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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

April 23, 1915.

OBITUARY.

By the death of Col. Sir Charles Seely, Bart., which
occurred at his Isle of Wight residence, Brook House, on
Friday morning, April 16th, the city and county of
Nottinghamshire mourn the loss of an eminent citizen, a
well-known colliery owner and a philanthropist. The
deceased baronet, whose Nottinghamshire residence was
Sherwood Lodge, was born at Lincoln on August 11, 1833,
and was the only son of Mr. Charles Seely, for many years
member of Parliament for Lincoln. When he was 24 years
of age he married Miss Emily Evans, daughter of a London
merchant, by whom he had three sons and six daughters.
The eldest son is Col. Charles Hilton Seely, ex-M.P. for
Lincoln; the second son is Col. Frank E. Seely, at
present in command of the South Notts Hussars ; and the
youngest is Brig.-Gen. John Seely, M.P. for the
Ilkeston Division, and ex-Minister of State for War. For a
number of years the late Sir Charles represented Notting-
ham as a Liberal in Parliament, being first elected in 1869.
At the 1885 election, after the redistribution of seats, he
stood as candidate for West Nottingham, a mining con-
stituency, and although he was opposed by a Conservative
and a Labour candidate (Mr. John Burns, the present M.P.),
he was returned with a majority of nearly 3,000. At the
Home Bule split next year Sir Charles put up as
a Unionist, and was defeated by Mr. Henry Broadhurst,
Labour candidate. In 1892 the same pair met again. The
position was anomalous, for on the question of the Miners'’
Eight Hours Bill (which received great prominence), Sir
Charles, although a mineowner, gave the proposal his
support and was returned by a majority of 301. In 1895
he retired from active political life following the death of
his wife, but when Mr. Joseph Chamberlain launched his
Tariff Reform propaganda, the baronet showed himself an
uncompromising Free Trader, and was followed by two of
his sons, then in Parliament. Side by side with his
political work, Sir Charles controlled extensive business
concerns with great ability. It was his prescience that
gave the impetus to the coalmining industry in the
immediate neighbourhood of Nottingham. Although not
the inaugurator of the Babbington collieries, which were
started in a small way by the late Mr. Thomas North, who
became involved in financial difficulties, the deceased
baronet came upon the scene with money and energy, and
taking up the work commenced by Mr. North, developed
the collieries at Bulwell, Cinderhill, and the Newcastle and
Broxtowe pits at Basford. In addition to these he was
interested in other collieries at Kimberley, Notts, while he
also opened collieries at Birchwood and Tibshelf, in Mid-
Derbyshire. Sir Charles’s association with the volunteer
movement dated practically from the first enrolment. He
joined as a private, and rose to be colonel of the Bobin
Hoods, which was described as “ Col. Seely’s fine regiment ”
by the Duke of Cambridge at the great Hyde Park review
in 1876, when the 1st Notts carried off the highest honours.
The ambulance movement found in Sir Charles a very warm
supporter, and at a great review in Windsor Park in May
1893 there were some' hundreds of employees, trained in
“ first aid to the injured,” from the Babbington, Tibshelf
and Birchwood collieries. Our Nottingham correspondent
on that occasion had the privilege of seeing the popular
coal owner presented to the late Queen Victoria, who made
an (inspection of the brigades from various parts of the
country. The deceased baronet was a man of considerable
means, and his beneficence was princely. His name will be
ever associated with the Nottingham General Hospital,
which was one of the special objects of his benefactions.
The parish of Day brook, near Nottingham, owes its beautiful
church to the generosity of Sir Charles Seely. In it is a
monument, “ In affectionate memory of the gentle and good
woman who inspired her husband to build and adorn this
church.” For many years, through the Babbington Colliery,
he has provided for the maintenance of the schools
at Cinder Hill, and also provided funds for a clergyman for
the district. In recognition of his distinguished services,
Sir Charles was presented with the honorary freedom of the
borough of Nottingham in 1895.

Mr. Thomas Green, a well-known Sacriston colliery
official, who for 61 years served the Charlaw and Sacriston
Collieries Company Limited, died last week at the age of
73. A native of Moorsley, he commenced work at the age
of 12 as a trapper, becoming deputy-overman six years
later, and afterwards overman at Nettlesworth, a position
he held until the closing of the colliery 14 years afterwards.
Beturning to Sacriston, he was appointed under-manager, a
post he retained for 24 years. He retired two years ago.

The death has occurred of Mr. Thomas Shevels, late
chief engineer to Messrs. Cochrane and Co.’s New Brance-
peth Collieries. Mr. Shevels, who was 69 years of age, was
employed at the colliery for 40 years, and was appointed
chief engineer about 30 years ago, in succession to Mr. John
Brown. He was a skilled mechanic, and made-a number of
improvements and invented many patents in colliery
appliances. He retired about five years ago, and had the
satisfaction of seeing his son, Mr. Fred Shevels, appointed
his successor as chief engineer.

The death occurred at Harpenden, last week, of Mr.
Bichard Lydekker, well known as the author of numerous
works on geology and natural science. The deceased
gentleman was a J.P. for Hertfordshire, and was on the
staff of the Geological Survey of India from 1874 to 1882.
He was 66 years of age.

The death has taken place, at his residence in Devonshire,
of Mr. John Alexander MacLellan, a director of the firm of
Messrs. Alley and MacLellan, engineers and shipbuilders,
Glasgow, Mr. MacLellan, who was 61 years of age, was
trained as an engineer in Glasgow, and about 40 years ago,
along with the late Mr. Stephen Alley, he established the
Sentinel Engineering Works at Polmadie. The firm was
converted into a limited liability company 12 years ago, and
Mr. MacLellan was appointed a director, a position which
he held till his death.

The death has occurred of Mr. Beginald Wigram, a
director of the Great Northern Bailway Company.

Immingham Coal Exports.—Beturns for the week ending
the 16th inst. show that the coal exported from Immingham.
was as follows :—Foreign : To Aalborg, 1,628 tons; Chris-
tiania, 2,535; Dieppe, 488; and MaJimo, 1,550—total, 6,201
tons foreign. Coastwise nil.

CONTRACTS OPEN FOR COAL AND COKE.

For Contracts Advertised in this issue received too late
for inclusion in this column, see Leader and Last
White pages.

Thornton, May 11.—Tenders are invited for the supply
of coal, nuts, and slack for the year ending June 30, 1916,
for the various departments, as follow :—Gas Works, 1,600
tons; pumping station, 200 tons; road roller, 30 tons; office
coal, 30 tons. For further particulars apply to the under-
signed. Tenders to be endorsed “ Coal,” and addressed to
the Chairman of the Council, and delivered at the Council
Offices, Thornton, not later than May 11, 1915. Bichard
Bowman, clerk.

Abstracts of Contracts Open.

Ballinrake (Ireland), April 26.—100 tons of best Orrell,
Whitehaven, or Wigan house coal for the Guardians.
Tenders to J. Walsh, clerk, Board-room.

Carlisle, April 27.—About 30,000 tons of coal for the
Corporation. Forms from E. G. Hutchinson, gas engineer,
Gas Works, Carlisle.

Celbridge (Ireland), April 30.—Fifty tons of best house
coal for the Guardians. Tenders to F. Shortt, clerk to the
Union, Board-room.

Hinckley, April 26. — Screened cobbles and double-
screened nuts for the Hinckley Hospital Committee. Tenders
to J. W. Preston, clerk, Church-street.

King’s Lynn, May 31.—Best Portland hards or other good
engine coals for the Magdalen Drainage Commissioners.
Tenders to W. D. Ward, clerk, King’s Lynn.

Larkhall (Scotiand), April 27.—5,000 tons Virtuewell
coal for the directors of the. Larkhall Gas Company Limited.
Tenders to D. M’A. Dick, secretary.

London, E., April 27.—1,000 tons of steam coal and 100
tons of house coal for the Managers of the Poplar and
Stepney Sick Asylum District. Forms from S. G. Wright,
Clerk’s Office, Devon’s-road, Bow, E.

Manchester, May 12.—Best burgie- coal for the Corpora-
tion. Particulars from the Sanitary Department, Civic
Buildings, 1, Mount-street, Manchester.

Rothesay (Scotland), April 26.—Gas coal for the Cor-
poration. Forms from the Gas Manager.

Salford, April 29.—Coal and cannel for the Gas Com-
mittee. Forms from Mr. William W. Woodward, engineer,
Gas Offices, Bloom-street, Salford.

Sheerness, April 27.—About 1,000 tons of washed slack
for the Urban District Council. Forms from V. H. Station,
clerk, Council Offices, Sheerness.

Stockport, April 24.—Best engine slack and house coal
for the Corporation. Forms from the Borough Surveyor,
Town Hall.

Ware (Herts), April 28.—130 tons Annesley nutty small
steam coal, also best screened Tirback machine-cut and
washed German anthracite nuts, for the Urban District
Council. Tenders to G. H. Gisby, clerk, Council Offices,
Ware.

Wigton, May 1.—From 1,000 to 1,200 tons of round coal,
also round coal and nuts, for the directors of the Wigton
Gas Light and Coke Company Limited. Tenders to J.
Strong, secretary pro tem., 15, King-street, Wigton.

The date given is the latest upon which tenders can be
received.

CONTRACTS OPEN FOR ENGINEERING, IRON
AND STEEL WORK, &c.

Argoed, April 26.—Drift.—For driving a new drift at
the Argoed Colliery, Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot. Speci-
fication from the colliery manager at the colliery.

Glasgow.—Pit Sinking.—Sinking two pits, 100 fathoms
deep, at Westwood, near West Calder, for the Oakbank Oil
Company Limited. Specification from 29, St. Vincent-
place, Glasgow.

THE FREIGHT MARKET.

The upward trend of north-east coast coal freights, to
which reference was made last week, continues unchecked.
Coastwise alone, there is not much change, but, even here,
there is a distinct hardening of figures, which is indicated
by the rate of 7s. 6d. Tyne to London. To North France
the market has advanced to 20s. to Rouen, with 19s. to
Plavre. The only fixtures mentioned for the Bay are one
of 16s. to St. Nazaire, and another of 19s. 6d. to Rochefort,
but these are a few days old, and any business done at the
time of writing would be based on increased prices. The
Mediterranean, as is its way, shows the maximum advance
in rates. Genoa is once more up to 37s. 6d., with similar
figures quoted for Naples and Leghorn. Marseilles is up
to 35s. At South Wales there has been a very substantial
increase in freights to practically every port for which
charters have been arranged. Whilst the fixing of vessels
has been fairly brisk, there is now a lull, tonnage being
scarce, and rates so high as to deter merchants from
transactions.

Homewards, eastern markets are firmly held, and an
increase in the volume of demand is looked for from India,
conditions regarding wheat export from that country being
more settled. The rice ports are firm, at about last week’s
figures. Tonnage is scarce at the North Pacific, and the
rate has advanced to about 90s. for the United Kingdom.
There is a similar dearth of vessels at the nitrate ports, and
very high figures are indicated. The Mediterranean is
steady but quiet, most of the available tonnage having been
requisitioned for military services. America has gone
quieter all round, with a subsidence in the demand for cotton
and grain carriers. Rates for such boats, however, show
no fall on the week. The enquiry for lumber vessels con-
tinues slack, whilst the deal trade also is quiet. At. the
River Plate there is an improved demand for May and June
tonnage, at from 61s. 3d. to 62s. 6d. up river.

Tyne to Algiers, 2,300, 23s. 6d.; 4,200, 25s.; Barcelona,

1,100,	34s.; 2,200, 37s. 6d.; Caen, 800, 20s.; Calais, 1,500,
20s.; Dieppe, 900, 19s.; Genoa, 5,000, 37s, 6d.; 3,000, 35s.;
3,000, 37s. 6d.; Girgenti, 2,000, 35s.; Gefle, 2,200, 20s.,
three voyages; Havre, 800, 19s. 6d.; 1,200, 19s.; 1,000, 20s.,
reported; 2,400, 18s.; London, 1,800, 7s.; 1,800, 7s. 6d.; Las
Palmas, 2,000, 23s.; 2,500, 23s.; Marseilles, 3,300, 30s.;
Oporto, 850, 21s.; Oran, 3,700, 25s.; Porto Ferrajo, 6,000,
25s.; Port Said, 7,000, 27s. 6d.; Piraeus, 4,500, 38s. 6d.;
Rouen, 3,100, 17s. 3d.; 3,000,.17s. 6d.; 2,100, 17s.; 1,550,
17s. 6d.; 1,500, 18s. 6d.; 3,100, 18s. 6d.; 1,700, 19s.; 1,600,

19s. 3d.; 1,000, 20s.; 2,900, 20s.; Rochefort, 2,500, 19s. 6d.;
St. Nazaire, 2,800, 19s. 6d.

Cardiff to Alexandria, 2,400, 26s., 500, May 3; Bayonne,

2.100,	20 fr.; Boulogne, 700, 12s. 9d.; 1,200, 14s.; Bor-
deaux, 3,500, 18 fr.; 2,200, 18 fr.q 2,300, 19 fr., 500; 2,000,
18i fr.; 1,900, 20 fr.; 1,050, 20 fr.; Colombo, 5,500, 30s.,
April-May; Caen, 400, Ils. 6d.; 1,250, 13s., April 28; 850,
13s. 9d.: Cadiz, 16s.; Cherbourg, 1,300, 13s.; Djibouti, 30s.,
May; Dieppe, 900, 12s.; 900, 12s. 9d.; Dartmouth, 500,
7 s. 6d.; Fecamp; 850, 13s.; 1,300, 13s. 3d.; Genoa, 2,900,
23s.; 4,000, 25s.; 4,500, 27s. 6d., April 25; 3,400, 27s.; 2,500,
30s., April 26; 4,000, 30s.; Granville, 600, 11s.; 1,450,
12s. 6d.; Havre, 1,700, 12s.; 1,200, 12s.; Huelva, 2,000,
18s., April 25; Leghorn, 3,500, 27s.; Lisbon, 3,200, 19s.,
500; Marseilles, 3,900, 25s.; Monte Video, 4,500, 28s.; 3,000,
26s. 6d., end month; Nantes, 1,600, 154 fr.; Plymouth, 480,
9s.; River Plate, 4,500, 27s.; 3,500, 25s. 6d., lower ports;
6,250, 30s.; 26s. 6d'., end April; Rouen, 800, 13s.; 1,600,
12s. 9d.; 2,500, 12s. 6d.; 3,200, 12s.; 1,700, 12s.; 850,
13s. 3d.; 1,700, 14s.; 550, 13s. 6d.; 1,050, 14s.; Rochefort,
1.600. 164 fr., 500, 16|fr., 400; Spezzia, 3,500, 27s.; 2,500,
30s., April 26 ; 4,000, 30s.; St. Nazaire, 1,800, 154 fr.; 1,700,
18-4 fr.; 1,800, 184 fr.; 1,400, 19 fr.; Savona. 3,500, 27s.;
2.500, 30s., April 26; 4,000, 30s.; Trouville, 850, 13s.; 1,300,
13s. 3d.; Venice, 3,500, 32s. 6d.

Swansea to Rochefort, 1,600, 16 fr.; Caen, 700, Ils. 6d.;
Rouen, 1,300, 13s.; 2,500, 12s. 6d.; 1,300, 12s. 6d.; 900,
14s.; 1,300, 13s. 6d.; Dieppe, 1,500, Ils.; Boulogne, 1,500.
12s. 9d.; 1,100, 14s., fuel, four consecutive voyages; Naples,
2,000, 22s. coal, 22s. 9d. fuel; Granville, 500, 11s.; 3,600.
11s.; Tonnay Charente, 1,300, 13| fr;; Havre, 1,000, Ils.;
750, 11s. 6d.; Bordeaux, 1,000, 22 fr.; 1,000, 224 fr. ; 2,300,
204 fr., fuel; La Pallice, 1,600, 16 fr.; St. Brieux, 580,
12s. 6d. coal, 13s. fuel; Sables, 950, 174 fr., 400; Bahia
Blanca, sail, 1,650, 24s.; Pernambuco, sail, 1,650, 24s.:
Lisbon, 1,050, 19s.; Caen, 850, 13s. 9d.

Newport to Seville, 1,600, 17s. 6d.; Huelva, 1,600, 18s.;
Naples, 4,100, 25s., 800; Dartmouth, 650, 7s. 6d.; Boulogne,
1,050, 14s.; Rouen, 1,050, 14s.

Immingham to Genoa, p.t.; Savona, p.t.; Bagnoli, p.t.

Port Talbot to Dieppe, 1,000, 11s.; Nantes, 1,600, 154 fr.;
St. Nazaire, 1,800, 154 fr. coal, 16 fr. fuel; Bordeaux, 1,000,
22 fr.; 1,000, 224 fr.

Methil to London, 2,000, 9s.

Hull to Rouen, 1,000, 17s.; 1,900, 18s.; 2,150, 20s.; 3,000,
20s.; 1,350, 21s., April 28; 2,000, 21s., May 16; Brixham,
10s.; Dunkirk, 350, 17s.; Fecamp, 350, 17s. 3d.; Dieppe,
350, 17s. 3d.; 1,500, 17s.; 1,000, 19s. 6d.; Boulogne, 350,
17s. 3d.; Alexandria, 3,800, 29s.; 30s.

Blyth to London, 1,800, 7s.

Llanelly to Dublin, 300, 6s.; Rouen, 400, 12s. 6d.

Glasgow to Dieppe, 1,300, 13s. 6d.; 1,900, 13s. 6d.;
Rouen, 1,700, 16s. 6d.; West Coast of South America, 33s.,
coke.

Ayr to Genoa, 2,000, 25s. 6d.

Wear to Havre, 1,750, 17s.; Buenos Ayres, 4,200, 25s. 6d.;
Rouen, 1,800, 18s. 6d.; Genoa, 6,500, 37s. 6d.; Cette, 2,500,
40s.

Clyde to Rouen, 1,750, 16s. 6d.

Humber to Dffinkirk, 1,400, 16s. .

Goole to Boulogne, 850, 17s. 6d. ; 650, 14s. 6d.; London,

1.100,	9s. 6d.

London and Glasgow to Archangel, 2,700, 37s. 6d., general

It is a remarkable fact that in London, the greatest busi-
ness city in the world, there exists no commercial club of
national or imperial scope. The council of the British
Empire Industrial League have given serious consideration
to the matter, and are making arrangements to found in
London the British Empire Commercial Club.

Iron and Steel Institute. — The annual meeting of the
institute will be held, by kind permission, at the Institution
of Civil Engineers, Great George-Street, Westminster, on
Thursday and Friday, May 13 and 14, commencing each
day at 10.30 a.m. In the event of Mr. Greiner being
unable to attend, Mr. Arthur Cooper, LL.D, (immediate
past-president), will preside at the meeting. At the opening
session the Bessemer gold medal for 1915, which has been
awarded to Mr. Pierre Martin (formerly of- Sireuil, near
Paris), will be received on his behalf by his Excellehcy M.
Paul Gambon, the French Ambassador, who has kindly con-
sented to attend. At 3 p.m. a lecture will be given by Prof.
Hubert (Liege University), on “ Large Gas Engines.’.’ On
Friday, May 14, the Andrew Carnegie gold medal (for 1914)
will be presented to Mr. E. Nusbaumer (Paris), and the
award of research scholarships for the current year will be
announced. The following is the list of papers that are
expected to be submitted for reading and discussion :—F. W.
Adams, B.Sc., “Diffusion of Carbon in Iron”; J. 0.
Arnold, D.Met., F.R.S., and G. R. Bolsover, “ Supple-
mentary Notes on the Forms in which Sulphides may Exist
in Steel Ingots” (part 2); G. Charpy and A. Cornu,
“ Researches on Iron, Silicon, and Carbon Alloys ”; J. A.
Newton Friend, D.Sc., Ph.D., and P. C. Barnet, B.Sc.,
“ Corrosion of Iron in Aqueous Solutions of Inorganic
Salts”; J. A. Newton Friend, D.Sc., Ph.D., and C. W.
Marshall, (a) “ Relative Corrodibilities of Grey Oast Iron
and Steel, (5) “ Note on the Removal of Rust by Means of
Chemical Reagents”; A. Greiner, D.Sc., “Communication
on the Heating of an Open Hearth Furnace by Means of
Tar”; Sir R. A. Hadfield, D.Sc., D.Met., F.R.S., and G.
K. Burgess, D.Sc., “ Sound Steel Ingots and Rails”; K.
Honda, “ The Nature of the A2 Transformation in Iron ” ;
A. McWilliam, D.Met., and E. J. Barnes, “ Brinell Hard-
ness and Tenacity Factors of a Series of Heat-treated Special
Steels ” ; A. M. Portevin and E. L. Dupuy, “Thermo-electric
Properties of Special Steels ” ; J. H. Smith, D.Sc., Wh.Sc.,
and G. A. Wedgwood, B.Sc., Wh.Sc., “ Stress-strain Loops
for Steel in the Cyclic State ”; J. E. Stead, D'.Sc., D.Met.,
F.R.S., (a) “ Detection of Burning in Steel,” (5) “ Iron,
Carbon, and Phosphorus.” The council have decided that,
on account of the war, it will be inadvisable to hold the
annual dinner this year. It has been provisionally decided
that the autumn meeting shall be held in London during the
week ending September 25. Further particulars of the
arrangements will be announced in due course.