§ 10. Mr. HICKSasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can make any statement about the recent dispute in the jute mills in Calcutta involving the stoppage of work of about 18,000 operatives?
§ Sir S. HOAREI presume the hon. Member is referring to the strikes that took place in August. The mills affected 6 were the Ganges Jute Mills, the Howrah Jute Mills and the Port, William Jute Mills. The strike began on the 11th August and ended on the 25th, when the strikers returned to work unconditionally.