The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-25

Housing Project at Hongkong.- According to local press reports, the housing shortage at Hongkong IS to be relieved by the project of linn tied company, which proposes to erect 500 four-story tenement houses at an approximate unit cost of from $3,85o to $4,5oo.
 GERMANY
 Rentals Rise in Dresden.-In con- sequence of the rise in wages and building material, the city council of I Dresden has fixed a new tariff of in- crease which raises the present rem tals to 5Io times those existing be- fore the war.
 GREAT BRITAIN
 Conference of Miners Federation. l-Feeling that the provisions of the 1921 agreement between the coal l miners and coal owners do not per I init the earning of fair living wage, the Miners Federation of Great Brit ain is considering the advisability of terminating the agreement
 Railway Employees Face Wage Cut. Lit is said that the railway com panies have proposed new cuts in wages, a prospect which IS the cause of much discontentment among mem bers of the National Union of Rail- way Employees. The railway com panies state that rate reductions, for which there has been much dmand by their patrons, are impract1caDie until wages are further reduced. Unemployment.-On July ?, 1923, the wholly unemployed on the live registers totaled approximately I,IoI,- 400, an increase of 2,34I on the pre- ceding week. On the same date the number working short time and draw | ing benefit for intervals of unemploy- ment was 63,ooo as compared with 6o,I77 on June 25, 1923.
 NORWAY Paper Mill Workers Strike Fourten thousand workmen are in- volevd in the strike in the paper in- dustry, previously reported, which Is entirely sympathetic in nature. An early settlement is anticipated
 NOVA SCOTIA Steel and Coal Strikes.-Chaotic conditions are attending the steel and coal strikes, which continued in full | force throughout the month of July, 1923, at Sydney Thousands of worK- CTS are involved, and I,2oo provincial policemen are on constant duty. SCOTLAND l Unemployment at Glasgow.-Un employment continues to be a serious factor in the Glasgow area, the num- Der reported being approximately 76,ooo.
 Unemployment.-D the month of June, 1923, the Swiss unemploy ment situation experienced continued improvement, the number of entirely unemployed persons having dropped from 3o,223, at the beginning of the month, to 25,583 at it's close.
 AUSTRIA
 Wage Disagreement.-Serio con flicts, attended by resistance strike, marked the beginning of last month, when the demands of the state em- ployeS for higher wages, based upon the prevailing prices of commodities, were not granted. A deadlock en-. sued between the government and the state employees, affecting, in all. about o6o,oo persons, including dependents
 BELGIUM Miners Pension Bill.-A bill sub mitted to the Chamber of Deputies on July 10, 1923, covers the govern ment plan for providing the promised lpension for old and disabled miners.
 INDIA
 -Ahmedabad Cotton Mill Strike lEnds.-Cotton mill workers, who have engaged in a prolonged strike at Ahmedabad, have reached work | ing agreement with the Mill Owners Association, and 1t is expected that all mills will soon be operating full time. The working agreement per- n1its the Mill Owners Association to reconsider. its previous resolution to reduce salaries 20 per cent, but the actual present reduction is only about Is per cent, and additional matters in dispute are to be submitted to an arbitrator.
 NEW SOUTH WALES
 South Maitland Coal Mines Closed. Nineteen mines in the South Matt land coal district remain closed and it is said that the general situation of coal supplies IS going from bad to worse, on account of the prolonged dispute between the mine owners and coal miners.
 SWEDEN
 Unemployment.-Unemployment in Sweden is steadily decreasing, ac- cording to reports of the unemploy- ment commission which announces a drop of from 35,2oo unemployed per sons, on May I, 1923, to A, 100 on June I, 1923. During the same period, the number of workmen receiving state aid for their support fell from 4, 700 to 1900. ically sound system of employing prisoners that will forever eliminate the vicious contract system The governor of Virginia, where the contract system is slated to go as soon as other employment can be ar ranged for the prisoners, has ap-