Bombay Mill-owners' Plea for Protection in Home Markets Bombay, Mar. 8, Speaking to-day at a dinner to the Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, by the Bombay Mill-Owners Associa tion, the Chairman of the Associnon' said that the Bombay cottam intlustry again faced serious difficult. ies. They had lost all hope of attaining normal trading conditions until protected in the home markets inst unfair competition and until the export trade was assisted in a manner similar to industries of mal character in other coun-
Stocks in mills were continually accumulating, said' the Chairman, fand more spindles and looms were Stopping, while the prices obtained manufacturers were becoming Snereasingly unremunerative, The situation would dismay the stout optimist, Ho oped ernment of India would to do something more 1 developments, sir Leslie Wilson, in rep! that he deplored the—depression, which was due to economic causes beyond control of the Government or the Association—Reuter, Short.
time Working Question London, Mar, 9.
'The resolution to take a ballot the America section of the Lancashire cotton pinning industry on the question of reverting to, ime working has been rescinded ut a meeting of the General Committee of the Federation of Master Coton Spinners' Associations ut Man= chester to-day, who doubted whether the ballot would have afforded the necessary 80 per cent. in favour. No precipitate action is anticipated fag regards the breakdown of the recent joint conference of operatives further action is Committee, The which has revert-1's working. week, leutta, Mar. 9, a member or the tive Council andi former mani ing, director of the Bengal Lakshini cotton mills, who was committed for trial charge of criminal breach of trasty the High imprisonment. Mr, Bunnerjce, managing director of the Bengal National Bank and a director of the Lakshmi mills, who was committed for trial on a charg of aiding and abetting Mr. Lahri, was sentenced to six years im= prisonment.—Reuter.
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