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LABOUR IN MADRAS 119 branch of the Bank will be conducted with the advice of a Committee in which all the three Mills will be adequately represented. The Bank will be useful to members of the Union in many other ways as well, such as in enabling them to make monthly deposits under favourable terms. Announcements as to other relief measures will be made later on from time to time. After tiding over the recent troubles the Madras Labour Union resumed its weekly meetings on December 21st and held its 21st meeting at the Union premises with the President Mr.B.P.Wadia in the chair. The President explained the relief of measures taken on hand and proposed to be taken. Mr. Andrews spoke on the necessity of reducing the working hours of the labourers. Mr. Wadia said: After the recent troubles which have been settled we meet for the first time for our weekly Saturday meetings. Since the troubles have been over some of us have been busy planning ways and means of relief to our people who have suffered for so many days. You must have already noticed that I have issued a press circular giving details of the two measures of relief which I think to be important. The first is an experiment which we will make to-morrow and if you would need it we will continue it. Instead of selling rice to you at 3} measures which is the rate prevailing in the market, we will sell you at the rate of 3 measures taking part of the money from the Relief Fund which we have been collecting. The second is this: I hear that you borrow money from various people at a very high rate of interest. To prevent your losing so much I have thought