The Colliery Guardian and Journal of the } Coal and Iron Trades, January 8, 1915. ) CONTENTS OF VOLUME CVIII. Ill PAGE Dust Treatment, Fuller's Earth and, Inert 157 Oerman Trade, The Board of Trade and the Capture of....................... 771 Hooks, Detaching .................... 478 Investigations....................... 719 Lamps—Mueseler K Type, Approved Safety 568 Lamp, The Combustion Tube Flame...... 886 Lamp Renewals, Electric: Correction....1285 Lamps, Comparison between Oil and Electric Safety ......... 771, 833, 1075 Patents, The Right to Infringe Aliens'. 526 Patents, British and Foreign ..........1235 Shipment of Coals to Holland ........ 673 Shipments to Neutrals, Coal............ 928 Silica in Shale, Colloid..........1025, 1075 Timber, The War and the Supply of Colliery 380 Timber, The Shortage of Pit.......... 427 War, Coal for Relief of Distress in London during the....................... 771 Parliamentary. Accidents, Shot-firing ................ 35 Coal Mines Act (Monmouthshire) ........ 95 Coal Mines Bill ..................... 35 Disasters, Mining: Proposed International Conference....................... 158 Earnings, Coal Miners' ................ 215 Explosives in Mines, Storage of ....... 36 Explosives to Miners, Provision of.... 95 Explosive "‘Monarkite," Instructions Regarding the New ................. 95 Finance Bill: Wasting Assets........... 214 Firedamp Indicator, A.................. 214 Horses in South Wales, Inspection of . 214 Income Tax, Colliery Stallmen and .... 158 Insurance (Unemployment), National: A Yorkshire Case ................... 158 Insurance, Unemployment: Saw Milling Enquiry........................ 267 Insurance, Unemployment............ 327 Kent Coalfield and Foreign Capital .. 35 Kent Coalfield (War Department Land) ... 95 Lamp Test, Safety.................. 267 Navy, Fuel for the................. 158 Oil Shales in the Hebrides........... 95 Peat, Irish............................. 158 Ponies, Inspection of Pit ............. 35 Rating Value of Mineral Property in South Wales ............................. 35 Rescue Stations, Lanarkshire Collieries ... 36 Stowage and Packing, Coal Mines ....... 36 Support, Law of ....................... 35 Tax (Super) and Mineral Rights Duty .. 158 Valuation of Land, Minerals and the .... 267 Workmen’s Compensation. Accident, Death Following Hit not Resulting from .................... 527 Arising Out of and In the Course of, Not... 526 Contracting-out ...................... 426 Date of Accident, Mistake as to ...... 526 “Disease from Gas" Treated as an “Accident"........................ 426 Disobedience to Orders ................. 527 Misconduct, Serious and Wilful........ 475 Operation, Refusal to Undergo an...... 526 Rules, New ............................. 475 Shot-firing Accident, A ..............1130 Shot-firing Accident, A: Costs Against Approved Society .................1130 Wages, Benefit of Rising.............. 526 Coal, Iron, and Engineering Companies. Addie (Robert) and Sons' Collieries Limited 633 Albion Steam Coal Co. Limited ........... 838 Algoma Steel Corporation Limited, 785, 838, 986, 1087, 1239 Alldays and Onions Pneumatic Engineer- ing Co. Limited .....................1239 Allen and Boggis Limited................. 216 Allen (Edgar) and Co. Limited............ 785 Alien (William) (Manchester) Limited.. 381 Alley and Maclellan Limited.............. 785 American Car and Foundry Co. Limited... 96 Anderson Foundry Co. Limited ............ 937 Anglo-French (Transvaal) Navigation Coal Estates Limited...................1337 Anglo-Russian Mining Corporation Limited 633 Anglo-Scandinavian Minerals Limited....... 96 Anglo-Spanish Coal Co. Limited .......... 785 Anglo-Spanish Metal Co. Limited ......... 785 Anglo-Westphalian (Chislet, Kent) Colliery Limited .............................1087 Anglo-Westphalian Kent Coalfield Ltd. ...1087 Antrim Iron Ore Co. Limited ..... 381, 535 Apex Mines Limited.......................1337 Arauco Co. Limited ...................... 681 Argentine Iron and Steel Co. (Pedro Vasena e Hijos) Limited.. 96,1087, 1239 Armstrong (Sir W. G.), Whitworth and Co. Limited ..................... 681, 1291 Arniston Coal Co. Limited................1239 Astley and Tyldesley Collieries Limited ... 535 Ashton Vale Iron Co. Limited............. 737 Avery (W. and T.) Limited ....... 159, 581 Ayres (C. and G.) Limited................ 582 Babcock and Wilcox Limited ...... 838, 937 Baldwins Limited ........................ 838 Balkan States Development Trust Limited 96 Baluchistan Chrome Co. Limited .......... 328 Barr Engineering Co. Limited............. 328 Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Limited.......1337 Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss Limited ......1239 Bazzard and Co. Limited................... 41 Bengal Coal Co. Limited..................1087 Bessemer (Henry) and Co. Limited...... 96 Bignall Hill Colliery Co. Limited ....1291 Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited ...................... 327 Birmingham Small Arms Co. Limited...681, 737 Bolckow. Vaughan and Co. Limited ... 581, 633 Boonzaiers Limited ...................... 582 Booth Bros. (Dial Foundry) Limited....1337 Bradford Coal Merchants and Consumers' Association Limited ......... 785, 1137 Breyten Collieries Limited... 96, 1239, 1337 pAge Briggs (Henry), Son and Co. Limited...... 327 Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co. Limited ........................... 481 Brindley (Isaac) Limited................ 96 Bristol and South Wales Railway Wagon Co. Limited ........................ 270 Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works Co. Limited ............................ 41 British Aluminium Co. Limited ......... 681 British Coalite Co. Limited ............ 270 British Del Monte Syndicate Limited .... 328 British Electrical Accessories Limited.. 216 British Electrical Engineering Co. Limited 937 British Electric Transformer Co. Limited 581 British Insulated and Helsby Cables Co. Limited ........................... 633 British Wagon Co. Limited.............. 270 Broomhill Collieries Limited .......... 986 Brown, Bayley's Steelworks Co. Limited... 96 Brownhill Estate Co. Limited ......... 1291 Brown (John) and Co. Limited, 986, 1037, 1087, 1137 Brunner, Mond and Co. Limited..........1037 Brymbo Steel Co. Limited............... 159 Burnyeat, Brown and Co. Limited ... 633, 1239 “Ceag" Miners’ Supply Co. Limited......1038 Caerbryn Anthracite Colliery Co. Limited 216 Callender’s Cable and Construction Co. Limited ........................... 937 Cammell, Laird and Co. Limited......... 681 Campbell Gas Engine Co, Limited......... 381 Cambrian Anthracite Limited............ 327 Canadian Car and Foundry Co. Limited ...1137 Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited... 481 Canadian Explosives Limited.........159, 838 Canadian General Electric Co. Limited ...1239 Cardon and Co. Limited ................. 96 Carville Site and Power Co. Limited....1239 Carlton Iron Co. Limited .............. 159 Carlton Main Colliery Limited ......581, 986 Carnforth Hsematite Iron Co. Limited.... 327 Central Silkstone Collieries Limited...1087 Chailoners Limited ..................... 41 Chinese Engineering and Mining Co. Limited ...........................1291 Clabour (W. A.) Westbay and Co. Limited 1138 Clan Foundry Co. Limited................. 97 Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Limited ........................41, 1291 Cloudsley Engine Co. Limited.......... 271 Clydesdale (Transvaal) Collieries Limited 216, 887 Clyde Valley Electrical Power Co. Limited 571 Coghlan Steel and Iron Co. Limited ..... 216 Coltness Iron Co. Limited ............ 681 Consett Iron Co. Limited............216, 270 Consett Spanish Ore Co. Limited.....216, 270 Consolidated Cambrian Limited ........ 535 Consolidated Oilfields of India Limited ... 97 Cortonwood Collieries Co. Limited 327, 785, 986 Cory (William) and Son Limited.....785, 1037 County of Durham Electrical Power Dis- tribution Co. Limited .............. 737 Crompton and Co. Limited............... 96 Crossley Bros. Limited ................. 535 Curtis's and Harvey Limited............. 681 “Dac" Accumulator Syndicate Co. Limited 329 Dalmellington Iron Co. Limited .....481, 633 Davis (D.) and Sons Limited ........535, 887 Davis (J.) and Co. (Southampton) Limited 435 Defries and Goldman Limited.............1087 Del Monte Trust Limited ............... 216 Dick, Kerr and Co. Limited .......... 838 Diesel Engine Co. Limited............. 41 Dinnington Main Coal Co. Limited ....1239 Dominion Iron and Steel Co. Limited . 785 Dominion Steel Corporation Limited, 216, 887, 1087 Dorman, Long and Co. Limited ........1087 Drake and Gorham Limited ............ 785 Dudley (Robert) Limited ............. 270 Dundee Coal Co. Limited .............. 41 Dunderland Iron Ore Co. Limited .....1337 East Bristol Collieries Limited ..... 633 East Indian Coal Co. Limited ......... 96 East Kent Colliery Co. Limited ...41, 96, 216 East Pontop Coal Co. Limited........... 327 Eastville Engineering and Rock Drill Co. Limited ........................... 681 Economic Tin-plate and Tinning Co. Limited ...........................1337 Edinburgh Collieries Limited .......... 581 Edwards (C. H.) Limited................ 270 Elands Laagte Collieries Limited ....... 41 Electric Construction Co. Limited......1137 Electro Motor Hiring Limited............ 41 Elliott (Benjamin) and Sons Limited ... 270 Elliott’s Metal Co. Limited ........... 581 English Iron and Steel Co. Limited ....1087 Esparto Limited........................ 737 Evans (E. M., and Son Limited ......... 435 Evans (Joseph) and Sons Limited .......1291 Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe, Barbour Co. Limited .......................... 581 Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Limited ........................1037 Faversham Boring Co. Limited ......... 159 Fenton Collieries Limited ............. 41 Fernhill Collieries Limited........633, 681 Fife Coal Co. Limited .............327, 535 Fletcher, Russell and Co. Limited...... 41 Foster Construction Co. Limited.......1239 Fox (Samuel) and Co. Limited ......... 327 Fraser and Chalmers Limited........159,1087 Frodair Iron and Steel Co. Limited ... 838 Furness, Withy and Co. Limited ....159, 681 Gapshields Colliery Co. Limited........1337 Garrod (J. F.) Limited................ 270 Gas Light and Coke Co. Limited........ 216 General Engineering Accessories Limited 97 Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Limited 681, 1037 Glencoe (Natal) Collieries Limited 381, 481 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited ...................159, 216 Granule Machinery Co. Limited......... 536 Granville Burgess and Co. Limited .... 216 Grazebrook (M. and W.) Limited ....... 737 Great Challinor Mines Limited .........1087 Great Northern Iron Ore Properties Ltd... 1137 Great ’Western Colliery Limited....... 159 Green (A. T.) and Sons Limited ....... 737 Greenwood and Batley Limited .......... 41 Gregory (Thomas) and Co. Limited ..... 536 Grimsley and Co. (Leicester) Limited . 481 Guest, Keen and NettlefoJds Limited . 381, 435 Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Colliery Co. Limited . 1087 PAGE Hadfields Limited..................... 381 Haggie (R. Hood) and Son Limited......1291 Haley (Enoch) Limited ................. 41 Hall, Streeter and Co. Limited ....... 785 Hamstead Colliery Company Limited .... 681 Hansen Bros. Limited................... 97 Hardy Patent Pick Co. Limited.......535, 581 Harpham (A. E.) Limited .............. 838 Harrington Coke Ovens Limited ......... 96 Harrison (J. W.) Limited ............. 986 Hawthorn vR. and W.), Leslie and Co. Limited .......................... 435 Hedley's Collieries Co. Limited ...... 681 Henderson (D. and W.) and Co. Limited... 159 Henley's (W. T.) Telegraph Works Co. Limited .............................. 435 Hill (Richard) and Co. (1899) Limited.. 481 Hodgson Pump Co. Limited .............1291 Horbury Junction Iron Co. Limited ..... 435 Horden Collieries Limited..........937, 1137 Hornsby (R.) and Sons Limited ........1087 Hotton and Hodgson Limited ............ 97 House and Industrial Smokeless Fuel Co. Limited ............................ 328 Howard and Bullough Limited ......887, 1291 Hurst, Nelson and Co. Limited.......737, 785 Hyderabad (Deccan) Co. Limited........1137 Ibbotson Bros. Limited ................ 581 Implitico Limited ..................... 986 Indian Collieries Syndicate Limited.737, 785 Ingersoll-Rand Co. Limited ...........1291 Insoles Limited ....................... 581 International Coal Co. Limited........ 327 Internatienal General Artificial Coal and Fuel Co. Limited ................... 159 International Nickel Co. Limited ...... 785 Jacobson (Richard) Limited ........... 481 Jamaica Coaling Co. Limited .......... 986 Jenkins’ (Philip) Sons Limited......... 97 Jessop (William) and Sons Limited....... 581 Joyce (Geo. A.) Co. Limited ........... 41 Kayser, Ellison and Co. Limited.....681, 1239 Kent Coal Concessions Limited ........ 270 KinneilCannel and Coking Co. Limited 838 Knowles (Andreev) and Sons Limited..... 41 Kynoch Limited ................. 1087, 1137 Kyshtim Corporation Limited.........96, 737 Lambert Bros, and Co. Limited.......681, 737 Lancashire Wagon Co Limited .......... 937 Lancashire and Yorkshire Wagon Co. Limited........................216, 270 Lang and Lang Limited ................. 97 Le Due Limited ....................... 785 Leeds Fireclay Co. Limited ...........1291 Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Limited ....... 737 Lincoln Wagon and Engine Co. Limited 535, 581 Liquid and Solid Fuels Co. Limited ... 987 Lister (Joshua) and Co. Limited ...... 159 Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Limited 96,159,1337 Lofthouse Colliery Limited ........... 327 Lothian Coal Co. Limited ...s......... 581 Lowood (J. Grayson) and Co' Limited .. 327 Luton Iron Foundry Co. Limited ....... 328 Mackrell (James) and Co. Limited........ 435 Main Colliery Co. Limited .....270, 327, 535 Maltby Main Colliery Institute Limited ... 436 vi an vers Main Collieries Limited ... 535 Marbella Iron Ore Co. Limited.......327, 435 Markham (Herbert) Limited............. 270 Massis Oil Transport Co. Limited ..... 785 Mather and Platt Limited ......271, 633, 937 Meiros Collieries Limited .......•.... 535 Mellor, Bromley and Co. Limited ........1291 Metal and Machinery Syndicate Limited... 582 Metal Scrap Limited................... 937 Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon, and Finance Co. Limited ........................ 986 Metropolitan Coal Co. of Sydney Limited 217 Midland Iron Co. Limited..............1137 Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited .................. 481, 581, 633 Midland and South Wales Coal Co. Limited 681 Middleburg Steam Coal Co. Limited.....123J Middleton's (A.) (Normanton) Limited.. 987 Millom and Askam Haematite Iron Co. Limited ..........................1087 Mill wall Engineers Supplies Limited .1291 Mine Lubricants Limited .............. 887 Mitford (Calgary) Colliery Co. Limited. 96 Mond Nickel Co. Limited .............. 270 Nantyglo and Blaina Ironworks Co. Limited........................838, 1239 National Bituminous Coal and Coke Co. Limited .......................... 270 National Boiler and General Insurance Co. Limited ...................... 328 National Explosives Co. Limited.......1291 National Gas Engine Co. Limited.....270, 328 Newey (Thomas) and Sons Limited....... 270 New Hosfach Colliery Co Limited....... 436 New Hucknall Colliery Co. Limited ..... 96 New Monckton Collieries Limited 329, 425, 535, 1037 New Sharlston Collieries Co. Limited .. 41 Nimmo (James) and Co. Limited.........1037 Nobel Dynamite Trust Co. Limited ..... 839 Normanby Ironworks Co. Limited ....... 516 North Central Wagon Co. Limited....... 32S North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders Incorporated..... 381 North-Eastern Steel Co. Limited.......1087 North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Co. Limited 1137, 1239 North's Navigation Collieries (1889) Limited 159, 381, 1239 Oakland Colliery Co. Limited ......... 41 Oatey and Martyn Limited ............. 270 Oil Extractors Limited ................ 328 Oil Sales Co. Limited ............... 838 Oxley (Thomas) Limited................. 328 Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Limited .......................581, 681 Parkgate Iron and Steel Co. Limited .. 986 Park and Paterson (Manchester) Limited 270 Parrish (Sydney) Limited ............. 271 Parsons’ Marine Steam Turbine Co. Limited ......................... 838 Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Limited .......................633. 681 Pease and Partners Limited ............1137 Pekin Syndicate Limited ...............1337 Penrikyber Navigation Colliery Co. Limited 481 Pilkington (W. R.) and Sons Limited .. 785 Pinkney (Samuel) and Co. Limited....... 481 Powell-Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Limited ... 581 Power Gas Corporation Limited.........1239 PAGE Premier Cooler and Engineering Co. Limited ........................... 838 Progressive Mechanical Corporation Limited ........................... 270 Redpath, Brown and Co. Limited ........1291 Reece Machinery Co. Limited ............ 97 Rhodes (John) Limited ................. 681 Roberts (Charles) and Co. Limited...... 435 Roberts, Read and Co. Limited .........1138 Ruston, Proctor and Co. Limited........1137 R. W. Co. Limited .................. 381 Sadler and Co. Limited ................ 838 St. Helens Colliery and Brickworks Co. Limited ............................. 785 Sanders (W.) and Co. Limited .......... 937 Sandoik British Agency Limited.......... 41 Sara and Burgess Limited............... 270 Schofield Syndicate Limited ........... 381 Scottish Australian Mining Co. Limited ... 986 Scottish Iron and Steel Co. Limited ... 887 Scottish Wagon Co. Limited............. 159 Scott (Walter) Ltd................329, 535 Scremerston Coal Co. Limited .......... 581 Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Limited 535, 581, 681, 1337 Sheffield Forge and Rolling Mills Co. Ltd.... 381 Shotts Iron Co. Limited .........1037, 1087 Skinner and Holford Limited ...........1137 Smith and McLean Co. Limited .......... 737 Smokeless Fuel Syndicate Limited....... 270 Sneyd Collieries Limited .............. 838 South Durham Steel and Iron Co. Limited, 986, 1037 South Wales Colliery Co. Limited ...... 328 Speakman (John) and Sons Limited ...... 381 Spencer (John) and Sons Limited ....... 381 S. R. Anthracite Collieries Limited ..1087 Stanton Ironworks Co. Limited .........1239 Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Limited.535, 581 Steam, Gas and Oil Reversible Rotary Engine Co. Limited ................1138 Steel Company of Canada Limited....216, 838 Steel Company of Scotland Limited..481, 581 Stephenson (Kobert) and Co. Limited ... 381 Stewarts and Lloyds Limited ........... 481 Stonebridge Electrical Co. Limited .... 633 Stutchbury (H.) and Co. Limited........1138 Summerlee Iron Co. Limited............. 535 Swan, Hunter and Wigham-Richardson Limited ............................. 535 Swansea Fuel Co. Limited............... 582 Swinhope Limestone Co. Limited ........ 97 Thermotic Applications Limited.......... 536 Thom (Alexander) and Co. Limited........ 785 Times Coal Cd. Limited ................. 681 Tinsley Park Colliery Co. Limited ....1291 Transvaal Coal Trust Co. Limited...435, 1337 Travers (Stanley M.) Limited ......... 785 Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Limited ...1087 Tweefontein Colliery Limited ......159, 1337 Tyneside Electrical Development Co. Limited .............................. 435 Umeras Peat Limited ....................1291 Underfeed Stoker Co. Limited............ 328 United Collieries Limited ..........737, 1137 United Minerals Limited ................. 838 United National Collieries Limited, 41, 737,1138, 1239 United States Steel Corporation Limited... 937 United Wire Works Limited...............1138 Universal Coal Co. Limited ........... 737 Vickers Limited ...................270, 481 Vryheid (Natal) Railway, Coal and Iron Co. Limited ...................... 159 Vulcan Foundry Co. Limited.........737, 785 Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co. (1906) Limited ..........................1239 Wagon Finance Corporation Limited...... 41 Waldie Coal and Shipping Co. Limited ...1337 Walker (C. and W.) Limited............ 270 Walker, Maynard and Co. Limited........ 581 Wankie Colliery Co. Limited...........1239 Warner and Co. Limited................ 270 Warwickshire Coal Co. Limited ........1239 Waste Heat and Gas Electrical Generating Stations Limited.................. 381 Watson (James) and Co. Limited .......1291 Watson (John) Limited ................ 535 Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co. Limitedll38 Werfa Dare Colliery Co. Limited ...... 839 West Canadian Collieries Co. Limited.. 838 Western Foundries Limited............. 481 Western Wagon and Property Co. Limited 270 West Lees wood Collieries Limited.....1291 Westmorland (George) Limited .........1138 Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Limited ...... 381 Williams (P.) and Sons (Furnaces) Ltd. ...1239 Willingsworth Colliery Limited .......1038 Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Limited..... 829 Wilts County Gas Light and Coke Co. Limited ........................... 41 Windsor Steam Coal Co. (1901) Limited ... 581 Wiring Limited ....................... 937 Witbank Colliery Co. Limited ..... 887, 1337 Wolf (R.) Ltd...’...................... 41 Wood (Edward) and Co. Limited........ 159 Workington Iron and Steel Co. Limited, 381, 435, 737 Wright (John and Edwin) Limited.......1239 W. Y. P. Syndicate Limited............ 328 Yates and Thom Limited ............... 887 Yorkshire Electric Power Co. Limited...270,328 Continental Notes. Austria. Austria's Coal Supply ................1173 Vienna Exchange, Official Wholesale Coal Prices ...................... 215 Belgium. Price of Fuel, Reduction in the .... 82 France. Bordeaux, Coal Trade of............ 429 Havre Coal Trade .................. 429 Marseilles Coal Trade ............. 475 Pitwood. Bordeaux ................. 429 Rouen, Blastfurnaces at............ 624 Germany. Berlin’s Coal Supply in September.1173 Brown Coal Trade in Mid-Germany During October ................1173