August 6, 1915.

THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN

287

Normanby Iron Works Company Limited. — For year
ending June 30, the interest received and other income is
<£11,322; deducting debenture stock interest and directors’
fees and general administration expenses and income-tax,
and adding £761 brought in, there is £8,669. The directors
recommend further provision against loss on outstanding
claims under late policy with the Law, Car, and General
Insurance Corporation Limited, in liquidation, £200; final
dividend on ordinary shares at rate of 3 per cent., making
6 per cent, for the year; carrying forward £469.

North Central Wagon Company Limited. — Net profit
amounts to £23,976, and the amount available £24,196. The
directors recommend a dividend on the paid-up capital for the
six months ended June 30 at the rate of 14 per cent, per
annum, less income-tax at 2s. Id. in the £ (making 13J per
cent, for the year, less income-tax), and the transfer of
£5,000 to reserve fund, leaving to be carried forward £968.

Scott (Walter) Limited.—The directors recommend, subject
to audit, the payment of the dividend upon the preference
shares at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum for the half-year
ended June, and a dividend of 7| per cent, upon the ordinary
shares for the year to June 30.

South Wales Colliery Company Limited.—Interim divi-
dend declared at the rate of 14 per cent, per annum on “ B ”
and new “ B ” shares, and 4 per cent, per annum on “A”
and deferred “A” shares, for half-year, less income-tax.

Vickers Limited.—The directors announce the following
interim dividends for the half-year ended June :—2| per cent,
(less income-tax) on the preferred 5 per cent, stock and 5 per
cent, preference shares, Is. per share (free of income-tax) on
the ordinary shares.

Watson (John) Limited.—The directors have declared an
interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum.

Western Wagon and Property Company Limited. — The
directors have declared the usual interim dividend at the
rate of 10 per cent, per annum for the half-year ended June.

Yorkshire Electric Power Company Limited.—The report
of the directors for the half-year ending June 30, 1915, states
that there has been an increase in the revenue from the sale
of electrical energy, but owing to additional costs occasioned
by the war, the net profit, after payment, of mortgage and
other interest, shows a small decrease on that for the corre-
sponding half-year of 1914. The net profit for the half-yearly
period is £9,873 8s. 9d. The directors have declared a divi-
dend for the half-year on the amount paid up on the 6 per
cent, cumulative preference shares, which will absorb
£5,051 3s. 3d., and they are of the opinion that under the
circumstances the consideration of a dividend on the ordinary
shares should be deferred until the end of the year.

NEW COMPANIES.

Cardiff and Continental Coal and Shipping Company
Limited.—Private company. Registered July 24. To carry
on the business of coal merchants and exporters, colliery pro-
prietors and agents, patent fuel and coke manufacturers,
miners, timber merchants, iron founders, general merchants,
engineers, etc. Nominal capital, £1,200 in 1,200 £1 shares.
The first directors shall be appointed by a majority of the
subscribers. No qualification of directors required. Sub-
scribers (one share each) :—S. J. Dyer, 52,‘ Mount Stuart-
square, Cardiff, iron ore importer; J. Davies, 17, Merchants’
Exchange, Cardiff, commercial manager; E. W. Jones,
Boston-buildings, Cardiff, ship owner.

Carnforth Haematite Iron Company (1915) Limited.—Regis-
tered office, Carnforth, Lancashire. Registered July 28. To
enter into an agreement, and to carry on the undertaking
heretofore belonging to and carried on by the Carnforth
Hsematite Iron Company Limited. To carry on business of
makers, manufacturers, and merchants of haematite, malle-
able, and other iron and steel, steel converters, colliery pro-
prietors, engineers, manufacturers of coal, iron, coke, bricks,
brick earth, timber, etc. Nominal capital, £144,000 in 72,000
£1 preference shares, and 72,000 £1 ordinary shares.
Directors :—W. J. Galloway, 36, Portman-square, W.,
lieut.-colonel in ELM. Army; H. E. Carter, Grymsdyke,
Princes-street, Riseborough, Bucks, secretary to public com-
pany. Qualification of directors, £250.

Cedfyw Rhondda Colliery Company Limited.—Private com-
pany. Registered office, Waiter-road, Swansea, Glam.
Registered July 24. To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire
(either with or without surface) any coal mines, iron mines,
mining rights, etc., and to carry on business as colliery
owners, coal and iron masters, engineers, brick makers,
farmers, coal, coke, and iron merchants, etc. Nominal
capital, £2,500 in 2,500 £1 shares. Directors and sub-
scribers (one share each) :—E. Evans, 102, Waiter-road,
Swansea, mining engineer; G. H. Cound, Station-road, Port
Talbot, ship broker. Qualification of directors, £300.

Handley (W.) and Company Limited.—Private company.
Registered office, 29, Newland, Lincoln. Registered July 27.
To acquire and carry on the business of a coal merchant now
carried on as W. Handley and Company at 39, Newland,
Lincoln, and to enter into an agreement. To carry on busi-
ness as coal, coke, and firewood merchants, colliery owners,
agents, etc. Nominal capital, £1,000 in 1,000 £1 shares.
Directors and subscribers (one share each) :—W. Handley,
13, Newland, Lincoln, coal merchant; E. Handley, Wood-
side House, South Norwood, S.E., brick manufacturer.
Qualification of directors, £100.

International Construction Company Limited. — Private
company. Registered office, 36 and 37, King-street, E.C.
Registered July 26. To furnish advice, designs, drawings,
plans, and supervision in connection with the erection of
plant and machinery, and to carry on business as iron
founders, mechanical engineers, bridge makers, builders, iron
and steel converters. Nominal capital, £3,000 in 3,000 £1
shares. The first directors shall be appointed by the sub-
scribers. Qualification of directors, £1. Subscribers (one
share each) :—A. Sahlin, 29, Montague-street, W.C., engi-
neer; V. Hunter, 44, Torrington-square, Russell-square,
W.C., secretary.

North American Mining and Finance Syndicate Limited.
—Private company. Registered July 28. To acquire by
purchase or otherwise any lands, mines, minerals, and other
properties of any tenure, etc., in any part of the world, and
to work and develop gold, tin, lead, wolfram, silver, copper,
coal, iron, and other mines; also to conduct the business of
raising, crushing, washing, and smelting ores, metals, and
minerals, etc. Nominal capital, £10,000 in 10,000 £1 shares.
The first directors shall be appointed by the subscribers, or
a majority of them. Subscribers (one share each) :—C. T.
Twort, 87, Holmdene-avenue, Herne Hill, S.E., clerk; W.
Facer, 15, Trinity-road, Wimbledon, S.W., clerk.

Ramsden Green Limited.—Private company. Registered
office, 10, Wagncr-street, Old Kent-road, S.E. Registered

July 27. To acquire and take over from F. J. Green the
business of electrical and mechanical engineer now carried on
by him at above address as the Crathorne and Green Manu-
facturing Company, and to enter into an agreement; also
to carry on business as electrical and mechanical engineers,
and contractors, iron founders, etc. Nominal capital, £2,000
in 2,000 £1 shares. Directors and subscribers (one share
each) :—F. J. Green, 10, Wagner-street, Old Kent-road,
S.E., electrical and mechanical engineer; B. E. Green, 154,
Beulah-hill, Norwood, S.E., private secretary.

Sieberts Limited. — Private company. Registered office,
Whiteacre-road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs. Registered
July 24. To carry on business of iron founders, mechanical
engineers, manufacturers of machinery and war munitions,
tool makers, electrical engineers, miners, builders, boiler
makers, etc. Nominal capital, £1,000 in 1,000 £1 shares.
Directors and subscribers :—W. Siebert, 85, Cranbourne-road,
Ashton-under-Lyne, engineer (140 shares); G. B. Ford, 44,
Holden-street, Ashton-under-Lyne, engineer (112 shares); L.
W. Siebert, 85, Cranbourne-road, Ashton-under-Lyne, engi-
neer (350 shares). Qualification of directors, £100.

Spon Lane Colliery Company Limited.—Private company.
Registered office, Spon Lane Colliery, Spon-lane, West Brom-
wich, Staffs. Registered July 26. To acquire and take over
and carry on the business now carried on by R. Fellows, of
Corngreaves Hall, Cradley Heath, Staffs, colliery proprietor at
Spon-lane, near West Bromwich, and to enter into an agree-
ment; to establish, carry on, and develop any collieries or
iron works, patent fuel works, mines, quarries, etc. Nominal
capital, £15,000 in 15,000 £1 shares. Directors :—R.
Fellows, Corngreaves Hall, Cradley Heath, coal master
(managing director); J. Fellows, Compton Grange, Cradley
Heath, chain manufacturer; F. P. Fellows, Greenfield-
avenue, Stourbridge, coal merchant; D. P. Fellows, Western-
road, Hagley, coal merchant. Qualification of directors,
£100.

This list of new companies is taken from the Daily
Register specially compiled by Messrs. Jordan and Sons
Limited, company registration agents, Chancery-lane, E.C.

OBITUARY.

Mr. T. Miller, manager for Messrs. John Rogerson and
Company, at Wolsingham Steel Works, has received official
information of the death in action of his son, Lieut. Jphn
Miller, of the 6th Durham Light Infantry. Lieut. Miller
was formerly in the employ of Messrs. John Bowes and
Partners, colliery owners, Milburn House, Newcastle.

The death took place at his residence at Carlton-road,
Workington, last week, of Mr. David Reece, a gentleman
who has been identified with the Cumberland iron and steel
industry for many years. He was associated with the Moss
Bay Steel Works for about 27 years, filling the important
position of rail mill manager, from which he retired 10 years
ago. He had been in indifferent health since December, and
the recent loss of his eldest son in the Dardanelles was a
blow which fell heavily on him. The deceased, who was 70
years of age, leaves a widow, a daughter, and a son.

Lieut. Norman Cecil Parry, of the York and Lancaster
Regiment, who has been killed on active service, was the
youngest son of Mr. Edward Parry, formerly engineer to
the Great Central Railway Company and to the Nottingham
and Suburban Railway, and for a while county surveyor in
Nottinghamshire. Lieut. Parry, who was 28 years of age,
was a mining engineer in Yorkshire prior to joining the Army
in August last, when he received a commission in the Reserve
Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment.

Capt. Stewart A. Gemmell, 6th Highland Light Infantry,
who has died at Alexandria of wounds received at the Dar-
danelles, aged 30, was for several years engaged at the
chemical laboratory of the Hyde Park Works of the North
British Locomotive Company, and in May of last year left
to take up an appointment in India.

An inquest was held at Shuttleworth, Lancashire, last
week into the circumstances of the death of Mr. Thomas
Hoyle, aged 70, a director of the Scout Moor Colliery, and
formerly manager. It appeared from the evidence that
deceased had been in the habit lately of getting bits of coal
from the surface for his own use, and he must have been
trying to get coal from beneath a rock when it fell. A verdict
of “Accidental death ’’ was returned.

Another Yorkshire steel master passed away on Tuesday in
Sheffield in the person of Mr. Henry Steel, one of the founders
of the well-known firm of Steel, Peech and Tozer, of
Rotherham.

Capt. T. C. Allport, of the 5th Battalion York and
Lancaster Regiment (Territorials), third son of Mr. H. A.
Allport, J.P., of Dodworth-grove, Barnsley, was killed in
action on the 1st inst. The deceased, who was 32 years of
ago, had only returned to the front about a week ago. He
was a director of the Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery Com-
pany, with which his father has been long associated.

Mr. J. M. Bartlett, who died last week at the resi-
dence of his son-in-law, the Rev. Hussey Griffiths, at Monk-
seaton, Northumberland, was head of the firm of Messrs. J.
M. and J. Bartlett, coal contractors, of 24, Grey-street, New-
castle. Mr. Bartlett, who was 77 years of age, was a native
of Darlington. In early manhood he was a school teacher.
His last scholastic appointment furnished his first link with
the coal trade, for he had charge of a colliery school near
Leeds, just prior to deciding to enter upon a commercial
career. Mr. Bartlett leaves a widow, one son, and two
daughters.

The Coppee Company (Great Britain) Limited, of King’s
House, Kingsway, W.C., has lately received an order from
the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company Limited to erect
at their Bargoed Colliery, Bargoed, a complete benzol
recovery installation in connection with their existing coke
ovens. The installation will consist of two scrubbing plants,
one situated near each battery of ovens, and a benzol factory
arranged to produce crude benzol, 90 per cent, and 50 per
cent, benzol, solvent naphtha, also toluol and benzene, which
will be built on a suitable site some distance away from the
ovens. The Coppee Company has also lately received orders
for toluol and benzene plants from the Welsh Navigation
Steam Coal Company Limited, the United National
Collieries Limited, Risca, the New Russia Company Limited.
Yousofka, Russia, and a further installation is being erected
at the Coppee Coke Ovens, Pinxton. The Wankie Colliery
Company, of South Africa, have also decided to instal a
duplicate battery of ovens, and the repeat order has been
placed with the Coppee Company.

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,

London, August 17.—The Asylums and Mental Deficiency
Committee of the London County Council invite tenders
from colliery proprietors and coal merchants for the supply
and delivery at the railway stations nearest to the London
County Asylums of approximately 6,125 tons of house coal
or part thereof. Forms of tender and other particulars can
be obtained at the office of the Asylums and Mental Deficiency
Committee, 6, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall, S.W. Tenders
must be delivered not later than 11 a.m. on Tuesday,
August 17, 1915, and no tender received after that time will
be considered. H. F. Keene, clerk of the Asylums and
Mental Deficiency Committee, 6, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall,
S.W.

Abstracts of Contracts Open.

Ballymahon (Ireland), August 12. — Best Whitehaven
and best Irish coal for the Guardians. Tenders to P.
MacGreevy, clerk, Poor Law Office, Ballymahon.

Belfast, August 11.—1,500 tons of best Welsh steam
coal, and 120 tons of best English house coal, for the Throne
Hospital Committee. Particulars from the Superintendent
at the Hospital, Grosvenor-road, Belfast.

Haverhill, August 10.—800, 1,400, or 2,000 tons of best
gas coal for the Urban District Council. Tenders to J.
Beasley, clerk, Haverhill, Suffolk.

Haverfordwest, August 16.—About 1,600 tons of double
screened best quality gas coal for the Corporation. Forms
from R. T. P. Williams, town clerk, Haverfordwest.

Ipswich, August 18.—Steam coal, house coal, pea nuts
for mechanical stoker, and anthracite, for the Board of
Management of the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital.
Forms from A. Griffiths, secretary, Hospital.

Kanturk (Ireland), August 11.—300 tons of best coal
for the Guardians. Tenders to tender box, Board-room.

Kettering, August 23.—Coal and coke for the Kettering
Urban District Education Committee. Forms from J. Bond,
clerk to the Committee, Education Offices.

Limerick, August 11.—Best house and kitchen coals for
the County Infirmary Committee. Tenders to J. W. Elliott,
secretary.

Lisburn (Ireland), August 10.—400 tons of Wrexham
Main, Orrell (Lancs), William Pitt, or St. Helens (Cumb)
coal for the Guardians. Tenders to Chairman, Board-room,
Workhouse.

Lisnaskea (Ireland), September 23.—140 tons of best
Scotch coal (screened), and 20 tons of best Irish coal, for the
Guardians. Tenders to Chairman.

Middleton, August 10.—Coal to the Electricity Works of
the Corporation. Forms from S. Pauls, electrical engineer,
Townley-street.

Newport (I.W.), September 16. — Fuel for the Isle of
Wight County Council. Particulars from J. Dufton, clerk,
Newport, I.W.

Old Deer (Scotland), August 9.—About 42 tons of best
screened vanes Wallsend coal for the Parish Council. Tenders
to the Clerk, Parish Council, Old Deer.

Omagh (Ireland), August 12.—600 tons of English steam
coals, 200 tons of English house coal, and 400 tons of South
Wales steam coals, for the Joint Committee of Management
of the District Asylum. Forms from R. J. Creery, clerk.

Portsmouth, August 9.—1,000 tons of good Welsh or
inland steam coal for the Committee of Visitors of the Ports-
mouth Borough Mental Hospital. Particulars of J. C.
Kersey, clerk and steward, Borough Mental Hospital,
Mil ton, Portsmouth.

Rochester, August 31.—Coal for the Corporation. Forms
from W. Banks, city surveyor, Guildhall.

Salford, August 9.—Coal for the Corporation. Particu-
lars from Borough Electrical Engineer, Electricity Works,
Frederick-road, Salford.

Wigan, August 13.—For the Gas Committee, gas nuts,
cobbles, or screened or unscreened coal. Forms from Mr. F.
Betley, gas engineer, Gas Works, Wigan.

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

CONTRACTS OPEN FOR ENGINEERING, IRON
AND STEEL WORK, Ac.

Bristol, August 23.—Turbo Alternator— One 6,000 kw.
three-phase turbo-alternator, with condensing plant, for the
Electrical Committee. Specifications from H. Faraday
Proctor, chief engineer and general manager, The Exchange,
Bristol, on deposit of two guineas.

Glasgow, August 11.—Pipes.—About 4,500 yards of cast
iron pipes and special castings for the District of Lower
Ward, county of Lanark. Specification from Messrs. Warren
and Stuart, 94, Hope-street, Glasgow, on deposit of one
guinea.

London, S.W., September 14.—Boiler Tubes.—Brass and
steel or iron boiler tubes for H.M. Government (the Secretary
of State for India in Council). Conditions, etc., from H. J.
W. Fry, Director-General of Stores, India Office, Whitehall,
S.W.

Richmond, September 6.—Pumps.—Two units, consisting
of a centrifugal pump and electric motor, for the Metropolitan
Board of Water Supply and Sewerage, Sydney. N.S.W.*

Wigan, August 12.—Rails.—50 tons of street tramway
rails, B.S.S. No. 3: 150 cranked tier bars, and 20 pairs
of fishplates, B.S.S. No. 3, for the Corporation. Particulars
of A. T. Gooseman, borough engineer, King-street West,
Wigan.

* Specifications, particulars, etc., may be seen at the
Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade,
73, Basinghall-street, E.C.

The great prospecting scheme for boring for coal in reputed
coal fields in Southern Sweden initiated by the Swedish
Government will shortly be realised, after years of postpone-
ment. This undertaking is estimated to cost over half a
million kroner, and the new mines will range from 2,000 to
2,500 metres below the surface. The first borings will be
made iin the reputed coal districts of Malmoe, Falsterbo, and
Ystal.