1216	THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

June 6, 1913.

THE FREIGHT MARKET.

On the north-east ooast there is a considerable shortage
of tonnage at present, and outward freights tend to advance.
A moderate volume of chartering has been done. Coasting
business is firmer at about 3a. 6d., Tyne tP London, and
3s. 10£d. to Hamburg. The Bay is advanced at 6s. 3d. to
Bordeaux. The Baltic is substantially steady, at from
5s. 3d. to 5s. 6d. to Cronstadt. The Mediterranean is well
maintained, at from 9a. 6d. to 9s. 9d. to Genoa. At South
Wales the market has been brisk, but is now slower. Bates
for handy-sized vessels are rather firmer Mediterranean-
wise. There is a better tendency for Plate rates. The Bay
is steady, and the coasting ports are active at stronger
values. At the Humber the market is quiet, and the tone
fairly firm. The Clyde is moderately active, at unaltered
figures. Homewards, an average amount of chartering for
the time of year is recorded. The Black Sea and district is
slow and unchanged. The Danube market is quiet, with
rates easy owing to limited offerings of cargo. The Medi-
terranean and ore trades are firm. The Baltic is steady.
America is without noteworthy alteration. At the Plate
chartering is fairly brisk, but rates are in charters’ favour.
The bulk of the business is for June loading, and later
tonnage is in small demand at weak rates. The Eastern
market is active and firm. The Baltic is unaltered.

Tyne to Algiers, 3,500, 9s. 6d.; 3,000, 9s., from Pelaw
Main; 2,600, 9s., 600; Aalborg, 2,000, 4s. 6d. ; Antwerp,
1,000, 4s. 9d., from Dunston; Bilbao, 1,800, 7s. 6d.;
Bordeaux, 1,600. 6s. 3d.; Cronstadt, 1,900, 5s. 6d.; 5,100,
5s. 3d.; 3,100, 5s. 3d.; 5,000, 5s. 4jd. ; Carlshamn, 1,200,
5s. 6d.; Carthagena, 2,200, 12s. I jd.; 2,200, 12s. 3d. ;
Christianiaf jord, 1,000, 5s.; Diedriksdorf, 1,200,5s. 6d., 300;
Genoa, 3,900, 9s. 6d., from Dunston; 5,500, 9s. 9d.; 6,700,
9s. 6d., 800 ; 4.000, 9s. 9d.; Gibraltar, 2,500, 8s. 3d.;
Hamburg, 1,700, 3s. 10|d. ; 2,000, 3s. 10jd., from Derwent-
haugh ; Helsingborg, 1,350, 4s. 6d. ; Kiel, 1,000, 5s. 6d.;
Konigsberg, 1,400, 5s. 3d.; Lisbon, 2,300, 7s. 10|d., 350 ;
3,000, 7s. 6d.; 1,700, 7s. 9d.; Lubeck, 1,400, 5s. 3d.; Las
Palmas, 5,500, 9s. 3d.; London, 2,100, 3s. 4|d.; 1,700,
3s. 6d. j 2,000, 3s. 6d.; Marseilles, 4.000, 9s. 3d.; 5.500,
9s. 3d., from Dunston; 3,400, 9s. 6d.; 3,400, 9s. 3d. ;
Mentone, 2,300, 13s.. from Dunston; North Norway 1,300,
5s. ; 2,200, 5s.; 1,150, 5s. fid. ; Oran, 3,900, 8s. 6d., 400 ;
Porto Vecchio, 6,500, 9s. 6d.; Pillau, 2,000, 4s. 10jd., 600;
Porto Ferrajo, 5,500, 9s. 6d.; Piraeus, 6,500, 10s. 6d. ; Higa,

1.700,	5s.; 2,100, 5s. ; Rouen, 2,700, 4s. 10|d.; Rotterdam,
3,000, 3s. 4|d.; Swinemunde, 1,250, 5s. ; St. Nazaire, 3,400,
5s. 9d.; 2,200, 6s.; Stettin, 1,200, 5s. 6d.; St. Petersburg,
3,000, 5s. 7fd. ; Savona. 5,500, 9s. 9d. ; 4,000, ps. 9d. ;
Tuborg 1,200, 5s. 3d.; Trieste, 5,000, 10s. 6d., reported ;
Wyburg, 1,200, 6s. ; Zeebrugge, 2,100, 3s. 4|d.

Cardiff to Alexandria, 5,700, 9s. 10|d., June 7; 4,000, 10s.;

5.100,	10s. 3d., June 13; 5,700, 10s. 3d.; Algiers, 1,600,
11 fr.; 4,500, lOjfr.; 5,500, lOffr.; 2,600, 11 fr, June 9;
6,000, 10| fr., June 9 ; 3,800,11 fr.; Ancona, 7,500, Ils., 500,
June 16 ; Bjorkoe, 2,200, 6s.; Brest, 1,200,4s. 6d.; Bordeaux,
3,400, 6| fr.; Ci vita Vecchia, 4,200, 10s. 6d.; Cronstadt,

4,500,	6s., June; 3,200, 6s.; Copenhagen, 2,200, 5s. 6d.;
Colombo, 12s*. 4|d., June; 5,500, 12s. 6d., June; Campana,
19s. 6d., July; 20s., June; Chatham, 2,300, 2s. lOfcd.,
Admiralty; 2 800, do., do.; Devonport, 2,800, 2s. 6d.,
Admiralty; 2,200, do., do.Felixstowe, 950, 4s.; Genoa,

4.700,	9s.; 5,500, 9s.; 8,800, 9s., June 15 ; 7,200, 9s.; Gulfo,

2.600,	Ils. 6d.; Gibraltar, 1,350, 8s. 9d., June 13; Havre,

1.100,	5s.; 2,200, 5s. l|d.; 1,800, 5s. l|d.; Hong Kong and
Yokohama, 6,600, 17s. 3d., June 15, Admiralty; Harwich,
1,000, 3s. 9d.; Islands, 4,200,9s , June 20; 5,500, 9s., June;
Invergordon, 800, 4s. 9d.; Longhope, 2,300, 5s.; Lerwick,
280, 7s.; Leghorn, 5,200, 9s. with 800, 9s. 6d. with 500;
Lisbon, 2,700, 7s. 4|d., 400 ; 3,000, 7s. l|d., 500; La Pallice,

3,200,	6 fr.; 1,900, 6| fr.; Lappvik, 1900, 6s.; Las Palmas,

4.500,	9s., June; Monte Video, 3,500, 18s., June; 5,200,
18s., mid-June; 4,500, 17s. 10|d., June 17; Marseilles,
5,000, 11| fr.; 4,200, ll|fr., June 10; 6,000, 11 fr.,
June 10; 3,400, 11| fr. and 12£fr., June 10; Malta,

3.800,	8s. 4|d., June 10; Madeira, 4,500, 9s., June; Malaga,

1.600,	9s. 6d; Naples, 5,200, 9s. with 800, 9s. 6d. with
500 ; 4,900, 9s.; 3,900, 9s., 800; Oporto, 900, 8s. 3d.;
Piraeus, 4,800,10s., June 10; Port Said, 10s. 3d., June; 5,000,
10s., June 13 ; 6,000, 10s.; 5,500,10s.; 5,615, 9s. 6d., June 30;
Port Nolloth, sail, 3,400 d.w., 28s. 6d., coke, July; Portland,

2.300,	2s. 7|d., Admiralty; 2,800, do., do.; Portsmouth, 2,300
and 2,800, do, do.; River Plate, 5,500, 19s., June 7; 4,200,
18s. 10£d., June 9; 4,800-5,200, 18s. 9d.; 6,000,19s.; 4,800-
5,200,19s., June; 5,500, 18s. 9d., June 15 ; 5,000, 19s.; 5,500,
19s., June 15; Rio de Janeiro, 5,500,16s. 9d., 300, June 15 ;
17s.; 5,000, 17s. 6d., June; Rosario, 4,200, 20s. fid.; 20s.,
July; Rouen. 1,700, 5s. 6d.; 1,400, 5s. 6d.; Savona, 8,800,9s.,
June 15; 4,700, 9s.; St. Servan, 1,500, 4s. 10£d.; 1,900,
5s. 3d.; Sheerness, 2,300, 2s. 10|d., Admiralty ; 2,800, do.,
do.; Syra, 4 700, 10s.; Spezzia, 4,800, 9s.; St. Nazaire, 6} fr.;
St.John’s (N.F.), 1,900, 8s., June; Tarragona, 3,200, 10s.;
Torre Annunziata, 4,200, 10s. 6d.; Venice, 4,200, Ils.,
June 15; Villa Constitucion, 19s. 6d., July; 20s., June; Zea,

4.800,	10s., June 10.

Port Talbot to Algiers, 3,800,11 fr., June 6; Alexandria,

5.800,	9s. 10|d.; Genoa, 3,900, 12s. 3d., June 12.

Swansea to Rouen, 1,180, 5s. 7|d.; 1,600, 5s. 6d.; Havre,
750, 5s.; Honfleur, 1,100, 5s. 6d.; 780, 5s.; Bond, 2,000,
15fr.; 2,000, 16fr., 400, fuel; Limerick, 4,050, 6s. 6d.;
Cronstadt, 2,000, 7fr.; Spezzia, 2,400,10s.; Caen, 900,5s. 6d.;
Marseilles, 4,700, ll|fr.; Venice, 3,900, Ils. 6d.; Charente,
1,050, 7|fr.; St. Malo, 1,350, 5s.; Oran, 1,600, 14 fr. and
15 fr.; Stettin, 2,100, 5a. 3d.

Wear to Stockholm, 1,700, 4s. 10|d.; 2,100, 4g. 10|d.;
Norrkoping 1,700, 5s.; Rouen, 2,700,4a. 10|d.; Pirseus, 6,500,
10s. 6d„ 500.

Hull to Leghorn, 4,200, 9s. 7|d.; Genoa, 4,000, 9s. 3d.,
June 10; 4,000, 10s.; Pernau, 2,450,5s. 9d.; 1,400, 5s. l|d.;

1.300,	5s.; Halmstadt, 1,200, 5<. 3d.; Cronstadt, 2,500,
5s. 4|d.; 2,000, 5s. 7|d., June 16; Haugerberg, 900, 7s.

Hamburg to West Coast South America, sail, 18s. 6d.,
coke; Wilmington and Charleston, 5,600, Ils. 3d., June.

Sharpness to Sydney and Newcastle (N.S.W ), sail, p.t.

Garston to Genoa, 2,150, 9s. 6d., June 10.

Seaham Harbour to Hamburg, 1,100,3s. 10|d.; St. Brieux,
600, 6s. 6d.; Fairwater, 2,000, 5s. 3d.

Blyth to Cronstadt, 3,300, 5s. 6d.; 2,300, 5s. 6d.; Pirseus,

5.500,	Ils. 3d.; 4,500, Ils. 3d.; Hamburg, 2,200, 3s. 10d.;
Stockholm, 1,700,4s. 9d.; Christianiaf jord, 1,000, 5s.; Port
Said, 4,600, Ils.

Forth to Cronstadt, 2,750, 5s. 6d.

Wales to Mexillones, sail, 17s. 6d. fuel; Port Nolloth,
sail, 30s., coke; West Coast South America and home to
United Kingdom-Continent, sail, 43s. in and out, nitrate,
February.

Newport to Pirseus, 4,700, 10s.; Syra, 4,700, 10s.; Zea,

4,700,	10s.; Alexandria, 5,800, 9s. 10|d.; Algiers, 1,600,
11 fr.; 6,000, 10$ fr.; 5,500, 10|fr.; Cadiz, 1,200, 9s. 6d.;
Ibicuy, 5,400, 21s. 9d., June 10, with 900 tons goods 2s. 6d.
extra; Bahia Blanca, 6,700, 19s. 3d.; Alexandria, 4,000,
10s.; Bilbao, 1,350, 8s. 9d.; Marseilles, 5,400, ll‘37|fr.;

4.200,	11|fr.; 2,700. lljfr.; 4,000, ll|fr.; La Pallice,3,200,
6fr.; St. Na zaire, 6|fr.; Huelva. 2,700, 8s. 3d.; Gibraltar,

2,600,	8s. 6d.; Sousse, 2,200, 16fr.; Oporto, 900, 8s. 3d.;
Seville, 2,200, 9s.

Hartlepool to Marseilles, 2,400, 9s. 6d.; Genoa, 3,800,
9s. 6d.; Cronstadt, 3,300, 5s. 4|d.

Newport River to Sousse, 2,100,16 fr., fuel.

Rotterdam to West Coast South America, sail, 21s., coke;
Honfleur, 1,900, 4s. 9d.; Caldera, sail, 1,938 reg., 21s., coke;
Fiume, 5,400, 10s. 3d., June; Marseilles, 4,800-5,000. 12| fr.;
Bilbao, 3,300, 5s. 3d., June 13; Livorno, 4,200, 9s. 6d. coal,
10s. 3d. fuel, Ils. 6d. coke, June 5-15; 6,000, Ils. 10|d. coal,
12s. lOJd. fuel, 15s. 4|d. coke. -

Liverpool to Penedo, sail, lump sump, 1,100, general.

Grimsby to Gefle, 2,100, 4s. 6d.

Partington to Barcelona, 10s. 9d., June.

Boston to Cronstadt, 2 000, 5s. 6d.

Glasgow and Liverpool to Calcutta, 23s.

Glasgow to Naples, 8s. 9d.; Buenos Ayres, 17s. 6d., June
reported.

Llanelly to Rouen, 950, 5s. 7|d.

Immingham to Pernau, 1,300, 5s.

Liverpool to Aalborg, 6s. fid., salt.

Fife port to Cronstadt, 2,100, 5s. 6d.

Homeward charters:—Kherson, Nioolaieff, Odessa, Novo-
rossisk, 6,400, Rotterdam 8s., Weser 8s. 3d., Hamburg 8s. fid.,
with 3d. less barley ; Novorossisk, 6,300, 10 per cent., Ham-
burg 8s. 3d., with 3d. less barley ; Sulina, 4,400, 9s. 9d. n.c.
or any, 10s. 3d. Hamburg, ppt.; 3,850, 9s. n.c. or any,
9s. 6d. Hamburg, June 7-16; 5,200, Drontheim-Copenhagen
range, 8s. 9d. one port, 9s. two ports, 9s. 3d. three ports,
spot; Burmah, two ports, 2,673 net, United Kingdom-Con-
tinent, 27s., June-July ; Calcutta, 7,000, United Kingdom-
Continent, Antwerp, Holland, 23s. 3d. one port, 24s. two
ports, d.w. basis, June ; 2,506 net, Bombay or Kurrachee,
Rs.7, June; Kurrachee, 3,168 net, Antwerp, 16s. 10|d. June;
7,000, 16s. 6d., June ; 3,703 net, Mersey 16s., Bristol Channel,
two ports, 16s. 6d., July ; 2,305 net, Barcelona, about 18s. 3d.,
less 2 per cent., early June ; 2,750 net, United Kingdom-
Continent, 17s. p.p., early June ; 2,034 net, 17s. 9d. p.p.,
18s. 2d. o.c., 7s. 6d. p.p., 18s. o.c. ; San Lorenzo, 3,800, 10
per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 16s. 6d. o.c., less
6d., June; 4,500, 10 per cent., 15s. 9d. o.c., less 6d.,
spot; 4,300, 10 per cent,, 16s. o.c., less 6d., June 16 ;

3,800,	10 per cent., 16s. 6d. o.c., less 6d., with Northern
options, June 10; 4,600,10 per cent., 15s. 6d. o.c, no reduc-
tion, 3d. less if Villa Constitution loading, 3d. less if Belfast
discharge, June 7; 5,400, 10 per cent., 16s. o.c., less 6d., less
further 3d. if p.p., option below bar 2s. less, June ; 4,000,
16s. 7|d. o.c., August; 5,300, 10 per cent., 15s. o.c, less 6d.,
spot; 5,000, 10 per cent., 15s. 6d. o.c., less 6d., June 25-
July 25 ; 15s., Genoa Is. extra; Pensacola, 1,500 stds., 10 per
cent., Buenos Ayres or La Plata, 152s. 6d., August; Rosario,
4,200,10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 16s. o.c., no
reduction, 6d. less if Bristol, June 10; La Plata, 5,600,10 per
cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 14s. o.c., less 6d., option
Denmark, basis Is. 6d. extra one port, June; New York,
1,526 net, Mediterranean, four ports between Italy and
Bulgaria, basis 24c. one port, June; Bougie, 3,700,
Middlesbrough, 6s., early June; Archangel, 48s. 6d., Cardiff,
d.b. and b., June; Bilbao, 2,500, Middlesbrough, 5s. 4jd.,
ppt.; 650, Glasgow, 5s. 3d., ppt.; 2,000, Newport, 5s., ppt.;

3,100,	West Hartlepool, 5s. 6d., ppt.; nitrate ports, sail,
30s. 6d., United Kingdom-Continent; 30s. 9d.; Miramichi,
55s., United Kingdom-Continent, 56s. 3d. Manchester, June;
Black Sea, 2,563 net, Rotterdam 7s. 9d., Hamburg 8s., ppt.,
berthed; Calcutta, 2,068 net, Colombo, Rs. 5*8, four voyages
commencing June; 2,127 net, Rs.513, June; 2,297
net, United Kingdom - Continent, p.p., 24s. 6d. one
port, 25s. 3d. two ports, d.w. basis, June; 2,326
net, Bombay or Kurrachee, Rs. 7, June; Saigon, 5,800,
France, 28s. 6d. rice, 31s. meal, June-July; 5,700, Bordeaux
and Nantes, 32s. 6d., rice, June-July; 7,500, United
Kingdom-Continent, p.p., 29s. one port, 30?. two ports, rice,
meal, August 1-15; 1,600, Ardrossan, 4s. 6d., ppt.; Hornillo
Bay, 3,500, Middlesbrough, 6s. 6d., early June; 3,900,
Glasgow, 6s. 9d., ppt.; Vivero, 5,000, Rotterdam, 5s. Ojd.,
ppt.; Portland, 3,004 net, United Kingdom-Continent, two
ports, 31s. 3d., wheat-barley, June; time charter, 5s. 6d.,
one trip, North Pacific to Australia; time charter, States
and West Indies, about 4s. 3|d., one round trip, delivery
and re-delivery north of Hatteras; time charter, Australian
trade, <£1,750, one round trip, delivery and re-delivery
United Kingdom-Continent; Kherson, Nicolaieff, Odessa,
Novorossisk, Theodosia, 6,000, Rotterdam, basis 9s. 6d., July-
August ; Burmah, 3,714 net, United Kingdom-Continent,
p.p., 25s., less 6d. Holland; Ching-Wong-Tao, 2,764 net,
Singapore, 7s. 6d., June-July ; Madras Coast, 7,000,10 per
cent., Marseilles and or Nantes, 27s. one port, 28s. 3d.
both ports, option part unshelled 52s. 6d., June-July ;
Newcastle (N.S.W.). 6,000, Java, 15s. 9d., 500, June;
15s. 6d.; 24s. 5d.; Valparaiso, Pisagua Range, January-
February ; Gulf, 8,800, Antwerp, Rotterdam or Hamburg,
14s. 6d. one port, 14s.9d. two ports loading, June; 700stds.,
10 per cent., Genoa, 123s. 9d., June; Bahia Blanca, 4,000,
10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 15s. 6d. o.c., less
6d., with options, early June; Buenos Ayres, 1900, Rotter-
dam, 7s., ppt.; Carthagena, 3,000, Ayr, 6s. 6d., ppt.; 7,200,
Rotterdam, 5s. 6d., ppt.; 3,800, Middlesbrough, 6s. 3d.,
ppt.; Porman, 2,800, West Hartlepool; 6s. 9d., f.d., ppt.;

5.200,	Barrow, 6s. 3d., ppt.; La Goulette, 3,909, Rotterdam,
6s. 3d., ppt.; Pensacola, sail, 18 dole., Monte Video or
Buenos Ayres, August-September; Gulf port, sail, 19 dole.,
Paysandu, July-August; Poti, 5,000, Rotterdam, 9s. 9d.,
Middlesbrough 10s., ppt.; 4,300, Antwerp or Middlesbrough,
10s., mid-June; Azof, 3,500, 10s. 6d. n.c. or any, Ils.
Hamburg, ppt.; Nicolaieff, Odessa, 7,500, Weser or Ham-
burg, 8s., with 3d. less barley, ppt.; Bombay, 6,200, United
Kingdom-Continent, two ports, 21s. 6d. on d.w., end June;
Buenos Ayres or La Plata, 4,000, 10 per cent., United
Kingdom Continent, 13s. 6d. o.c., less 6d., ppt.; Carthagena
or Porman, 3,300, Maryport, 7s. 9d., ppt.; Rio de Janeiro,
5,000, Stettin, 15s. 3d., ore, June; Hastings Mills, sail,
76s. 3d., South Africa; Norfolk, 19s., Bio de Janeiro.

■IHIHG AID OTHER I0TES.

The directors of the Windsor Steam Coal Company (1901>
Limited have appointed Mr. E. B. Insole, son of Mr. G. F.
Insole, the chairman, a director of the company.

Mr. James Aitken, colliery manager, of Motherwell, has
been offered and accepted a more important appointment at
Bothwell Castle Colliery, Lanarkshire.

At Pontefract on Saturday Thomas Bell, pit corporal,
Moorthorpe, was charged with cruelty to a pony.
Mr. Gichard, who prosecuted for the Frickley Colliery
Company, said that the defendant, who was the “ doggie
in charge of the pony-drivers, came across a young pony
which had turned stupid and would not do its work. He
tied a chain round its neck, hitched another pony to it and
drove the latter off, with the result that it was thrown to
the ground. The defendant struck the animal several
times with a hammer while it was on the ground, raining
blows on the neck and shoulders. The pony, in consequence,
had lost the sight of one eye. A fine of «£5 was imposed.

The establishment of another new industry on Teesside
was foreshadowed at the monthly meeting of the Tees
Conservancy Commission, over which Sir Hugh Bell, Bart.,
presided on Monday, when the general manager (Mr. J. H.
Amos), reported that enquiries for sites for works had been
received from firms desirous of establishing tank instal-
lations for the storage of benzol, &o., and exporting cargoes
in bulk.

The late under-manager of the Maltby Main Colliery, Mr.
Thomas Davis, was presented with a gold watch and purse
of gold on Saturday.

The following firms have been elected members of the
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association:—
The Wilson-Wolf Engineering Company Limited; Tilgh-
man’s Patent Sandblast Company Limited. The following
firm has been elected an associate *.—Maschinenfabrik
Augsburg-Nurnberg, AG.

We understand that the statement, as contained in our
issue of the 30th ult., that the Butterley Company have
commenced sinking at the Birchwood Colliery to the
Kilburn seam, is incorrect.

On April 22 last an accident occurred to the winding
engine at the Butterley Company’s Birchwood Colliery,
Derbyshire, owing to the bursting of a cylinder cover,
causing a sudden rush of steam into the engine-house. The
winder, Jacob Godfrey, fortunately was able to keep control
of the engine, and with considerable presence of mind
safely lowered the cage full of men back into the pit
bottom, which he had commenced raising to the surface,
and at the time of the accident the engine had reached
about full velocity, the cage being four or five revolutions-
of the drum from the bottom. The directors of the*
Butterley Company Limited have now presented Godfrey
with an inscribed marble timepiece as a small record of
their esteem and regard of the manner in which he per-
formed his duties. It must be particularly gratifying to
the men engaged at the colliery to feel that they have a*
man of Godfrey’s calibre in charge of the lever when they
are descending and ascending, and it is a well-known fact
that the winding enginemen of this country are men
selected from amongst the best and most reliable class of
men, and considering the responsible duties which they
have to perform, it is most important that they should be*
able to keep thorough control of themselves in time of
emergency, such as occurred at the Birchwood Colliery on
April 22 last.

Fire was discovered on Monday night to have broken out
in No. 2 Cawbeam mine, belonging to the Broxburn Oil
Company Limited, Broxburn, Linlithgow, and despite all
efforts continued to spread. The mine has been damped
down, and will probably remain closed for a week or two.

Developments are proceeding in East Lothian. A new
pit is now being sunk by the Edinburgh Colliery Company
to the south of Elphinstone, and a large output is being
arranged for. An installation of electric power and lighting
is being conveyed from the principal colliery at Prestonlinks,.
a distance of nearly eight miles. This prosperous company
are lessees of four coalfields—Prestonlinks (for working coal
under the sea), Bankton, Tranent and Elphinstone. Housing
accommodation for miners is much desired and new buildings
are in course of erection. The Udston Coal Company are
lessees of three coalfields in East Lothian—Biggonhead
St. Germains and Penston—covering about three miles of
land. Owing to scarcity of men, the output, although
large, is not able to supply the demand.

Negotiations are in progress for the acquiring of the Bed
Hills Villa estate, at Durham, by the Durham Miners’
Association for the purpose of building a miners’ hall,
offices and agents’ houses. Red Hills Villa is at present tha
residence of Mr. A. D. Nicholson, H.M. inspector of mines

A deputation of the Ocean Colliery, Ebbw Vale, workmen,,
are making a visit to Germany to investigate the working of
baths in that country.

Over the grave of the late Mr. W. H. Pickering, in
Doncaster cemetery, there has just been erected a handsome
cylindrical cross, with two bases and kerb, in unpolished
Creetown granite. It was made to the design of Mrs. W. H.
Pickering.

Two new branch lines of railway, to serve important
collieries in the Doncaster district, are foreshadowed. At
present, Messrs. Logan and Hemingway (who are engaged