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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

December 15, 1916.

CONTENTS.

Editorial Articles :—	page

Tne New Government .......................... 1169

Our Metallurgical Industries ................ 1169

Articles

Refractory Materials in South Yorkshire... 1159

New Winding Plant at Neumiihl Colliery, Hamborn 1160
Comb ned Coal and Gas Firing..............  1163

Some Causes of Decay of Timbers in Coal Mines ... 1164
Explosives in Coal Mines................... 1165

The American Coal Trade .................. 1165

Coal and its Economic Utilisation ........ 1166

Trade and the War ........................ 1167

Export of Coal to Italy................... 1167

Explosives in Coal Mines ................  1167

Obituary ................................. 1167

The German and Austrian Coal and Iron Trades ... 1167
Labour and Wages........................... 1174

Exports of Coal, Coke, and Manufactured Fuel
from the United Kingdom ................... 1178

Open Contracts ............................ 1178

Coal and Coke Exported from Ports in England,

Scotland and Wales ...................... 1180

Coal and Coke Shipped for London and Other

Ports in the United Kingdom ............... 118	!

The Freight Mar .et ....................... 1180

Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently

Accepted................................. 1180

New Patents Connected with the Coal and Iron

Trades..................................  1182

Government Publications ................... 11«2

Publications Received ...................   1182

Reports of Meetings :—

Midland Institute of Mining, Civil and Mechanical
Engineers ................................. 1161

Mining Institute of Scotland............... 1163

North ot England Institute of Mining and

Mechanical Engineers .................... 1175

The Coal and Ikon Trades.................. 1170—1173

The By-Products Trade ..................... 1173

The Tin-plate Trade......................   1173

' The London Coal Trade ..................... 1174

Current Science and Technology................. 1166

Indian and Colonial Notes ..................... 1167

Notes from the Coal Fields ...................  1175

Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies .......... 1177

Miscellanea :—

The National Association of Colliery Managers and
Tiades Unionism—Record Prices for Coal in
France....................................  1160

Grimsby Coal Exports ..................... 1163

Partnerships Dissolved.................... 1164

Hull Coal Exports .......................  1165

Novel Ame rican Coal-handling Plant ...... 1167

Proposed Removal of French Import Duties on
Iron—Industrial Research................... 1174

Pit Accident in Birmingham—Steam Colliers in
America ................................... 1177

Pooling Traders' Wagons .................. 1180

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LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1916.

The London coal trade during the week has been

very slow on account of the shortened days. The
depots report an increased number of orders from
the public, but the cartage problem has been the
principal difficulty. Steam coals are difficult to
obtain. Slacks are still plentiful.

Business is dull on the Tyne and Wear, and, with
the exception of large sorts, all descriptions of steam
coal are in favour of buyers. The only point of note