1308 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. June 12, 1914. GOHTEITS. Editorial Article :— page The Tyranny of the Trade Union............... 1309 Articles :— Obituary................................... 1301 On the Electrification Produced during the Raising of a Cloud of Dust ......................... 1301 The Use of Ferro-Concrete in Mining.......... 1303 Mining and Other Notes ...................... 1307 Labour and Wages ............................ 1312 A Review on Mining Legislation ............. 1313 The Geology of the Kent Coalfield ........... 1314 The Freight Market ........................ 1318 Open Contracts.............................. 1318 Coal and Coke Exported from Ports in England, Scotland and Wales ........................ 1319 Coal and Coke Shipped for London and Other Ports in the United Kingdom....................... 1319 Exports of Coal, Coke, and Manufactured Fuel from the United Kingdom ................... 1320 Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently Accepted 1321 New Patents Connected with the Coal and Iron Trades .................................... 1322 Government Publications ..................... 1324 Publications Received ....................... 1324 Catalogues and Price Lists Received.......... 1324 Continental Mining Notes ...................... 1307 Notes from the Coalfields ....................... 1315 Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies ............ 1320 The Coal and Iron Trades ... 1305—1307, 1310, 1311, 1312 The By-Products Trade ....................... 1307 The London Coal Trade ....................... 1311 The Tin-plate Trade ......................... 1311 Reports of Meetings:— Institution of Mining Engineers ............ 1297 Manchester Geological and Mining Society..... 1302 Letters to the Editors: — South Hiendley Pit Fire...................... 1312 Miscellanea :— North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers ...................... 1301 Shipments of Bunker Coals.................... 1302 Partnerships Dissolved — Immingham Coal Ex- ports ...................................... 1310 Mining Institute of Scotland................. 1312 North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers—Grimsby Coal Exports ... 1321 Hull Coal Imports—Hull Coal Exports.......... 1324 ADVERTISEMENTS. 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