Now York, Oct, 2%
The report of the Federal Reserve Board on trade and industrial con Hons during the month of Septem= ber states that industrial and trade activity increased less in that month: than was seasonably usual and con-imued to be in a amaher volume than during the corresponding period of last year.
Output of Iron and Steer during September was the amahest of any: month since the year 1925. There vere also decreases in production of A. special set toulay of the! non-ferreous metals, motor-cars and All-India Railwaymen's Federation, rubber. which hasbeen. considering the The textile and shoo leather me situation created by the retrench-dustries continued active during the nent scheme of the Rengal-Nagpur Railway under which 300 employees were discharged with the consequent. closing of the workshops, also templated the retrenchment schemes} of other railways in India.
The meeting passed a resolution yurcing the Benyal-Nagpur Railway Union to consider the possibility of a strike and, if it fails to bring about a satisfactory settlement within should a gene! sted with the railways of India within a fortnight with a view to averting the prop. month, Wholesale commodity prices ad~ [vanced during September for the fourth consecutive month—Reuter.
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