72 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. January 11, 1918. jORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The first list of promotions to the Order of the British Empire was long, but the second list, published on Tuesday, was much longer, comprising more than 2,000 names. Instituted to reward services connected with the war, the roll of the Order is composed of men and women occupied in many branches of national activity. There is a liberal recognition of the manu- facturing and commercial classes, who have given to the State the advantage of their technical experience and knowledge, and medals are bestowed upon a number of workers for courage and resourcefulness. Appended are names which we noticed in the list: — Companion of Honour. Seddon, James. Chairman of the British Trade Union Congress, 1914. Labour M.P. for Newton Division, South-West Lancashire, 1906-10. Knights Grand Cross (G.B.E.). Ellis, William Henry. Director of the steel making and shipbuilding firm of John Brown and Company Limited, Sheffield and Clydebank. Harrel, Sir David. Chairman of the Committee on Pro- duction. Knights Commanders (K.B.E.). Davies, Joseph. Representative for Wales and Monmouth- shire of the Cabinet Committee for Prevention of Unemployment and Distress, and joint secretary of the Cardiff Exchange. Dorman, Arthur John. Chairman of Messrs. Dorman, Long and Company, of Middlesbrough. Hunter, George Burton. Chairman of Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited, Newcastle- on-Tyne. ' Jarmay, Gustave. Managing director of Messrs. Brunner, Mond and Company. McKechnie, James. Managing director of Messrs. Vickers Limited, Barrow. Thomson, William Rowan. President for some time of the North-West Engineering Trades Employers’ Asso- ciation. Commanders (C.B.E.). Bagshawe, Bernal. Chairman, Leeds Forge Company Limited, Leeds. Bellhouse, Gerald. Deputy Chief Inspector of Fac- tories. Clerke, Maj. Augustus Basil Holt, R.A. Director, Messrs. Hadfields Limited, Sheffield. Glendinning, Henry. Chemical director, Messrs. Brunner, Mond and Company Limited, Northwich. Mottram, Thomas Harry. Divisional inspector of mines. Chairman of colliery recruiting courts, Yorkshire and North Midlands Division. Officers (O.B.E.). Bagnall, Francis Edward. Section director, Machine Tool Department, Ministry of Munitions. Barge, Henry Lothian. Engineer to Messrs. Bullivant and Company Limited Bell, William Thomas. Of the firm of Messrs. Robey and Company, Lincoln. Bramwell, Hugh. Member of colliery recruiting court, South Wales. Member of Advisory Board to Con- troller of Coal Mines. Campbell, Alexander. Managing director, Hunslet Engine Company Limited, Leeds. Capron, Athol John. Managing director, Messrs. Davy Brothers Limited, Sheffield. Gibson, Joseph Hamilton. Manager of Engineering Department, Messrs. Cammell, Laird and Company Limited. Member of Committee of the Board of Inventions and Research, Admiralty. Gordon, William James. Engine designer and indoor manager, Messrs. Vickers Limited, Barrow. Hare, Samuel, J.P. Member of colliery recruiting court, South Durham. Hartshorn, Vernon, J.P. South Wales Miners’ Federa- tion. Member of Coal Mining Organisation Committee. Member of Advisory Board to Controller of Coal Mines. Member of colliery recruiting court, South Wales. MacDonald, George William. Chief chemist to Messrs. Curtis’s and Harvey Limited. Matthews, Arthur. Manager, Messrs. Sir W. G. Arm- strong, Whitworth and Company Limited, Openshaw. McKeown, John James. Manager, Messrs. Vickers Limited, Barrow. Robinson, Edwin. Manager, Messrs. Vickers Limited, Sheffield. Smith, Herbert, J.P. President of the Yorkshire Miners’ Association, and vice-president of the Miners’ Federa- tion of Great Britain. Stewart, Lieut. Valentine Beardmore. Late manager, Messrs. William Beardmore and Company Limited, Glasgow. Stirk, Rufus. Director, Messrs. John Stirk and Sons Limited, Halifax. Wilson, Harry James. Superintending inspector of factories. Members (M.B.E.). Blair, Malcolm. Manager, Messrs. Head, Wrightson and Company. Cairns, John, J.P. Northumberland Miners’ Association. Member of colliery recruiting court, Northumberland and North Durham. Ellison, Frank. Messrs. Hadfields Limited. James, James Picton. Private secretary to Controller, Raw Materials Branch Ministry of Munitions. Johnson, William, M.P. Warwickshire Miners’ Associa- tion. Member of colliery recruiting court, Warwick- shire. Kirkwood, Richard Cameron. Yorkshire Boiler Company Limited. Macfarlane, Walter Mace. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whit- worth and Company Limited. MacQueen, John. Works manager on machinery side, Messrs. Denny Brothers. Rankin, John Arthur. Outside manager of engine and boiler works, Messrs. John Brown and Company Limited. Robertson, John. Lanarkshire Miners’ Union. Member of colliery recruiting court, Lanarkshire. Robson, James, J.P. President, Durham Miners’ Associa- tion. Assessor to colliery recruiting court. Rogers, Thomas Edward. Outside iron manager, Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited. Rowlinson, Henry George, J.P. Forest of Dean Miners’ Association. Member of colliery recruiting court, Forest of Dean. Vardy, George. Engine works manager, Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited, Wallsend-on- Tyne. Varley, John. Chief investigator, Machine Tool Depart- ment, Ministry of Munitions. Medals. Bashford, Thomas Henry. For great courage on two occa- sions, entering a tank to recover a fellow workman who was gassed, and entering a tar still heater. Crutchley, Thos., Saunders, Wm., Snead, Wm., and Stokes, Walter. For courage in seeking to rescue workers who were gassed. Harley, James, assistant foreman iron worker. For courage in entering a confined space in a vessel which was full of noxious fumes, and plugging holes in the structure. Hill, Edward, steel smelter. For courage and endurance on many occasions. Innes, Frederick. For high courage and resource in closing the outlet valve of a collapsed gas holder, in which the gas was alight. McDonald, James, ironwork erector. For courage in the rescue of fellow workmen who were overcome by gas. McDougall, George, Medina, Edward, Kane, John, and Knox, John. For courage in saving the lives of several fellow workers who were buried in the lining of a. furnace which they were repairing. McFarlane, Edward. For courage in saving the lives of two of his fellow workers by entering an ash receiver full of monoxide gas. McGrath, Michael. For courage in ascending a furnace under conditions so dangerous that all others had refused to do so. Neal, Arthur John. For courage in a serious accident due to bursting of crucible of melted metal. COAL FIELD SURVEYS IN NEW ZEALAND. In the 11th annual report (new series) of the Geolo- gical Survey Branch of the Mines Department, New Zealand, Mr. P. G. Morgan, the director, states that during previous years complete surveys of the Grey- mouth, Westport, and Reef ton coal fields have been made, but important coal fields in many parts of New Zealand still remain to be examined in detail. Last year reconnaissance surveys were made in the Te Kuiti and North Taranaki district and in the Wairio-Ohai section of the Nightcaps-Mount Linton coal field, in order to ascertain the prospects of coal being success- fully mined in those areas. With regard to the Te Kuiti district, it may be observed that the geological evidence of a workable coal field being present is scanty and disappointing. This district, however, forms only a small part of a large area, extending northward to Drury and south- ward to Ohura, in which coal-bearing rocks occur here and there, but not continuously. In most places the possible coal seams are hidden by younger rocks. Boring is therefore necessary if the hidden coal is to be discovered, but Mr. Morgan states that only syste- matic exploration on a large scale is likely to be of any use. At Huntly in the Waikato, and Waitewhena in North Taranaki, where workable coal is already known, few blank boreholes need be drilled, but in the intervening area it may be necessary to drill dozens of holes before the presence or absence of workable coal can be definitely ascertained. At Kaitoke, Hutt County, the nature and geologic age of the rock drilled, the field evidence indicating its probable continuance in depth, and the absence of coal outcrops, all combine to destroy any hopes of a workable coal seam being found underground in the locality. In the Murchison district, the main geological features are similar to those of the Westport and Reef ton districts. Coal exists in the eastern portion of the district, but so far only comparatively thin seams have been discovered. Another unfavourable feature is that over large areas the coal measures dip at high angles. The seams of coal reported as occurring at Maclennan, Catlin’s Dis- trict, were examined by Prof. Jas. Park, but found to be shale seams of no commercial value, and the pros- pect of their passing into seams of coal is so remote that he cannot recommend boring with a view to cutting them at a greater depth. Waitewhena District, North Taranaki. Mr. M. Ongley reports that Waitewhena district consists of a number of steep submature ridges cut from a thick series of almost horizontal beds of sand- stone and mudstone by the Waitewhena Stream and its tributaries. No underlying formation is exposed, and the sedimentary strata, striking 30 degs. and dipping westward 3 degs., rise from stream level (620 ft.) to 1,440 ft. above sea level, exposing a thick- ness of almost 1,000 ft. Most of the beds are fine- grained sandstone, and form steep faces, in which at many places seams of coal crop out, but it is only occasionally that the roof and floor are exposed, so that the full thickness of the seam is not readily ascer- tained. At one outcrop in a north-east branch of the Mangarohe Stream the coal is at least 18 ft. thick, at five other outcrops 15 ft., and at 24 more the thick- ness is at least 10 ft. North and south of Mr. A. Barnett’s homestead the coal crops out at short intervals for two miles approximately along the strike, and in an east-and-west direction the coal is exposed for nearly a mile; but the coal extends farther than it was followed, and the area of the coal field is not known. To the northward of Mr. Barnett’s farm the coal outcrops almost continuously as far as the school, where stream level rises above the coal horizon; other outcrops were visited, two, seven, and nine miles farther north. The coal crops out on the hill east of Waitewhena Valley, but was not followed farther. Here the coal is near the hilltop, and as it is rising to the east it cannot extend much farther unless pre- served by downfaulting. To the south the coal was followed to Pura Hill, where it had not thinned at all, and to the west the coal was followed up the tributary streams till the stream level rose above the coal horizon. The Waitewhena area is thus only the out- crop part of a much larger coal-bearing area which extends farther northward and southward along the strike, and as the beds dip to the westward an exten- sive body of uneroded coal may reasonably be expected to exist in that direction. Within the Waitewhena area the outcrops are numerous, because the streams have eroded their valleys through the seams; as a result, the coal has been washed away from the valleys, and is preserved only in the spurs. In the upper part of Marco and Pura streams, and in the north branch of Pura Stream, half a mile south-south- west of Khyber Pass, two seams crop out, but the upper is not more than 4 ft. thick. Along the south of Man- g&rohe Stream there is a difference of level of 100 ft. between two neighbouring outcrops, but as the higher seam cannot be found to the west, and the lower cannot be found to the eafst, it is better to regard these as parts of the one seam that have been separated by faulting. In no locality are two thick seams exposed in the same vertical section. Eight samples taken from Waitewhena area and one from Morgan’s, nine miles to the north of Waitewhena, were analysed in the Dominion Laboratory and found to be brown coals of good quality. The results are shown by the following table, which includes also analyses of Waikato and Mokau coal for comparison: Fixed carbon. Volatile hydro- carbons. Water. Ash. Total. Sulphur (per cent.). L. 39’95 .. . 40*68 ... . 14’87 ... 4-50 . ..100-00 ... 1*44 2.. 39 09 .. . 43*90 ... . 14*23 ... 2’78 . ..100 00 ... 2-34 3.. 34-55 .. . 44-77 .. . 13 07 ... 7’61 . ..100-00 . ... 3'34 4.. 39 40 .. . 42 40 ... . 14’98 ... 3 22 . ..100-00 ... 2-90 5.. 42*68 .. . 4124 ... . 15-15 ... 0'93 . ..100-00 ... 1-19 6.. 42-29 .. . 38-86 ... . 15-89 ... 2-96 . ..100-00 , ... 1-49 7... 42 61 .. . 39 23 ... . 15*23 ... 293 . ..100-00 . ... 110 8.. 42’78 .. . 39-41 ... 15 65 ... 2-16 . ..100 00 . ... 1’37 9... 42 45 .. . 37*96 ... 17 09 ... 2-50 . ..100-00 . ... 0-57 10... 40’60 .. . 40 51 ... 16 62 ... 2 27 . ..100-00 . ... 086 11... 42'92 .. . 42’12 ... 12*96 ... 2*00 . ..100-00 . .. 0’35 1. Marco Creek, 27 chains from 13 ft. seam. Waitewhena Stream ; 2. Marco Creek, 27 chains from 5 ft. seam. Waitewhena Stream; 3. Marco Creek, 30 chains from Waitewhena Stream; 3 ft. seam. 4. Half-a-mile east of Barnett’s homestead ; 5 ft. seam. v 5. Pura Stream, west of the wool-shed at outcrop No. 68; 6 ft. seam. 6. Upper seam on ridge east of the wool-shed; 3 ft. seam. 7. Pura Stream, across stream from (5) at outcrop No. 84; 15 ft. seam. 8. Knight’s outcrop 87, north-east of Trig, Wa.; 10 ft. seam. 9. Morgan’s outcrop, miles south of Aria, Totoro S.D.; 12 ft. seam. 10. Mokau coal. Quoted from 46th Annual Report, Dominion Laboratory, 1913, p. 13. 11. Huntly coal. 46th Annual Report, Dominion Labora- tory, 1913, p. 12. Nightcaps-Mount Linton Coal Field. Mr. M. Ongley also reports that the coal measures of the Nightcaps-Mount Linton district were deposited over a large area, and in patches in this area several coal seams were formed, lenticular in shape, over- lapping, thickening, thinning, and dying out in dif- ferent directions. At a later time the whole area was disturbed by faulting, the sedimentary beds were broken into separate pieces, and tilted at low angles in different directions, thus turning up the broken ends of the coal seams to the surface, and affording numerous coal outcrops. But the abundance of out- crops, far from indicating that the whole area is under- lain by continuous seams, actually shows that the original coal patches have been broken into several smaller areas, so that now the seams are continuous for only short distances. One of the coal patches has been mined at Nightcaps for 36 years, and from seams aggregating 36 ft. in thickness 1,181,011 tons of coal have been won; another patch, where the coal varied from 9 ft. to 22 ft. in thickness, has been worked for 11 years at Wairio-New Brighton, and 95,000 tons taken out. Other patches are now being opened, but in all cases the work is being done at or near the outcrop or opening; no systematic prospecting has been done, and, apart from what can be seen in the quarries opened, the thickness of coal and the extent of the patches are unknown. At the patch now being opened by Tinker Brothers and by the Nightcaps Coal Com- pany, the coal is at least 20ft. thick; at the Wairaki patch the seams are 9 ft. and 7 ft. thick; at the Moss- bank patch the coal is 40 ft. thick; at the Linton patch the lower seams are 9 ft. and 9 ft. thick; another is in two splits 10 ft. and 23 ft. thick, with a 2 ft. part- ing of mudstone, and two more seams 6 ft. and 8 ft. thick are known; at the Mount Linton patch the coal is at least 20 ft. thick. Between these known coal patches the country has in many places been shown to be coal bearing, and in no place has it been proved barren. Outside the area containing the coal patches now being opened, many other outcrops of coal are known, but owing to the lack of means of communica- tion no work has been undertaken at these outlying outcrops. Promising coal mines, with thick faces of coal already opened, and a good coal field, are being held up for want of a railway. More geological work is required in this district. Admiralty Appointment for Mr. A. F. Pease.—A new Board of Admiralty has been formed, and Mr. Arthur Francis Pease, chairman of Pease and Partners Limited, has been appointed Second Civil Lord, a new post to administer the Works Department. South Staffordshire Mines Drainage. — An increase in pumping is recorded in the monthly reports of the South Staffordshire Mines Drainage Commission. The general manager and engineer for the Tipton district (Mr. E. Howl) reports that the pumping had been 11,403,000 gals, per 24 hours; as compared with 10,815,200 gals, in November, and 11,483,700 gals, in the corresponding period of the previous year. The Commissioners have adopted a resolution that, in accordance with the provisions of an award of the arbi- trators, a mines drainage rate shall be levied on all occu- piers of mines in the northern sub-district of the Old Hill district, after the rate of 3d. on every ton of fireclay and limestone, and 9d. upon every ton of ironstone, coal, slack, and other mineral raised from such mines.