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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

June 11, 1915.

MINIMS AMD OTHER MOTES.

On Saturday, June 5, a large number of deputies belong-
ing to the Wakefield branch of the Yorkshire Deputies’
Association paid a visit to Messrs. Ackroyd and Best’s works
at Morley, where Mr. Hailwood, the managing director,
explained how the different parts were made and tested,
and carried out a number of experiments.

Mr. J. M. Eddy, the mineral traffic manager of the
London and North-Western Bailway, is leaving England
early next months to take up the important position of
assistant to the general manager of the Buenos Ayres Great
Southern Bailway. Mr. Eddy entered the service of the
London and North-Western Bailway Company in 1898, and,
after a period of four years at headquarters, was appointed
assistant traffic superintendent for the Lancaster division.
In 1904 Mr. Eddy was appointed assistant rolling stock
superintendent, and in 1911 rolling stock superintendent.
In 1912 he returned to headquarters to take over the posi-
tion of mineral traffic manager.

Mr. David Alexander Louis, F.I.C., F.C.S., of 123, Pall
M'all, S.W., scientific journalist, mining and metallurgical
engineer and chemist, an original member of the Society of
Chemical Industry, formerly Examiner to the Board of
Education, and one of the leading members of the British
International Association of Journalists, who died on
March 25 last, aged 58 years, left estate valued at £8,086
gross, with net personalty £6,960.

In the-Chancery Division last week, Mr. Justice Neville
was asked to appoint a receiver of the Newthorpe Collieries.
Mr. Church said the plaintiff was the holder of a £4,000
debenture, issued to secure an advance by him, and dated
July 1, 1914. The interest due on September 1, 1914, and
March 1, 1915, was in arrear, and the principal moneys
were1 due. Creditors had obtained judgment against the
company, and a meeting had been called for the purpose of
passing a resolution to wind up voluntarily. His lordship
appointed Mr. Henry Pratt as receiver.

Messrs. Ed. Bennis and Company Limited, of Little
Hullton, Bolton, and 28, Victoria-street, S.W., inform us
that something like 80 per cent, of the work on which they
are at present engaged is in connection with War Office con-
tracts. Of these no information can, of course, be given,
but, notwithstanding that they are working at high pressure
on such orders, some interesting contracts for private firms
have recently been placed, amongst which may be men-
tioned the following :—Astley and Tyldesley Collieries
Limited, Tyldesley, two coking stokers and self-cleaning
compressed air furnace for 8 ft. diameter Lancashire boilers
(repeat order); Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company Limited,
New Tredegar Colliery, four sprinkler stokers and self-
cleaning compressed air furnaces for 8 ft. diameter Lanca-
shire boilers (repeat order); Wombwell Main Company
Limited, near Barnsley; two hand-fired furnaces for
7 ft. 6 in. diameter Lancashire boiler (repeat order); John
Speakman and Sons Limited, Bedford Colliery, Lancashire,
four hand-fired furnaces for 7 ft. diameter Lancashire
boilers; Botherham Corporation Electricity Station,
Both er ham, Yorkshire, four sprinkler stokers and compressed
air furnaces for 8 fit. diameter Lancashire boilers, also two
pairs of chain grates 6 ft. 6 in. wide by 11 ft. 5 in. long
(repeat order); Boburite and Ammonal Limited, Gat-hurst,
near Wigan, two sprinkler stokers and self-cleaning com-
pressed air furnaces for 8ft. diameter Lancashire boiler;
Nobel’s Explosives Limited, Powder Factory, South Wales
(per Messrs. Yates and Thom), suction ash plant for
removing the ashes from 16 Lancashire boilers.

The Federal Court at Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A., have
unanimously decided in favour of the United States Steel
Corporation in the action which was brought against it by
the Government, by which it was sought to secure the
dissolution of the undertaking. The court refused to issue
any injunction, and, in its decision, declared that the cor-
poration should not be dissolved. The judges, however,
held that certain price fixing agreements which followed
periodical dinners organised by the management to competi-
tors were unlawful, but they found that these had been
stopped before the suit was filed. It is not known yet
whether the Government will appeal against the decision.

The Hon. Rupert Beckett has been invited to become a
director of the Great Northern Bailway Company, in the
place of Mr. B. Wigram, deceased.

The Earl of Bradford, who owned and worked .one of the
largest collieries in the Bolton district, by his will left
£572,928.

THE FREIGHT MARKET.

The volume of business done in the outward freight market
during the week under review was fully up to the recent
average. From every centre comes the report that tonnage
supplies are considerably better, and that congestion which
hampered business is markedly reduced. On the north-east
coast there is little change in coasting rates, but the tendency (.
of figures is in buyers’ favour. To North France, where
the detention of vessels appears to have been considerably
modified, figures are materially reduced, Tyne to Rouen
being from Is. to Is. 6d. down, Caen 6d. to Is. 3d. cheaper,
and Dunkirk 2s. to 2s. 6d. lower. For the Bay, Bordeaux
is being done at. rates which represent a reduction of from
Is. to Is. 6d. All Mediterranean ports are lower. Genoa
is reduced to a quotation of about 25s., at which, however,
no business has actually been done up to the time of writing.
Marseilles is fully 7s. cheaper, whilst Civita Vecchia is 11s.
down. At South Wales, rates have fallen in a fashion
which is little short of sensational. Near ports are being
done at from 10s. to 11s. to Havre, and 13s. to Bouen. The
Bay shows Bordeaux from 4 fr. to 5 fr. cheaper, and St.
Nazaire reduced from: 6 fr. to 6J fr. For the Mediterranean,
reductions of from 6s. to 12s. are -recorded for Genoa, Savona,
and Spezzia, and all other Mediterranean directions are
favouring charterers. Beports from other shipping centres
show that figures at these are ruled by those already cited.-
Much of the weakness of the market is attributable, pro-
bably, to the determined restriction of coal exportation to
neutral countries. This restriction has sadly interfered
with the total volume of business possible in the British coal
trade, and has, consequently, diminished the demand for
tonnage. The fall in freights, bringing with it the possi-
bility of cheaper coal to foreign consumers, and, therefore,
the probability of retaining for this country coal business
with Allied nations which otherwise might have followed
much already lost to America, is the main compensating
circumstance for a very present source of tribulation in the
coal market.

The homeward freight market has been rather inactive
during the last few days. Generally speaking, there is a
strong diversity of opinion between shippers and shipowners
as to rates of freight, and only a “ hand to mouth ” business
is being done. Owners find it difficult to uphold full recent
rates, although there are instances in which even rather
more money is obtainable. Bates at the Biver Plate con-
tinue to favour charterers. A medium-sized vessel has just
been booked at 58s. 9d. to United Kingdom, with the option
of Hull at 60s., and the further option of French Atlantic,
North Spain, or Portugal at 62s. 6d. Shippers continue
to offer 57s. 6d. for up-river loading, whilst owners are
standing out for 60s. At Kurrachee 50s. has several times
been repeated .for Government business, but the tendency is
downward, owing to the recent steady decline in the price
of wheat. Java is rather easier at 80s. for sugar to United
Kingdom or Marseilles. The rice ports are slow, and
doing very little. Calcutta is dull. Bombay has receded
to 60s. to United Kingdom and France, two ports. The
North Pacific is dearer, • with United Kingdom quoted at
from 90s. to 92s. 6d. Vladivostock is firmer, at about the
figures just mentioned. The nitrate district has an easier
tendency. The Mediterranean ports are slow, with very
little enquiry from Alexandria; and the ore ports are
unaltered. America rules fairly steady for grain tonnage.
The coal freight market is somewhat irregular.

Tyne to Algiers, 1,700, 20s.; Bordeaux, 4,400, 20s., from
Dunston; 4,500, 19s.; 3,300, 19s.; Bona, 1,800, 25s.; Caen,
1,500, 14s. 6d.; 250, 15s. 6d.; Civita Vecchia, 3,700, 22s.;
Cadiz, 2,000, 25s.; Calais, 2,100, 16s.; Dunkirk, 2,100, 16s.;
Fecamp, 1,400, 17s. 6d.; Genoa, 3,300, 30s.; 3,200, 30s.;
Gothenburg, 2,500, 16s., voyages; Havre, 1,100, 15s.; 600,
16s.; London, 3,000, 7s., C.T.; 2,600, 7s., C.T.; 2,100, 7s.,
C.T.; 1,250, 7s. 3d.; 3,000, 6s.; 950, 7s.; 1,650, 7s.; 1,650,
7s. l^d., from Dunston; Marseilles, 3,000, 25s.; 3,500, 25s.,
.re-charter; Malta, 3,500, 22s. 6d.; 1,800, 24s.; 2,600, 18s.;
Malmo, 2,200, 17s. 6d.; Naples, 5,200, 31s.; Oran, 2,800,
21s.; Port Said, 3,300, 25s.; Piraeus, 4,000, 32s. 6d.; Bouen,
1,600, 18s.; 1,100, 17s., from Dunston; 450, 16s.; 2,500,
16s.; 850, 15s. 6d. ; 2,900, 15s. 6d. ; Seville, 1,300, 20s.;
Trouville, 600,. 16s.

Cardiff to Algiers, 3,100, 26 fr.; 3,600, 21 fr.; Aden, 5,000,
26s.; Arzew, 2,100, 27J fr.; Bordeaux, 2,200, 16 fr.; Barce-
lona, 2,000, 24s.; 3,000, 25s.; 2,000, 25s.; Buenos Ayres,
5,000, 25s.; Bahia Blanca, 5,000, 26s.; Bagnoli, 4,000, 24s.;

3.700,	21s.; 3,300, 19s.; Bona, 2,100, 281 fr.; Chantenay,
3,000, 17 fr. coal, 18 fr. fuel; 2,000, 15J fr.; Catania, 2,300,
20s., 400; Caen, 1,000, 11s.; Dakar, 4,000, 13s. 1,000, 14s.
750, 15s. 500, free discharge and full dues; Genoa, 4,300,
25s.; 4,000, 22s. 6d. ; 3,300, 19s. ; 3,800, 19s.; Gibraltar,

1.700,	18s.; Havre, 1,900, Ils.; 1,600, 11s. 3d.; 1,600, 10s.;
Leghorn, 4,300, 25s.; 4,000, 22s. 6d.; 3,600, 24s. 6d., 500;

3.300,	19s.; Lisbon, 1,600, 16s. 6d., 350; 1,700, 15s. 6d.,
400; Las Palmas, 4,000, 18s.; Messina, 2,300, 20s., 400;
-Marseilles, 4,500, 25 fr.; Naples, 4,300, 25s.; 3,000, 24s. 6d.;
500; Nantes, 3,000, 17 fr. coal, 18 fr. fuel; 2,000, 15J-fir.;
Pauillac, 1,150, 16J fr.; Port Said, 3,800, 20s. 6d.; Philippe-
ville, 2,100, 27J fr.; Piraeus, 4,400, 30s.; 3,200, 28s.; Porto
Ferrajo, 4,000, 24s.; 3,700, 20s.; 3,300, 19s.; Bouen, 1,250,
15s.; 1,600, 15s. coal, 15s. 9d. fuel; 1,400, 14s. 9d.; 1,600,
13s. 6d.; 1,600, 13s.; Reggio, 3,500, 27s. 3d.; Bio Grande
do Sul, 2,500, 34s. 6d. fuel, free discharge; Bio de Janeiro,
26s., June, reported; Spezzia, 4,000, 25s.; 4,000, 22s. 6d.;
3,000, 19s.; 3,800, 19s. ; Savona, 4,000, 25s.; 4,000, 22s. 6d.;
3,000, 19s.; 3,800, 19s.; St. Nazaire, 3,000, 17 fr. coal,
18 fr. fuel; 2,000, 12 fr.; Sables, 1,400, 16 fr.; Sfax, 2,150,
27 fr., June 14; Tonnay Charente, 1,500, 17J fr.; Tunis,

1.300,	30 fr.; 2,100, 30 fr.; Torre Annunziata, 2,300, 20s.,
400; Teneriffe, 4,000, 18s.

Swansea to Marans, 1,750, 20 fr.; Tonnay Charente,
1,850, 18J fr.; Taranto, 3,000, 29s. coal, 29s. 9d. fuel;
Dieppe, 1,300, 12s. 6d. coal, 13s. fuel; 1,600, 12s. 6d. ;

1,400,	Ils.; St. Brieux, 950, 15s. coal, 15s. 6d. fuel; Gran-
ville, 500, 13s.; Trouville, 1,650, 13s.; 300, 12s.; 500, 13s.;
Honfleur, 500, 13s.; Bouen, 850, 15s. 6d.; 1,600, 15s. 6d.;
750, 15s.; 1,200, 15s. 3d.; 1,750, 14s.; 550, 16s.; 900,
14s. 9d.; 1,700, 13s. 6d.; 1,350, 13s.; 480, 14s.; 950,
13s. 3d.; 1,200, 14s. 3d.; 900, 13s. 3d.; Havre, 630, 13s.;
450, 12s. 9d.; 1,300, 10s. 9d.; Caen, 800, 12s.; Nantes,
.2,400, 13J fr.; Chantenay, 2,400, 13J fr.; Palermo, 1,700,
29s.; Catania, 1,700, 29s.; Messina, 1,700, 29s.; Bordeaux,

1.400,	18s. fuel, June 15; Genoa, 4,000, 23s.; Savona, 4,000,
23s.; Spezzia, 4,000, 23s.: Leghorn, 4,000, 23s.; 3,600,
24s. 6d., 500; Naples, 3,600, 24s. 6d., 500; Dublin, 6s.;
Trapani, 1,850, 29s.; La Bochelle, 1,800, 16 fr.; Rochefort,
1,800, 16i fr.

Port Talbot to Bayonne, 1,800, 20Jfr., June; St. Malo,
580, Ils. 3d.; Bouen, 900, 15s.; 1,350, 13s.; Honfleur, 800,
12s. 6d.; St. Louis du Rhone, 2,000, 26 fr.

Blyth to ■Sundswall, 2,700, 21s. 9d., 600, June.

Llanelly to Caen, 900, 12s. 3d.; Dieppe, 550, 13s.

Newport to Gibraltar, 1,800, 17s. 6d.; 1,600, 14s., 700,
free discharge; 1,100, 17s. 6d.; Seville, 18s., June; Nantes,

1,700,	15^ fr., 500; Tunis, 1,350, 30 fr., June 12; Buenos
Ayres, 5,000, 25s.; Bahia Blanca, 5,000, 26s.; Bordeaux,

3.400,	15 fr., June 12; Algiers, 3,100, 25J fr.

Goole to Boulogne, 900, 13s. 9d.

Newport River to Algiers, 3,100, 25| fr., full, June.

Glasgow to Genoa, 4,500, 30s.; Barcelona, 2,200, 22s.

Wear to Rochefort, 1,300, 20s. 6d.; St. Ubes, 1,400, 24s.;
London, 1,250, 7s. 3d.

Birkenhead to Cette, 1,700, 19s. 6d.

Hartlepool to Leghorn, 4,200, 32s. 6d.

Burryport to St. Malo, 1,450, Ils.

Wales to Bio de Janeiro, 26s.,. June.

Hull to Dieppe, 1,000, 13s. 6d.; 600, 13s. 9d.; 900, 13s.;
Bouen, 4,000, 15s. 6d.

Ardrossan to Monte Video, sail, 20s. 6d.

Immingham to Dieppe, 600, 13s. 9d.; 900, 13s.

Hull Coal Imports.—According to the official returns made
by the Hull Corporation’s coal inspector (Mr. W. Herbert
Truman), the quantity of coal brought into Hull during
May was 434,134 tons—409,788 tons by rail, and 24,346 tons
by river—as compared with 700,381 tons in the correspond-
ing month of 1914. The quantity imported during the
period January to May was 1,997,833 tons, as against
2,511,705 tons in the corresponding period of last year.
Coastwise shipments in May amounted to 64,515 tons, whilst
the aggregate for the first five complete months of the year
was 289,328 tons. Exports from the port in May—exclusive
of coal shipped for Admiralty purposes or for the use of the
Allies’ Governments—reached 291,152 tons, compared with
297,210 tons in May 1914. The total quantity exported in
the 'period January to May amounted to 983,116 tons, as
against 1,132,428 tons.

CONTRACTS OPEN FOR COAL AMD COKE.

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

Plymouth, June 24.—The Plymouth Corporation is pre-
pared to receive tenders for the supply of 13*,500 tons of
clean good quality steam coal suitable for use without
breaking in coking mechanical stokers. Specification and
form of tender may be obtained from the undersigned before
June 22, after a deposit of 20s. has been made for each copy,
which deposit will be returned after receipt of a bona-fide
tender in accordance with and on the form provided. Sealed
tenders, duly endorsed, must be delivered to the undersigned
not later than 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, June 24, 1915.
The Corporation does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or
any, or the whole of any offer. E. G. Okell, electrical
engineer, Electricity Works, Prince Bock, Plymouth.

Abstracts of Contracts Open.

Abergavenny, June 24.—House coal for the Committee of
Visitors of the Monmouthshire Asylum, Abergavenny.
Forms from C. Owen.

Airdrie, June 22.—Coal for the School Board. Forms
from Messrs. G. B. Motherwell and W. Bankin Mitchell,
joint clerks, 10, Bank-street, Airdrie.

Alnwick. — Unscreened coal for the Workhouse and
Cottage Homes, and coke for the Workhouse, for the Guar-
dians. Tenders to H. W. Walton, clerk, Union Offices.

Apperley Bridge.—Coal and coke to the Woodhouse
Grove School. Particulars from the Headmaster.

Atherton, June 16.—About 6,000 tons of screened gas
coal or nuts for the Urban District Council. Forms from
W. Garrett, clerk, Town Hall.

Athy (Kildare).—700 tons of double screened coal for
the Athy Gas Company. Information from M. Anthony,
secretary.

Audley, June 15. — Best washed gas nuts or best gas
burgie for the Gas Works, and best engine slack for the
Waterworks, for the Urban District Council. Tenders to J.
Nelson, clerk, Kidsgrove, Staffs.

Banbury, June 17. — Baddesley, Moira, Birch Coppice,
Arley, Wyken, and Haunchwood Byder cobbles for the
Education Committee. Tenders to A. Stockton, clerk, Town
Hall, Banbury.

Barming Heath, June 18.—About 4,000 tons of steam
coal, 1,200 tons of household coal, 1,000 tons of gas coal,
and 105 tons of baker’s coal, for the Kent County Lunatic
Asylums Committee. Forms from the Steward at either
Barming Heath or Chatham Asylums.

Basford, June 21. — Best hard coal and engine slack
(screened through 2 in. bar) for the Bural District Council.
Forms from H. Stone, clerk, Public Offices, Basford.

Bath, June 15.—About 30,000 tons of screened gas coal
for the Bath Gas Light and Coke Company. Forms from
J. Wesley Whimster, engineer and manager.

Batley, June 16.—1,500 tons of washed pea nuts for the
Corporation. Forms from Electricity Works Manager.

Belfast, June 14.—House and steam coals for the Belfast
District Asylum. Forms from the Clerk, District Asylum,
Grosvenor-road, Belfast.

Belfast, June 16.—For the Tramways and Electricity
Committee of the Belfast Corporation : Coal for Electricity
Works, about 23,000 or 45,000 tons. Forms from T. W.
Bloxam, M.I.E.E., city electrical engineer, East Bridge-
street, Belfast.

Billericay, June 14.—600 tons of good hard steam coal
and 100 tons of gas coke for the Guardians. Forms from
Mr. Needham, master, Workhouse, Billericay.

Birkenhead, June 29.—North Wales, Lancashire, or other
good large colliery screened freshly wrought steam coal for
the Corporation. Forms from Ferries manager, Woodside,
Birkenhead.

Birmingham, June 16.—Best house coal and rough engine
slack for the Corporation. Forms from H. C. Wilkins,
superintendent of markets, Moat-lane.

Birmingham, June 16.—Coal and slack for the Guardians.
Forms from Union Offices, Edmund-street, Birmingham.

Bishop’s Waltham, June 21.—Coal for the Guardians.
Forms from H. Godfrey Pearson, clerk, Bishop’s Waltham.

Bridge of Weir, June 15.—1,700 tons of gas coal for the
directors of the Bridge of Weir Gas Company Limited.
Tenders to P. Woodrow, secretary, Gas Office, Bridge of
Weir.

Bury, June 22.—Coal and coke for the Bury and District
Joint Hospital Board. Forms from F. Wild, clerk, Cross-
street, Bury.

Bury St. Edmunds, June 14.—Coal and coke for the West
Suffolk Education Committee. Forms from F. R. Hughes,
secretary-, Shire Hall, Bury St. Edmunds.

Caerphilly, June 16.—2,000 tons of gas coal for- the
Rhymney and Aber Valleys Gas and Water Company.
Forms from J. P. Jones, manager and secretary, Gas and
Water Offices, Caerphilly.

Cairo, June 15.—Newcastle, Cardiff, and anthracite coal
and coke for the Department of Public Health, Cairo.
Forms from Director-General, Department of Public Health.

Calverley, June 17.—Coal for the Calverley Joint
Hospital Board. Forms from W. R. Wilson, 13, Park-
square, Leeds.

Canterbury, June 23.—Best seaborne coal, best kitchen
coal, best steam coal, best fine coal, and coke, for the Town
Council. Tenders to H. Fielding, town clerk, Canterbury.

Castle Douglas (Scotland), June 14.—About 1,300 tons
of good screened gas coal and nuts for the Castle Douglas
Gas Light Company. Tenders to D. Gillespie, secretary.

Chester, June 15.—House coal, coke, and slack for the
Guardians. Forms from G. S. N. Hull, clerk, 161, Fore-
gate-street, Chester.

Chiswick, June 15. — Coal and coke for the Council.
Forms from E. Willis, surveyor, Town Hall, Chiswick.

Clitheroe (Lancs), June 14.—Gas coal and nuts for the
Corporation. Forms from R. Barrett, manager, Gas Works,
Clitheroe.

Colchester, June 14.—200 tons of steam coal, 100 tons
of house coal, and 100 tons of coke, for the Guardians.
Forms from C. E. White, clerk, 57, North Hill, Colchester.

Colchester, June 15.—About 5,500 tons of steam coal at
the Electricity Works for the Corporation. Forms from W.
Frisby, electrical engineer, 36, Osborne-street.