76 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN ‘January 11, 1918. CONTENTS. Editorial Articles :— ] Pillars of Reconstruction...................... Development of Overseas Trade ............... Articles :— The Care of Commutators of Direct-Current Machinery __.................................. Organising Safety Work in Mines ............. ............. United States Regulations for New Coal Mines... Preventing Leakage in Coke Ovens....•........ Coal Traffic on Railways and Canals in 1916...... , The Refractory Properties of Magnesia ........ Order of the British Empire ................... Coal Field Surveys in New Zealand ............ National Forestry Scheme.................... Miners and Military Service ................... Testing and Maintaining the Efficiency of Drills ... The German Coal and Iron Trades.............. Pitwood and Other Mining Timber.............. Engineering Research ........................ South Wales Mining Timber Trade ............ Lift for Winding Men ........................ Power from Coal............................. Mining Examinations ........................ Labour and Wages.......................... The Freight Market.......................... Obituary.............................................................. Catalogues and Price Lists Received............ Open Contracts ............................. Abstracts of Patent Specifications Recently Accepted.................................. New Patents Connected with the Coal and ‘ Iron Trades .......................... Government Publications ........... Publications Received.............. The Coal and Iron Trades.................................. The By-Products Trade ............. The London Coal Trade ............. The Tin-plate Trade................ Current Science and Technology......... Notes from the Coal Fields ........... Coal, Iron and Engineering Companies Miscellanea :— New South Wales Coal Mines—Coal Mining in Venezuela—Donetz Coal Basin............... .£10,000 for Ambulances—Big Iron Deposits in Queensland ............................... Supplies of Gas Coke in the Metropolitan Area— Staffordshire Iron and Steel Institute ........ Admiralty Appointment for Mr. A. F. Pease—South Staffordshire Mines Drainage ............... Pig Iron Output ................................... Wages in the Iron and Steel Trades—Miners* Federation and the New Recruiting Scheme— Cleveland Pig Iron Prices __................ Miners and the Employment of German Prisoners Partnerships Dissolved—Miners* Protest Regarding Food......................................................................... Swedish Association of Coal Importers—Institu- tion of Petroleum Technologists—Hull Coal Trade—Coal Shortage in Canada............. Russian Mining Outlook...................... 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A gent and Manager required for a -ZTjL Colliery in the Midlands producing about one thousand tons per day. Must have had experience with coal cutters and the working of thin seams. State age, experience and salary required.—Box 6943, Colliery Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival-street, Holborn, London, E.C. 4. XXTanted, Young Mining Engineer, dis- V T charged soldier preferred, to represent manufacturers of Mining Machinery in Midlands. — Apply, stating terms, Box 6947, Colliery „ Guardian Office, 30 & 31, Furnival street, Holborn, London. E.C. 4. First-Class Certified Manager (M.E. & E.E.) SEEKS APPOINTMENT. (Age45.) Held managements on the Yorks, Derbyshire fields, &c.; also South African fields. Wide experience cutting, electric, up-to-date installations. Excellent references. 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All communica- tions should be addressed in the first instance to HASELTINB I*ARB A OO„ Chartered Patent Agents, 28, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, W.C. 2. IN THE MATTER OF TRADING WITH THE ENEMY AMENDMENT ACT, 1916. The Public Trustee invites Tenders for the PURCHASE of 2.500 PREFERENCE SHARKS of £1 EACH and £22,300 ORDINARY SHARES of £1 each, all fully paid, in the “ Ceag” Electric Safety Lamp Company (Limited). The issued capital of the company consists of 2,500 Preference shares of £1 each, and 22,500 Ordinary shares of £1 each, all fully paid. The shares offered for tender are, with the exception of 3,600 Ordinary shares, vested in the Public Trustee as custodian, by an order of the Board of Trade dated the second day of February, 1917, made in pursuance of Section 4 of the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Act, 1916 The Company is the owner and lessor of the patents relating to the “ Ceag ” Miners’ Electric Safety Lamp, and is financially interested in the manufacture of the lamp and parts. Before any tender is accepted the proposed purchaser will be required to make a statutory declaration that he is a British subject and that he is not buying for or on behalf of a foreigner, or foreign corporation, or corporation under foreign control. A report upon the result of the past operations and the present position of the company has been made to the Public Trustee by Messrs. Harper Brothers and Feather, Chartered Accountants, and this report can be inspected by those desirous of tendering, either at their office, 35, Great Tower-street, London, E.C. 3, or at the office of the Public Trustee, Kings- way, London, W.C. 2. Forms of tender may be obtained at the office of the Public Trustee, or at the office of Messrs. HARPBR BROTHER & PBATHER, and all tenders will be subject to the conditions set out thereon. All tenders must be delivered in sealed envelopes, to the Public Trustee on or before twelve o’clock noon, on the 8th day of February, 1918 and must be marked “Tenders ‘Ceag’ Shares,” and successful tenderers will be advised of the acceptance, in whole or in part, of their tenders within one week thereafter. Tenders may be made for the whole or part of the shares. The Public Trustee does not bind himself to accept the highest or any tender, and reserves to himself the liberty to allot shares to several tenderers if he so desires.