Hollimvood, nr. Manchester. Manhole Covers: Messrs. Th«* Stirlingshire Iron A Stove Co.. L td ., Bonnybridg**.- Slates: Mr. E. Parkinson, laindon. X .; Messrs. The Aberfoyle Slate Quarries Co., L td ., Glasgow; The Aston Junction Co,, L td ., Birmingham.- Stoves: Messrs. The Coalbrookdalc Co.. L td ., Shropshire.—Tanks; Messrs. G. A. Harvey, Loudon, S.E. —Wall Ties: Messrs. F . W. Male A Sons. Wolverhampton.

H.M . PRISO N COMMISSION.Belts, Pouches, and Leggings, Materials fo r : Barrow,

H epburn A Gale. L td .. London, S .K .; F. Dowler A Sous, Aston, B irm ingham ; N orth, Taylor A Son, Walsall.-— Boards, Covers, Stocks, etc., for Brushmaking: Lvif, Sundt A Co., London. E .C .; Pryke A Palmer. L td.. London. E G.

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Brushmaking M aterials: J . Clark, l^n d o n , K , V #n„A Soim, L td.. liondon, K.C.—Canvas for Mailbags: M Thomson A Co.. L td .. Nmdon. E C .; The V irt/ifij u'-ibL Co., L td ., Edinburgh —Cotton M aterials: A B ln h A C. K irkoaldy; O t t r i l l A Co., L td., M araheeter; C. Openal A Sons, M ancheitor; R. W ard A Co.. M anrheeter. Ww« Hons A Co., Lfjndon, E .C .; York S tree t Flax Spinning O L td ., London, E .C ., D. G urteen A Sons. Haverhill H« lick Bros. A Ablrntt, L td ., London, E .C .; A. Mr Gregor , Co., London, E .C .; Milna, C artw right, Heynolde A Co Ltd.. London, S .E .; Ogdenn A Madeleye. Lid. Ma . W e r . —G rindery: W. darbour A Sons. L td . Ht di LjHburn; U Campbell A L td., Belfast, J . J.^gard Hon, Wakefield; Lindsay. Thompnon A Co.. Ltd. Bella E. Penton A Son, London. W’. ; Pocock Broe., l^mdon. h L

ryke A Palm er, L td ., London, E .C .; Wilkins A Dentei L td., London, E.C. - H aberdashery: J . Bond (London Ltd., London, N ., W'. Barljour A Son, L td., Htideo. Liburn f W hittles, J.td., Jjcek ; Sm ith A W right, LtdBirm ingham : J t . l^ c iv a l . L td ., Ixmdon, S .F ., Paio A Baldwins. L td. (J . W hitmore A O i.’s Branch), L iceate W. Owen L td London. W’.; Newey Bros., L td ., Birmii.j ham ; Milns, C artw right, Revnolds A Co., L td.. Lm dm S .E .: J . Grove A Sons, L td .. Hsil(w>wen; C arr Broe., Ltd Leicester; Brough. NicholHon A Hall, L td.. 1.^'ek.—Hem Ju te and Linen M aterials; Cfittrill A Co. Ltd Me Chester; D. Corsar A Sons, L td .. London, E .C .; R .Stoci A Co.. K irkcaldy.—L eather: H. Jefferv A Bros., Loi dr S .E .; H. Knowles A Sons, L td ., Liverpool: S. K. N om e C o ^ L td ., London, E .; Pocock Bros., London, S .E ., Wilkii A D enton, L td ., London, E.C. Mailbag Sundries: Bodi 4

Parker A Co^, L td ., B irm ingham ; Milna, C a r tw r i^ t . ReHolds A Co., L td ., London, S .E .; Newev Broe., Lt... inghnm ; C. C. W alker, L td .. W’alsalL—to o l s : H erbert K diaw* A <^., L td ., B irm ingham ; Pryke A Palmer. Ltd Eoiidon. E .C .—Weaving G ear: T. Lund A Son. BingU M ilner A F irth , L td ., Ye.adon, nr. Leeds; T. Miln, L t Dundee; J . Wilson, S tanningley.—Weaving M ateria l Cotton, Ju te and Linen: Hollick Bros. A Abbott. Ltd. Loo don, E.C.—Weaving M aterials, Woollen: B axter A Thripple

L td., K irkstall, Leeds.—Woollen M aterials: J CTa* A Co., L td ., Luddeiideiifoot 8.O ., Yorks; J , Sandiford Sons, Rochdale; J . W. W 'hitworth, L td ., Luddendm foot Woods, Sons A Co., London, E.C.— Drugs and Sundries Baiss Bros. A Co., L td ., London,—Gas Mantles P laisetty M anufacturing Co., Ixindon. E .—M eat: Alfred A Fisher. Ixindon. S .W .—Oatmeal, Barley and Salt: C. T Cox A fyms, l.td ., Ixjiidon, K.C . ; J . F. Percival. Lid. I^indon, S .E .; The Cule^oiiiau Milling Co., L td.. Al-er<ie«*ii

A W. Douglas. Dalkeith.—Oilman’s S tores; J . K. Percivai Ltd.. London. S .E ,—Soap, Yellow and Carbolic: Johr K night. L td., [.^mdon. E .—Uniform Boots: Adams Brothers Rounds, Wellingborough. — Vegetables; Br thfr*!><mdon, S.E.

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E. Hymes, L<jndon, E .—Erection of Stables and Quartei a t Imber C ourt: Messrs F. A H. F. Higgs. L td ., London S.E. tt

PI'BLTC WORKS. DFBLB elfast: Custom House In ternal Painting ; J . M- Mast- 1

Belfast. Plumbing and Gaafitting and Electrical Work and Supplies: A. Stevenson, Bidfuat. Dublin: Plumb ing and Gusfitting and Ironmongery Works and Sup plies: Brooks, Thomas A Co.. L td., Dublin. Lc*op>rcUtow Park Hospital—D rainage W orks: D. Clarke. Dublin Raheny Scheme—Erection of Cottages for Ex-Service Men : .Ja*;. .V. Campbell A Co.. Dublin. Suimlios of Blinds Aiidr'- «m. Stanford A Ridgeway, L td ., I^b lin . SuppIL' of HoU'OboId Ironm ongery; Mr>. E. Gallacher, Dublin.

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For Electric Lighting Work a t the Departments' Ulster Dairy School, Cookstown: Messrs. Ferguson A Bruty. Ltd. Dublin.

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