756 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN October 20, 1916. CONTENTS. Editorial Articles :— PAGE Miners’ Phthisis ........................... 757 Compul-ory Fuel Economy..................... 757 Articles:— Coal and Shipping .......................... 745 The Coal Seams of South Yorkshire .......... 749 Absenteeism in Yorkshire ................... 750 The Preparation of Pulverised Fuel .......... 750 Stone Du-ting in Coll eries ................. 751 Coal Handling Plant between Rail and Water .. 752 Fuel Economy and the Smoke Nuisance ......... 75/ Mining Employment Statistics................. 753 Steam Raising with Largw Coke ............... 753 Mineral S atistics for 1915 ................. 755 The German Coal and Iron Trades ............. 755 Mining Industry and Military Service ........ 762 Iron Pyrites and the Oxidation of Coal....... 76/ Labour and Wages ............................ 765 Coal and Coke Exported from Ports in England, Scotland and Wales ......................... 766 Coal and Coke Shipped for London and Other Ports in the United Kingdom .............. 766 Open Contracts .............................. 766 The Freight Market .......................... 768 Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently Accepted.................................... 76s New Patents Connected with the Coal and Iron Trades...................................... 779 Government Publications ..................... 77o Publications Received ....................... 770 Report^ of Meetings :— South Staffordshire and Warwickshire Institute of Mining Eng neers........................ 748 Letters to the Editors:— M ning Surveyors' Examinations............... 754 Current Science and Technology.................. 754 Indian and Colonial Notes ...................... 75u The Coal and Iron Trades......................758—76- The London Coal Trade ...................... 758 The By-Products 1’rade ...................... 76- The Tin-plate Iraue ......................... 76- Notes from the Coal Fields ..................... 764 Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies ........... 766 Miscellanea :— Grimsby Coal Exports—Institution of Civil Engineers .................................. 74i Obstinate Miners ............................ 75u Partnership Dissolved—Conference Arrangements 7>4 Lancat-hire Miners and Abse teeisin ......... 755 Forest of Dean Distiict Prices ............... 75 South African Co .1 Production.............. 76- Coal m Manchuria............................ 763 Swedish Exp rts............................ 765 Allowance Coal in the Black t ountry Coal Tar Inuustn—Coal Shipped from Ports in the United K ngdo a during September ................ 766 Coal Supply ^Ireland)—tit Explosion ........ 76b Hull Coal Exports—Ma .ches er As-ociation of Engineers ................................ 770 ADVERTISEMENTS. 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YEADON, SON & CO., Engineers, LEEDS, Have a World-wide Reputation, and 38 Years’ Experience. They have supplied MORE BRIQUETTE PLANTS than any other firm in this country. STEEL Rails Roof Rars Pit Props Arches For COLLIERIES and WORKS. THQS W. WARD Ltd., Albion Works, SHEFFIELD. TRY US. -------- VtTellington Colliery, Radcliffe. ▼ V Small Davh'’e Colliery to be Let; central position up to main road; good local sa'e • imor diate p-i^e^-ion. WILTON ESTATE OFFICES, Radcliffe, Lancs. MARITIME COALINGADMINISTRATION Wanted, for Cash against Invoice, Coal V V Wagon Price* for 1 OTO tons each of Midland Brights, Large Nuts, Smull Nuts. Hard ’•team. Ml rthvr an i Monmouthshire Larize, 1916 deli ery. —DIRECT COALS LIMITED, Yeovil. Ti1. add.. ” WiUe, Yeovil.” Development of Coaling Stations. Parliament Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminster, England rPimber for Sale (Alston, Cumberland) JL in Lots, standing; 38.181 SPRUCE TREES, suitable for Pit Prop*; 2,730 StRUCE, having 66 500 cubic feet coi tent; 170 SCOTCH FIR LR^ES. hating 2,500 cubic f et content; 185 HARDWOOD TREES. For conditions and form of ten ier. apply on or before 23rd October to RECEIVER AND AGENT, Greenwich Hospital Estate Office, Alston, Cumber'and. RAILS. RAILS. ALL SECTIONS AND ACCESSORIES. Also quantity F.B. suitable for bearers. Sleepers. Timbers. Switches and Crossings. Buffer Stops. Locomotives. Cranes. Wagons. ARMYTAGE & JONES Ltd., Sheaf Street, Sheffield. Lor Sale, 20 10-ton Coal Wagons, full JL size; converted 1°14 passed for man line traffic. Immediate elivery.- FISHER RENWICK A CO., Cardiff. YXTanted, Twenty-five 10 or 12 Ton V ▼ WAGON**, in one or more lots —Particu'ars to Box 6561, C-u>iery Gw dian Office. 30 A 31, Furnivai street, Holborn. London E.U. 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F..O. \\7anted, a Certificated Manager for a V ▼ Colliery in the M d’and* —Address, stating age, salary required, and giving full partculars of erienre to, Box 6565, C< lliery Guardtan Office 30 * 31 Furnival-f tr^et, H >1 >orn, London, E.C. TTnder-Manager Wanted for Colliery in y 7 'he Midlands; output 1,500 tons ver day.—Apply, with references, ho Box 6555. Colliery Guardian Office, 30 A 31, Furnivai street, Holborn, London,E C. A Fireman, with Second-class Certificate and 7 rear -’ experience as Fueman. desires change, as Fireman or any other respo1 s ble position; good ref rence.—Box 6553, Colliery Office, 30 A 31. Furnivai street. Holborn, London. E C. VXTanted, an Under-Manager for an Y V important Coll’ew ’n the Midland*.—State age. experience a1 d wages required, to Box 6566, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival- street, Holborn, London, E.C. TENDERS FOR COAL AND COKE. The Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of St Mary, Islington, incite TENDERS for ihe SUPPLY of HOUSE COAL and COKE to the several Institutions and Offices of the Guardians in the Parish during the period to the 31st, March, 1917. Printed forms of Tender, containing fu'l particulars, and which alone 'ill i e received, must be obtained from the Clctk personally, or a stamped addressed br ef-sze envelope m «y he sent. Sealed 1 enders must be delivered at the under-mentioned offices on or hefor Tuesday, the 24th October 1916, addressed to the Guardians a d endorsed *• Tender for Coal and Cok\” and they wi l be opened at a Me tv g of the Guar ims to be held on Thursday, the 26th Octoter, 1916, at the u der-m ntioned offices. The Guardians d > not bind themselves to accept the Irwpsn or any Tender. Guard’ans’Offices By order, EDWIN DAVEY, St. John’s road. Upper Holloway, N. Clerk. 12th October, 1916. FOR SALE. Tpight 10-ton Wagons, age five years, L with Spring Buff'r«. Wagons can be seen by arrangement. Tenders to be sent to—MANAGER, Gas Works, Nuneaton.