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| Long title | An Act to make provision for the better organisation of the cotton industry and certain industries related thereto; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 54 |
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| Royal assent | 4 August 1939 |
The Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 54) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It established the Cotton Board and was responsible for streamlining the industry by closing "surplus" factories. [1]
Calico is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than canvas or denim. However, it is still very cheap owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance.
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The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1764-1765 by James Hargreaves in Stan hill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England.
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The Scottish Office was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1999, exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, most of its work was transferred to the newly established Scottish Executive, with a small residue of functions retained by the Scotland Office.
A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
The Federal Court is a Canadian trial court that hears cases arising under certain areas of federal law. The Federal Court is a superior court with nationwide jurisdiction.
Unemployment was the dominant issue of British society during the interwar years. Unemployment levels rarely dipped below 1,000,000 and reached a peak of more than 3,000,000 in 1933, a figure which represented more than 20% of the working population. The unemployment rate was even higher in areas including South Wales and Liverpool. The Government extended unemployment insurance schemes in 1920 to alleviate the effects of unemployment.
Fine Spinners and Doublers was a major cotton spinning business based in Manchester, England. At its peak it was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange.
The Lancashire Cotton Corporation was a company set up by the Bank of England in 1929, to rescue the Lancashire spinning industry by means of horizontal rationalisation. In merged 105 companies, ending up in 1950 with 53 operating mills. It was bought up by Courtaulds in August 1964.
The Cotton Spinning Industry Act 1936 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which introduced a compulsory levy on cotton machinery. The proceeds from this levy were used to scrap surplus spindles.
The Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners and Twiners, also known as the Amalgamation, was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1870 and 1970. It represented male mule spinners in the cotton industry.
The Shire of Tingalpa was a local government area in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from Mount Cotton, covered an area of 120 square miles (311 km2), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.
The Cotton Board was an organisation to oversee the organisation, research, marketing and promoting the cotton textile industry mainly based in Lancashire and Glasgow. It existed from 1940, and as a statutory Industrial Development Board from 1948 to 1972, known in its last years as the Textile Council.
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The Cotton Industry Act 1959 aimed to reorganise the Lancashire cotton industry to prevent its further decline. It provided for grants to replace equipment. The reorganisation process was voluntary in large part to be managed by the Cotton Board.
Amraiwadi is an area located in Ahmedabad, India. [1] Amraiwadi is located in the eastern segment of the city, which has historically developed as an industrial area; since the beginning of the 20th century, the cotton textile mills were located there, and later the new industrial estates housing small-scale industries. While the cotton textile mills were typical Fordian welfare units, with an organized and well-paid labour force housed in employee housing, the small-scale industrial units were typically unorganized manufacturing. The textile mill housing was referred to as chawls, which are single-room dwelling units laid in a row and provided with standard water and sanitation facilities. East Ahmedabad is marked by such low-income housing units. The workers of the unorganized manufacturing units began to live in informal settlements, either developed as squatter settlements or informally subdivided private lands coming under various reservations of the city's Development Plan (DP) or for acquisition under the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act (ULCRA),1976. Such settlements developed on a large scale in this segment because of the demand from this industrial working class, who typically desired a house close to their workplace. Such informal and squatter settlements developed on a large scale in the 1980s and 1990s. Amraiwadi lies in the eastern fringes of the city, which has historically developed as an industrial hub due to the emergence of cotton textile mills and other small-scale industries. Workers from unorganized manufacturing units began to live in squatter communities or informally partitioned private property that fell under various reservations of the city's Development Plan. Because of the demand from the industrial working class, who often preferred a house close to their place of employment, such settlements grew on a significant scale in this section. In the 1980s and 1990s, large-scale informal communities arose in Amraiwadi. Another significant phenomenon occurred during the late 1980s and early 1990s; the cotton textile mills went into decline and closed down. Nevertheless, their chawls remained and continued to house the former cotton textile mill workers. The parent unit, the textile mill, has closed down, and the residents of these chawls no longer being employees of the mills. The mill owners were not interested in maintaining such dwellings. Since these chawls were under rent control legislation, the owners could not increase the rent. The owners, therefore, did not renovate the chawls. A few chawl owners offered the occupants to purchase their dwelling units so that the former could get rid of the burden, and such transactions indeed took place in many chawls. From being one of the most crime-prone areas to becoming the industrial hub, Amraiwadi has seen quite a transformation. Amraiwadi is situated in the eastern segment of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Over the years, the industrial changes and formation of many small-scale industrial estates and commercial, residential and infrastructure development have transformed and reshaped Amralwadi. The area has historically developed as an industrial belt due to the emergence of cotton textile mills and other small-scale industries. With the growing developments around the area and the need to accelerate the pace of Industrialization in Gujarat, the Gujarat Industrial Development Act of 1962 came into force, and since then, Amraiwadi has seen a considerable transformation with industrial changes, transport, residential and commercial infrastructure development. The project focuses on the impact of Industrialization and its effects on choices of housing and transport.
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The Bolton and District Card, Blowing and Ring Room Operatives' Provincial Association was a trade union representing cotton industry workers in the Bolton area of Lancashire in England. The longest-established union of cardroom workers, it was central to early attempts to establish a national union for the industry.
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