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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

June 6, 1913.

City of London Union. The quantity required will be about
3,800 tons of coal and 133 chaldrons of coke. Forms, Union
Offices, 61, Bartholomew-close.

London. June 19.—Coal and coke, for the Islington
Borough Council. Forms at the Town Hall, Upper-street,
N.

London. June 19.—Coal to various establishments, for
the Guardians of Greenwich Union. Forms, Guardians’
offices, Board room, East Greenwich.

Longford (Ireland), June 10.—About 60 tons best
screened coals (Wallsend and Whitehaven), for the
governors of the Longford County Infirmary. Tenders,
Mr. S. Wilson, registrar, Medical Hall.

Maidstone, June 16.—180 tons of coal, for the Edmstt
Charity Trustees. Forms, Mr. R. Hoar, clerk to trustees,
9, King-street.

Maidstone, June 25.—Coal and coke for the infectious
hospital, for the Rural District Council. Forms, Mr. Robert
Hoar, clerk, Council Offices, King-street.

Maldon, June 14.—Coal and coke, for the Maldon
District Sub-Committee of the Essex E lucation Committee.
Forms, Mr. F. H. Bright, clerk to the committee, 53, High-
street.

Merstham (Surrey), June 9.—Coal, &c., to the
Northerne Asylum, near, Merstham, Surrey, for the Visiting
Committee. Forms at the Asylum.

Morpeth, June 13—Coal, for the Visiting Committee of
the Northumberland County Asylum, Morpeth. Forms,
the Clerk and Steward at the Asylum.

Neath, June 17.—Large screened gas coal required at
the gasworks, for the Corporation. Estimated quantity,
12.000 tons. Particulars, Gas Manager, Gasworks, Neath.

Newport, June 9.—House and steam coal and coke, for
the Corporation. Particulars the office of the Borough
Engineer.

Northwich, June 12.—About 9,000 tons of screened gas
coal, for the Northwich Gas Company. Mr. P. S. Welbourn,
secretary, Gas Office.

Nottingham—Coal and coke to certain schools in the
vicinity of Nottingham, for the Notts Education Committee.
Particulars the Director of Education, Shire Hall.

Omagh (Ireland), June 12.—For the supply of 750 tons
best English steam coals, 750 tons of best South Wales
through-and-through steam coals and 200 tons best English
house coals, to the District Asylum, for the Joint Committee
of Management.

Oxford, June 16.—For the supply of about 40,000 tons
of best screened gas coal or washed nuts, for the directors
of the Oxford Gaslight and Coke Company.

Pontypridd, June 9. — For the Pontypridd Urban
District Council, viz.:—(a) gas coal and (b) cannel for their
gasworks; (c) washed nuts for their electricity works.
Forms (gas coal and cannel), Mr. E. H. Swain, engineer,
Gasworks; (washed nuts), Mr. J. E. Teasdel, A.M.I.E.E.,
engineer, Electricity Works.

Saffron Walden, June 18.—Coal and Beckton coke, for
the Saffron Walden District Sub-Committee of the Essex
Education Committee. Forms, Mr. W. Adams, clerk, 14,
Church-street.

Salisbury, June 9.—From 1,000 to 4,000 tons gas coal,
for the Salisbury Gaslight and Coke Company. Tenders,
Mr. N. H. Humphrys, gas engineer.

Slough, June 16.—For the supply of coal and coke to the
workhouse, for the Eton (Bucks) Guardians.

Spalding, June 11.—Any quantity, not exceeding 6,000
tons, of gas coal or nuts, for the Spalding Urban District
Council (Gas Department). Forms, Mr. M. R. Wimhurst,
engineer and manager, gasworks.

Staines, June 14.—Steam coal required at their outfall
works, for the Staines Urban District Council. Coal
required under this contract is hard rifler from Babbington
CoJiery, or best main hard from Hucknall Torkard Colliery,
or best hard from Linby Colliery, and it is to be supplied in
full truck loads by L. and S.W. Railway to Ashford,
Middlesex Particulars, Mr. E J. Barrett, A.M.I.C.E.,
engineer and surveyor, Town Hall.

Stoke-upon-Trent, June 10.—For the supply of fuel to
the Workhouse and Cottage Homes of the Union for six or
12 months from June 30, for the Guardians.

Sunbury, June 19.—3 500 tons of gas coal, for the
directors of the Sunbury Gas Consumers’ Company Limited.

Sunderland, June 9.—Coal to the Sunderland Orphan
Asylum. Particulars, the Master.

Sutton Coldfield—Steam slack for the Electricity
Committee. Specification, Mr. T. Duesbury, engineer and
manager, Riland-road, Sutton Coldfield.

Tottenham, June 10.—Coal and gas coke for the Totten-
ham Urban District Council. Forms, Council-buildings,
The Green, Tottenham. Deposit £5.

Upton (near Chester), June 11-16.—Coal and coke,
&c., to the Cheshire County Lunatic Asylum, Upton, near
Chester, for the Visiting Committee. Forms, the Steward.

Ware, June 10.—Coal over a period of 12 months of the
descriptions and quantities (more or less) as follow:—
Annesley best hard hand-picked or Annesley nutty small
steam coal, 100 tons (colliery weight); best screened Tirbach
machine-cut and washed German anthracite nuts thoroughly
screened, 70 tons (colliery weight) lin. to 2 in., and 25 tons
(colliery weight) 1 in. to l|in., for the Ware Urban District
Council. Tenders, Mr. G. H. Gisby, clerk, council offices.

Warwick, June 23 —Cobbles for engine purposes to the
Warwick County Lunatic Asylum. Particulars, the clerk.

Watford, June 17.—Coal and coke to the Watford
Isolation Hospital, for the Watford Joint Hospital Board.
Forms, the clerk to the Board, Watford-place.

West Ham, June 16.—For the supply of fuel for use in
the schools under the control of the Borough Council.
Persons tendering for coal and coke must have depots in the
borough of West Ham. Also for the supply of a good hard
Derbyshire or Nottingham steam coal to the Technical
Institute, Romford-road, Stratford, E.

West Malling, June 11.—For (1) the supply of best
steam coal, household ccal and gas coke to the workhouse,
West Malling ; and (2) for the supply of best household
coal to the Isolation Hospital, East Mailing, for the Malling
Guardians and Rural District Council.

Westport (Ireland), June 9.—10 tons of best Irish
anthracite coal, | in. beans, for suction gas plant, for the
Urban District Council. Tenders, Mr. Francis Egan, town
clerk.

Westwell (Kent), June 11.—200 tons best Durham
Wallsend screenings, 70 tons Cress well cobbles, and 150
tons gas coke, for the Guardians of West Ashford Union.
Tenders, Workhouse, West well, near Ashford.

Wicklewood (Norfolk), June 9.—Coal and coke. &c.»
for the Guardians of Forehoe Union. Forms, Mr. W. P-
Smith, Union Offices, Vicar-street.

Wigton, June 17.—For the supply of about 1,000 to
1,200 tons of washed nuts or gas coal, also a separate tender
for suitable round coal, for the directors of the Wigton Gas
Light and Coke Company Limited.

Winchester, June 10.—Small steam coal, for the Cor-
poration electricity works. Mr. R. Ayton, A.M.I.C.E., city
electrical engineer, 64, Parchment-street.

Winchester, June 30.—Best house, steam, and anthra-
cite coal and coke, for the Education Committee. Forms,
Mr. D. T. Cowan, Director of Education, The Castle.

Winwick (Warrington), June 11.—For the supply of
coal and slack to the Lancashire C >unty Asylum, Winwick,
Warrington, for the Committee of Visitors.

Witham, June 30.—Coal for their engines, for the
Witham U ban District Council. Tenders, specifying
descriptions (which must include Bestwood cobbles, New-
stead hand-picked hards, and Portland hand-picked hards)
Mr. W. Bindon Blood, clerk.

Wolverhampton, June 9.—Coal, coke and slack, for the
Education Committee. Forms, Accountant, Education
Department, Town Hall, Wolverhampton.

Worksop, June 12.—5,500 tons of best screened gas coal
or nuts, for the Worksop Gas Company. Tenders, Mr.
Frank Luke, gas offices, Beaver-place.

Wrexham, June 10.—Coal to the Meadowslea Hospital.
Forms, Dr. Middleton, 3, Temple-row.

date given is the latest upon uhich tenders can be received

WBTRACTS OPES FOR EBGIBEERIBG. IROI
ABD STEEL WORK, AG.

Antwerp, June 20.—Rails, <fyc.—(1) 2 600 m. (8,530 ft.)
of steel rails ; (2) 3,500 cast iron chairs ; (3) 7,000 dog
spikes ; and (4) 1,700 oak sleepers for the crane track of the
canal basin. Information te be obtained at the 4sh Bureau

Atherton, June 10.—Transformers.—Two 150-kw.
single-phase transformers, for the Atherton Urban District
Council. Particulars, Mr. C. T. Astbury, resident engineer.

Broomfield (Essex), June 19.—Water Towers, fyc.—
Two steel water towers and tanks, with pipes, valves, and
other apparatus at Broomfield, for the Chelmsford Rural
District Council. Particulars, Mr. J. Dewhurst, A.M.I M.E.,
engineer, Bank-chambers, Chelmsford. Deposit, £1.

Broomfield (Essex), June 19.—Waterworks.—Erection
of an engine-house, and supplying and laying and jointing
of about 150 yards of 5 in., 2,700 yards of 4 in., and 1,496
yards of 3 in. cast-iron water mains, with all necessary
valves and apparatus and other incidental work at Broom-
field, for the Chelmsford Rural District Council. Particulars
Mr. J. Dewhurst, A.M I.M.E, engineer, Bank-chambers,
Chelmsford. Deposit, £1.

Cornsay (Durham), June 10.—Mater ials—Materials
required at Cornsay Colliery, comprising pit timber, steel
and metal castings, nails, wire ropes and iron. Forms,
Messrs. Ferens and Love, Market-place, Durham.

Halifax, June 9.—Boiler.—For a new Hartley and
Sugden’s boiler of the type No. 507, series H, in seven
sections, for the Guardians. Particulars from the master of
the workhouse.

India Office, S.W., June 10.—Coachscrews, tyc.—The
Secretary of State for India in Council is prepared to receive
tenders to supply (1) coachscrews and (2) wheels and axles.
Director-General of Stores, India Office, Whitehall, S.W.

London, June 9.—Coachscrews.—For the supply and
delivery of 320,000 steel coachscrews, for the Egyptian
Delta Light Railways Limited, as per specification to be
seen at the company’s offices.

London, June 10.—Sleepers and Keys.—About 3,500 tons
steel sleepers and keys, for the Madras and Southern
Mahratta Railway Company Limited. Specification, offices
of the company, 91, York-street, Westminster, S.W. <£1 Is.

London, June 10.—Various.—For supply of (Class A)
(1) girder bridge; (2) metals; (Class B) (1) spring ana
ferrule steel; (2) bolts, nuts, rivets, &c.; (3) wood screws,
nails, pins, &c, for the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India
Railway. Forms, the offices, Gloucester House, 110, Bishops-
gate, London. Class A 20s. each, and for Class B 10s. each.

London, June 11.—Stores.—For supply of locomotive
and engineering stores, for the South Indian Railway Com-
pany Limited. Specifications, the company’s offices,
91, York-street, Westminster, S.W. 50s.

London, June 17.—Locomotives.—The Crown Agents for
the Colonies, acting on behalf of the Government of Nigeria,
invite alternative tenders for the supply of eight or 11
4 8-0 locomotives and tenders (3 ft. 6 in. gauge). Particulars
at the office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies, White-
hall-gardens, London, S.W. Deposit £1.

London, June 19.—Engines and Tenders.—Engines and
tenders, for the Assam Bengal Railway Company Limited.
Specifications, offces of the company, Bishopsgate-house,
80, Bishopsgate, E C. .£1 Is.

London, June 30.—Brass, <fyc.—Brass, copper, and zinc
sheets, for the Egyptian War Department. Particulars,
Sir A. L. Webb, K C.M.G., Queen Anne’s - chambers,
Westminster, S.W.

Madrid (Spain), August 16.—Rolling Stock—The
Gaceta de Madrid of May 14 states that tenders are invited
by the Ministry of Fomento, Madrid, and will be opened on
August 16, for a concession for the construction and work-
ing of a strategic railway from Huelva to Ayamonte, passing
by way of Gibraleon. The rolling stock required will consist
of four locomotives, five brake vans, 16 passenger coaches
and 78 goods wagons.

Middleton, June 11.—Retort Settings.—Three beds of
inclined retort settings, for the Gas Committee. Specifica-
tion, Mr. W. H. A. Chester, A.M.I.C.E., Gasworks.

Newport (Mon.), July 1.—Destructor.—The Corporation
invite schemes and tenders for the complete erection of a
destructor for dealing with daily 50 tons of house and trade
refuse. Specification, &c, borough engineer, Town Hall,
Newport (Mon.). Deposit £1 Is.

Stockton-on-Tees, June 13.—Tank.—Cast iron water
tank of 60,000 gallons capacity, with reinforced concrete
roof upon a reinforced pedestal (58ft. 6in. high) and
foundations, at Stockton-on-Tees, for the North-Eastern
Railway Company. Particulars, Mr. C. F. Bengough, the
company’s engineer at York.

Tenby, June 11.—Pipes.—The following cast iron pipes,
viz , 1,500 ft. of 48 in. diameter, 38 ft. of 2 ft. 6 in. diameter,
102 ft. of 18 in. diameter, and 922 ft. of 9 in. diameter (more
or less), also certain special castings, for the Corporation.
Specification, Mr. T. J. Moss-Flower, civil engineer, 28,
Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., and Carlton-chambers,
Bristol. Deposit, £5 5s.

West Hartlepool, June 14.—Rotary Converters, ftc.—
Supply and erection, for the Corporation, of two 300-kw.
rotary converters, with all necessary transformers, switch-
gear, and connections ; traction feeder and Board of Trade
panels and negative boosters and panels, with all necessary
connections. The transformers and converters are to be
suitable for working on a high-tension, three-phase,
alternating-current system of 6,000 volts at a fn quency of
40 cycles. Particulars, Mr. H. F. Friederichs, borough
electrical engineer. Depc sit, £2 2$.

North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and Mechanical
Engineers. — A general meeting of the members of this
institute will be held on Monday, June 9, 1913, in the North
Stafford Hotel, Stoke-on-Trent, at 5 p.m. The following
paper will be read : “ Some Notes on the Effect of Tempera-
ture in Mines in Great Britain,” by Dr. John Cadman. The
following paper will be discussed: “ Rearer Workings at
Podmore Hall Collieries, with Special Reference to Alluvium
Saturated with Water,” by Mr. W. Barber.

Lord Joicey on Legislation and Trade.—Presiding at the
annual meeting of the Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber
of Commerce, on the 30th ult., Lord Joicey gave an inter-
esting review of the commercial and industrial situation.
Referring to the Coal Mines Act, he said the Government
had put into this Act clauses that had nothing to do with
either the health or the safety of the workmen. These
things often caused very serious injury to the industry, and
did neither the employer, the workmen, or the consumers
any good. Then there was the question of weekly pays to
miners. This had been before the various employers’ and work-
men’s associations for the last 40 years, and the employers
had always refused to grant it, believing it was not in the
interests of the industry. But it had been put in the last Act,
with the result that the men were losing very much more
time than they did before. Lost time had gone up from 8 to
14 per cent., and consequently the amount of production had
gone down. He could not see that legislation of that sort
did any good whatever. Take another case. For the safety
of the men, they had manholes in the main roadways of his
firm’s pits—manholes that would contain four men. The
Act of Parliament insisted that they should have manholes
to take two men. The result was that they had had to build up
their manholes and make them smaller. Then, again, all
coalowners timbered where it was necessary; but the
Government had made it a rule that all ways had to be
timbered, throwing thousands of pounds of cost upon them
that was not necessary. He could go on giving instances
where legislation did no good, but only added enormously
to the cost of production, which, of course, was a dis-
advantage to all concerned. They interfered with things
they should leave alone, and it was the duty of our
Chambers of Commerce to keep a close eye on these matters
and bring all pressure possible to bear on the Government
to leave such questions alone. After a reference to
the scheme to increase the strength of the Central Chamber
of Commerce, Lord Joicey proceeded to say that they had
had a year of great prosperity. Whether that prosperity
was going to be permanent or not he would not attempt to
prophesy. There was one fly in the ointment, and that
was trade disputes. Referring to railway questions, his
lordship mentioned that the increase of 4 per cent, on
goods rates was due to the fact that the Government had
interfered with the railway strike. With regard to demur-
rage charges, he felt sure that if they put their case before
the general manager of the North-Eastern Railway and
heard his views, some of the difficulties would be removed.
He reminded them that railways were constantly needing
new capital, and that it could not be obtained unless they
were able to pay a fair interest. His lordship commended
the scheme for a faculty of commerce at Armstrong
College. “ I am one of those people,” he said, “ who have
never, beyond a certain point, believed that education in
school or university can equip any commercial man. So
much depends upon his natural ability and experience—his
knowledge of men and his capacity to judge character.”
These qualities it was impossible to acquire in the univer-
sity, but there was a great deal they could learn from a
university, and which was necessary to make a first-class
commercial man. One thing in which they had always been
deficient in that district was knowledge ot languages. If the
new faculty which was to be established could only change
this condition of things, it would, he thought, justify its
existence and prove an immense advantage to the com-
mercial interests of so important a centre of trade. Lord
Joicey was re-elected president of the Chamber and Mr,
Thomas Bell vice-president,