The Colliery Guardian and Journal of the ) Coal and Iron Trades, January 7, 1916. J CONTENTS OF VOLUME CX. 5S PAGE Ventilation in Deep Mines............ 728 Ventilator, A Makeshift Mine ...... 524 Water, The Treatment of Mine ........ 274 Winding Engine, Determining the Steam Consumption of a Twin-cylinder.... 880 Wiring in Mines, Dangerous............1340 Law Cases. Anglo-American Oil Co. Limited v. The Caledonian Railway Co. and the North British Railway Co................. 30 Atkinson v. Lewis Merthyr Consolidated Collieries .......................1251 Capel (A.) and Co. v, D. Souledi (re ss. “ Kardarmala ”).................. 890 Carron Co. and others (Special case).. 30 Central Argentine Railway Limited v. Marwood ........................... 29 Churm (I.) v. The Dalton Main Collieries Limited .......................... 933 Clayton (J.) (by his next friend) v. The Hardwick Colliery Co. Limited ....1302 Davis and Son v. Assessment Committee of the Pontypridd Union and Others... 1251 Diamond Coal Cutter Co. Limited v. The Mining Appliances Co. Limited ..30, 827 Don Coal and Iron Co. Limited, Mr. John Plowright Houfton, and Mr. H. A. Sanders v. The Bullcroft Main Collieries Limited and Sir Arthur B. Markham ........................119, 890, 980 Fife Coal Co. and Robert Shepard...... 119 Glenavon Garw Collieries v. The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co., The Great Western Railway Co., and The Barry Railway Co...............333, 827, 890 Harrison (John) Limited v. Oakley Sollas and Co. Limited................... 333 Hart v. Cory Brothers Limited ....... 933 Hooley v. The Butterley Iron and Coal Co. Limited ........................ 169 Jones (W.) v. The Consolidated Anthracite Collieries and Co. Limited and Lord Walter F. Dynevor ................1146 Kelly v. Caledonian Railway Co....... 169 Luckie v. Merry .................'.... 29 Manley (M.) v. J. and F. Burn........1146 Nimmo (J.) and Co. Limited and J. Plenderleith..................... .. 119 North.British Railway Co. v. The Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Limited ...... 980 Rooney (Henry) v. Archibald Russell Limited ........................ 119 Settle, Speakman and Co. v. The Dinning- ton Main Coal Co. Limited.........1196 Sharp (John) v. Udston Colliery Co. Limited 119 South Glamorgan Coal Co. Limited and The Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Limited v. The Glamorgan County Council and Standing J oint Committee of the Quarter Sessions .............1251 Weeks (A.) and H. Jones v. The Newport- Abercarn Black Vein Coal Co. Limited 1302 Welsh v. Glasgow Coal Co. Limited ... 333 Wilson v. Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co.. 169 Letters to the Editor. Cage Collisions........................ 273 Distribution of Coal, The........ 473., 534 Japan and the Red Cross................1341 Kent, The Thickness of the Lower Carb- oniferous Rocks in the Trapham Boring 738, 793 Munition, Coal as a ................. 692 Organise,” “The Right to..........1097, 1147 Patent Rights, The Acquisition of Enemy 273 Shaft Accidents ....................... 587 Signal Systems, New Winding........... 169 Stone Dusting, Seventh Report on......1250 Ventilation Underground, Mechanical 1046, 1097 Winding Mechanics..................... 423 PAGE Babcock and Wilcox Limited ......... 795 Bachelet French Syndicate Limited..... 85 Baddeley and Co. Limited............ 487 Baldwins Limited ..................... 897 Barry Graving Dock and Engineering Co. Limited ......................... 995 Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss Limited .1255 Bell Brothers Limited................ 591 Bengal Coal Co. Limited ............ 995 Benson (Wm.) and Son Limited ........ 34 Berry and Hayward Limited ......... 186 Bessemer (Henry) and Co. Limited...... 186 Betteshanger Boring Co. Limited ....1304 Biggs, Wall and Co. Limited...........538 Birmingham Central Supply Co. Limited... 133 Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited ................. 286, 945 Birmingham Small Arms Co. Limited...639, 693 Blackburn (A.) and Co. Limited ...... 795 Blaenavon Co. Limited................1255 Biastine Explosives Limited...........1100 Bolckow. Vaughan and Co. Limited ..... 591 Bradford Coal Merchants and Consumers' Association Limited ...............1203 Bradshaw (Charles) and Co. Limited...... 35 Breyten Collieries Limited.............1304 Briggs (Henry), Son and Co. Limited..... 286 Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co. Limited ........................... 438 Bristol and South Wales Railway Wagon Co. Limited ........................ 286 Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works Co. Limited.....................85,1150, 1255 British Aluminium Co. Limited ......... 639 British Coalite Limited .........:...591,1304 British Detinning Co. Limited......... 186 British Electric Transformer Co. Limited, 537 British Hydraulic Foundry Co. Limited ... 133 British Insulated and Helsby Cables Co. Limited ...................... 286, 591 British Ropeway Engineering Co. Limited 538 British Wagon Co. Limited............. 2g6 Broomhill Collieries Limited ......945,1047 Brown (John) and Co. Limited..........1100 Brown (Walter and Frank) Limited ..... 439 Browning (T.) and Sons Limited;....... 945 Brunner, Mond and Co. Limited......... 995 Brymbo Steel Co. Limited.............. 133 Bushby (T.) and Son Limited ......... 1100 C.E C. Limited .................... 795 Callender’s Cable and Construction Co. Limited .......................... 843 Cammell, Laird and Co. Limited... .... 639 Canadian Car and Foundry Co. Limited ... 995 Canadian Explosives Limited.........133, 795 Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd. ...537, 1255 Cardiff Collieries Limited..........639, 743 Cardiff and Continental Coal and Shipping Co. Limited ..................... 287 Cargo Coasters Limited ................. 743 Cargo Fleet Iron and Steel* Works Co. Limited ........................ 1255 Carlton Main Colliery Co. Limited.....1203 Carnforth Haematite Iron Co. Ltd...... 239 Carnforth Haematite Iron Co. (1915) Ltd..,. 287 Cassel Coal Co. Limited ...............1305 Caton Engineering Co. Limited .......... 591 Cedfy w Rhondda Colliery Co. Limited... 287 Celtic Collieries Co. Limited......... 591 “ Certfire ” Lighters Limited ....... 843 Chatwins Limited ..................... 795 Chinese Engineering and Mining Co. Limited ..........................1255 Clandown Colliery Co Limited ........ 1203 Clayton Motors Limited................ 133 Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Limited ............................1255 PAGE Felix and Rozella (Engineers) Limited.... 487 Fenwick (Wm. France) and Co. Limited ... 286 Fernhill Collieries Limited ............ 389 Ferranti Limited ....................... 843 Fiery Holes Colliery Co. Limited ....... 995 Fife Coal Co. Limited .................. 339 Film Cooling Towers Limited .........1047 Fleming and Ferguson Limited ........ 639 Flimby and Broughton Moor Colliery Co. Limited........................ 186 Fox (Samuel) and Co. Limited ........ 337 Fraser and Chalmers Limited .......133, 843 French (L.) and Co. Limited..........1100 Frodair Iron and Steel Co. Limited.34, 1150 Furness, Withy and Co. Limited ...133, 795, 843 Gas Developments Limited ............. 85 Gas Light and Coke Co. Limited....... 186 Gelligaled Colliery Co. Limited ..... 338 General Electric Co. Limited ......... 85 Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Limited...693, 795 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited ..................... 186 Goodbrand and Co. Limited ........... 239 Goodwin (E.) Limited ................ 133 Graham’s Navigation (Merthyr) Collieries Limited ......................... 239 Grant, Legros and Co. Limited....... 693 Gray (R. R.) Limited.................1204 Gray’s Chemical Works Limited........ 591 Great Western Colliery Co. Limited... 133 Green, Bolton and Co. Limited ....... 693 Greenhaugh Mining Co. Limited ....... 487 Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Limited 275, 337, 389 Guiseley and Yeadon Coal Co. Limited.1354 Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Colliery Co. Limited ...1047 H. W. G. Syndicate Limited........... 795 Hadars Limited ...................... 995 Hadfields Limited..................... 85 page Milton Accumulators Limited........ 487 Minnie Steamship Co. Limited........ 795 Mold Collieries (1915) Limited ..... 843 Mond Nickel Co. Limited .............. 34 Monks, Hall and Co. Limited.....1305, 1354 Moorwood (Hedley) and Co. Limited.... 439 Nantyglo and Blaina Ironworks Co. Limited..................795, 843, 1150 Nantymwyn Mine Limited............... 338 Natal Navigation Collieries Estate Co. Limited .........................1255 National Boiler and General Insurance Co. Limited ...................... 337 National Explosives Co. Limited.......1255 National Gas Engine Co. Limited ...... 239 Newbiggin Colliery Co. Limited ......... 743 New Coalmoor Sanitary Pipe Co. Limited 338 New Explosives Co. Limited............. 133 New Hucknall Colliery Co. Limited...843, 897 New Monckton Collieries Limited ...... 384 New Sharlston Collieries Co. Limited . 286 New White Metal Co. Limited........... 439 Newbiggin Collieries Limited ......... 286 Newport-Abercarn Black Vein Steam Coal Co. Limited .......................1100 Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Limited ..1207 Nimmo (James), and Co. Limited 993 Nobel Dynamite Trust Limited .......... 635 Nobel’s Explosives Co. Limited ....... 189 Noble Engineering Co. Limited ........ 846 Normanby Ironworks Co. Limited ...239, 283 North American Mining and Finance Syndicate Limited................. 287 North British Locomotive Co. Limited... 487 North Central Wagon Co. Limited........ 287 North Lincolnshire Iron Co. Limited ..1203 North Lonsdale Iron und Steel Co. Limited Parliamentary Intelligence. Excess Profits Duty, Collieries and . 981 Excess Profits, Mineral Rights and ...981, 1031 Finance Bill, Mine Owners and the ... 981 German-owned Collieries in the United Kingdom .........................1298 Instruction (Somersetshire), Mining.. 981 Mineral Rights Duty .................. 942 Ship Owners and the Excess Profits Tax... 942 Transport Difficulty, The ...........1298 Wagons, Shortage of Coal .............. 981 Coal, Iron, and Engineering Companies. Addie (Robert) and Sons' Collieries Limited 693 Addison (W. J.) Limited.............. 995 Afflecks Engineering Works Limited.... 187 Aire and Ouse Mining Co. Limited...... 693 Albion Steam Coal Co. Limited .....85, 591 Algerian Exports Limited ............. 897 Alldays and Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. Limited .....................1304 Allen (Edgar) and Co. Limited....... 743 Amp Welding Co. Limited.............1255 Anderson Foundry Co. Limited ......... 843 Anglo-American Metals Syndicate Limited 897 Anglo-French (Transvaal) Navigation Coal Co. Limited .....................1255 Anglo-Russian Engineering Co. Limited ...1305 Anglo-Spanish Coaling Co. Limited .. 693 Annealers Limited................... 843 Antrim Iron Ore Co. Limited....... 389, 537 Apex Mines Limited..............639,1255 Arauco Co. Limited ................. 639 Argentine Iron and Steel Co. (Pedro Vasena e Hijos) Limited........133, 1304 Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. Limited ... 591 Arniston Coal Co. Limited............1100 Arundel Smelting Co. Limited......... 538 Ash (Thomas) and Co. Limited......... 85 Ashburnham Tin-plate Co. Limited ... >... 133 Astley and Tyldesley Collieries Limited ... 389 Atlas Steel Foundry and Engineering Co. Limited .........................1100 Avery (W. and T.) Limited ........133,1354 Clyde Valley Electrical Power Co. Limited 537 Clydesdale (Transvaal) Collieries Co. Ltd, 186 Coltness Iron Co. Limited ......... 639, 743 Component Munitions Limited........... 337 Consett Iron Co. Limited............186, 286 Consett Spanish Ore Co. Limited....... 286 Consolidated Cambrian Limited ....... 133 Cortonwood Collieries Limited ...487, 843, 1255 Cory (Wm.) and Son Limited..............1047 County of Durham Electrical Power Dis- tribution Co. Limited ....,....693, 1047 Coventry Chain Co. Limited ...186,1203, 1255 Crawford Foundry Co. Limited .........1204 Crescol Chemicals Limited............. 743 Crompton and Co. Limited............... 34 Cromwell Engineering Co. (Coventry) Ltd. 693 Crossley Bros. Limited.................. 438 Curtis’s and Harvey Limited........... 639 Dalmellington Iron Co. Limited .... 438, 591 Davey, Paxman and Co. Limited.......... 85 Davies (J. L.) and Co. Limited........ 487 Davies (Mark) Limited.................1305 Davis (D.) and Sons Limited............ 34 Davis and Timmins Limited............. 487 Davy Brothers Limited ................1305 Denton Brothers (Sheffield) Limited...1150 Dibles Limited ....................... 693 Dick, Kerr and Co. Limited ........... 795 Dinnington Main Colliery Co. Limited...1150 Dobson (William) Limited.............. 693 Dominion Steel Corporation Limited, 85, 286, 795 Dorman, Long and Co. Limited ...........1047 Drake and Gorham Limited.............. 995 Drypool Engineering Co. (Hull) Limited ...1305 Dundee Coal Co. Limited ................ 239 East Ham Manufacturing Co. Limited ... 945 East Indian Coal Co. Limited........133, 239 Eastern Smelting Co. Limited.......... 186 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Co. Limited ...................... 186, 995 Edinburgh Collieries Co. Limited ....... 537 Electric Alloys Limited ................ 439 Electric Construction Co. Limited ....1100 Electrical Manufacturers Co. of Great Britain Limited ..................1354 Electrical Safety Hoists Limited...... 390 Electrode Co. of Sheffield Limited.... 693 Elliott’s Metal Co. Limited ............ 639 Evans (D. E.) and Co. (Bridgend) Limited 1100 Evans (Richard) and Co. Limited ........1305 Everall and Hill Limited .............. 35 Exeter Munitions Limited.............. 591 Fairbairn,- Lawson, Combe, Barbour Limited ........................487, 693 Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Limited .......................... 995 Farr (J.) and Co. Limited ............ 133 Fassifern Coal Co. Limited ............1100 Haggie (R. Hood) and Son Limited.....1255 Hall and Co. (Croydon) Limited ...... 34 Hamilton (A.) and Sons Limited...... 538 Handley (W.) and Co. Limited........ 287 Handy side (Andrew) and Co. Limited 1100 Hardy Patent Pick Co. Limited ...... 591 Hargreaves (James) and Sons (Leeds) Limited ......................... 133 Harvey and White Limited ........... 897 Hawthorn (R. and W.), Leslie and Co. Limited ......................... 537 Henley’s (W. T.) Telegraph Works Co. Limited ......................... 389 Hill (Richard) and Co. (1899) Limited... 133,1047 Hill (Southampton) Limited............. 995 Hind (E. F.) Limited ................. 843 Hopkin and Williams (Travancore) Limited 133 Horden Collieries Limited ..... ...897, 995 Hornsby (R.) and Sons Limited....-.1047, 1100 Humphrey Pump Co. Limited .............1354 Husband (F.) Limited .................. 134 Hyderabad (Deccan) Co. Limited....1047, 1150 Hythe Coal Co. Limited ................ 743 Ibbotson Bros, and Co. Limited ....537, 639 Indian Collieries Syndicate Limited... 743 Industrial Inventions Limited......... 390 Ingersoll-Rand Co.....................1203 Insoles Limited ....................... 337 International Coal Co. Limited ........ 337 International Construction Co. Limited ... 287 Inverness Railway and Coal Co. Limited... 945 Irtysh Corporation Limited ... ........1255 Itter Limited ........................1047 Jeens (J. W.) and Son Limited.........1150 Jeffcoat (William) Limited............ 743 Jessop (William) and Sons Limited...... 389 Johnson (John) (Old Hill) Limited.....1204 Jones (H. Rees) and Co. Limited....... 439 Jones Bros. (Preston) Limited ........ 897 Kayser, Ellison and Co. Limited....693, 1255 Keeton and Skinner Limited............1255 Kent Collieries Limited ..............1354 Kerr, Stuart and Co. Limited ......... 945 Kin cole Fuel Co. Limited ............. 640 1150, 1255 Northern Light, Power and Coal Co. Ltd.... 843 North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Limited 34 Norwich Components Limited........... 693 Ocean Coal and Wilsons Co. Limited..... 389 Oldfield and Scholefield Co. Limited... 795 Ormskirk Munitions Limited .......... 843 Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Limited 843 Parkgate Iron and Steel Co. Limited ... 945 Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co. Limited .......................... 897 Partington Steel and Iron Co. Limited.. 693 Father Iron and Steel Co. Limited..... 34 Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Limited ..................... 591,639 Pease and Partners Limited ..........1100 Pekin Syndicate Limited..............1150 Penrhyn Minerals Agency Limited ..... 843 Penrhys Colliery Co. Limited ........ 538 Perivale Explosives Limited..........1305 Perkins (Clifford) Limited...........1204 Perkins, Engineers, Limited.......... 134 Phoenix Armouring and Cable Co. Limited 239 Pickering (C. E.) Limited .............1150 Plymouth Coal Co. Limited ........... 995 Pontypool Colliery Co. Limited ......1150 Powell-Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Limited 537,897 Power-Gas Corporation Limited ...1100, 1203 Productive Engineers Limited.........1305 Ramsden Green Limited.................. 287 Randalls Limited ................... 338 Record Water Heater Manufacturing Co. Limited ............................. 186 Redpath, Brown and Co. Limited ......1203 Residues Limited ...................... 743 Kinneil Cannel and Coking Coal Co. Limited, 795, 843 Kyshtim Corporation Limited .......186, 743 Lambert Bros. Limited............. 591, 639 Lanarkshire Steel Co. Limited........ 286 Lancashire Wagon Co Limited .......... 897 Lancashire and Yorkshire Wagon Co. Limited ........................ 186 Lawley (W. and J.) Limited ........ 390 Leach (S. G.) and Co. Limited ....... 843 Leeds Fireclay Co. Limited ..........1305 Leeds Munitions Co. Limited ......... 591 Lincoln Wagon and Engine Co. Limited .. 537 Lloyds Navigation Steam Coal Co. Limitedl047 Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Limited, 85, 133,1305 Lock wood, Blagden and Crawshaw Limitedl047 Lofthouse Colliery Co. Limited ....... 389 London and Venezuela Corporation Limited 843 Lothian Coal Co. Limited ............. 487 Lowa Engineering Co. Limited........... 35 Lowe (Henry) and Sons Limited......... 843 Lowood (J. Grayson) and Co. Limited .. 286 Ludgate, Shaw and Co. Limited......... 795 Lune Valley Engineering Co. Limited .. 338 Lymm Chemical Engineering Co. Limitedl204 M. L. Engineering Syndicate Limited .. 187 Macfie and Co. Limited ............... 945 Maclellan (P. and W.) Limited......... 639 Magnesium Metal Co. Limited........... 795 Main Colliery Co. Limited............. 389 Malcast Foundry (1915) Limited ........ 35 Manchester Metal Stamping and Engi- neering Co. Limited ............. 795 Manor-Powis Coal Co. Limited..........1354 Manvers Main Collieries Limited ....... 487 Marbella Iron Ore Co. Limited ........ 389 Marsden (Samuel) and Son Limited ..... 487 Marsh Brothers (Electricians) Limited. 640 Mather and Platt Limited.............. 389 Meadow Cliff Colliery Co. Limited..... 338 Medcalfe and Co. Limited ............ 338 Melling Brothers Limited .............1047 Metallic Seamless Tube Co. Limited.... 995 Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon, and Finance Co. Limited .......................1100 Metropolitan Coal Co. of Sydney Limited 133 Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited ......................... 337 Middleburg Steam Coal and Coke Co. Limited ...........................1100 Midland Iron Co. Limited ..............1100 Millom and Askam Iron Co. Limited....1047 Restoration Syndicate Limited ......... 795 Rhjmney Iron Co. Limited.............. 1047 Richards (Charles) and Sons Limited .. 538 Riddlestone Limited !................. 538 Riley (J. S.) and Co. Limited......... 743 Roberts (Charles) and Co. Limited....... 389 Roberts (Wm.) (Tipton) Limited ........ 995 Robertson (H. E. C.) and Co. Limited . 591 Robinson Bros. (Oldham) Limited ..... 1100 Rowhill Engineering Co. Limited ...... 897 Rubel Bronze (1915) Limited............ 35 Russell (John) and Co. Limited ........ 186 Russian Mining Corporation Limited .... 34 Ruston, Proctor and Co. Limited........1100 Rutland Steel Co. (Sheffield) Limited.1100 S. C. R. Syndicate Limited............ 338 Sadler and Co. Limited ................. 795 St. Helens Colliery and Brick Works Co. Limited .............................. 743 Sanders (W.) and Co. (1915) Limited ...1047 Scott (Walter) Limited...............287, 389 Scott Bros. (Halifax) Limited .........1047 Scottish Australian Mining Co. Limited ... 995 Scottish Tube Co. Limited............... 487 Scottish Wagon Co. Limited.............. 187 Scuffells Limited ..................... 134 Seear, Scott and Co. Limited............ 538 Shaw (J oe) and Sons Limited .......... 239 Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Limited 487, 640, 1150,1354 Sheffield Alloys Limited...............1047 Sheffield Forge and Rolling Mills Co. Ltd. 390 Shorthose, Lee and Co. Limited ......... 843 Shotts Iron Co. Limited ............945, 1047 Shutt and Ganderton Limited............. 640 Sieberts Limited........................ 287 Skinner and Holford Limited ......995,1100 Smethwick Foundry Co. Limited ....... 239 Smethwick Machine Shops Limited ..... 239 Sneyd Collieries Limited............. 743 Snowdown Colliery Co. Limited ....... 337 Snyder Electric Furnace Co. Limited . 338 South Hetton Coal Co. Limited.... 438, 1204 South Durham Steel and Iron Co. Limited 1100 South Wales Colliery Co. Limited ...... 287 Southern Coal Fields of France Limited ...1100 Speciality Manufacturing Co. Limited.... 693 Spencer (John) and Sons Limited..... 390, 438 Spon Lane Colliery Co. Limited ........ 287 Spring Bank Iron Co. Limited........... 693 Staines Machine Co. Limited............ 390 Staines Projectile Co. Limited......... 640 Stainless and Rustless Steel Co. Limited... 897 Stanton Iron Works Co. Limited ......1150 Star Engineering Co. Limited ......... 34 Staveley Coal and. Iron Co. Limited 487, 591, 693 Steel Company of Canada Limited ... 591, 1354 Steel Company of Scotland Limited ...487, 591 Steetley Lime Co. Limited............. 85 Stevens (Duncan) Limited............... 640 Stewarts and Lloyds Limited ......... 438 Stone (J.) and Co. Limited............. 133 Stonebridge Foundry Co. Limited....... 239