Coal mining
Found in 308 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [18 Aug] [1925]
Letter from WSC (Treasury Chambers) to Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] stating that he does not understand or agree with Cunliffe-Lister's reasons for offering his resignation and arguing that as long as his interest in an industry is known and declared there is no reason why he should not take part in Cabinet decisions affecting it. Copy in a secretary's hand.
(Untitled), 14 Aug 1925
Letter from Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] (Board of Trade) to WSC stating that he has been unable to accept WSC's argument and he still feels [that his personal connection with the coal industry means that he should not deal with that industry as a minister and should therefore resign].
(Untitled), 17 Aug 1925
Letter from Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] (Swinton Park, Masham, Yorkshire) to WSC stating that he has promised [Stanley Baldwin] to postpone a decision on his (Cunliffe-Lister's) resignation, but adding that the increasing political prominence of the coal industry will make his position very difficult.
(Untitled), 14 Sep 1925
(Untitled), 23 Nov 1928
Letter from A Herbert Hart, chairman of the Southall-Norwood Urban District Council Maternity, Infant and Child Welfare Centre (Kilworth Lodge, 55 South Road, Southall, Middlesex) to WSC arguing that the Government should promote the extraction of oil and gas from coal as a means of tackling the unemployment problem in the coal producing areas.
(Untitled), 11 Oct 1929
Empire Industries News Service no. 162: coal and safeguarding; Manchester and the principles of Free Trade.
(Untitled), 25 Feb 1930
Circular letter from the joint honorary secretaries of the Conjoint Conference of Public Utility Associations(28 Grosvenor gardens, London) arguing that the Coal Mines Bill will cause the prices paid for coal by public utilities, and hence the general cost of living and manufacturing, to rise. With list of the members of the Conference.
(Untitled), 16 Oct 1929
(Untitled), [1931]
Notes on the economic benefits of the construction of units for the distillation of oil from coal.
(Untitled), 16 Aug 1931
Memorandum advocating innovation and the application of scientific knowledge to agriculture and industry.
(Untitled), 10 Sep 1931
Letter from the private secretary of Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to Violet Pearman returning CHAR 2/178/29-36.
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1926
Letter from Sir Lewis Coward (56 Evelyn Gardens, [London]) to WSC accepting an invitation to dine, enclosing CHAR 2/147/70 and arguing that its adoption would have saved one million pounds and would have removed the need to set up a body of Coal Commissioners to administer the state property.
(Untitled), [1926]
Memorandum by Sir Lewis Coward on the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act, 1923. Sent with CHAR 2/147/69.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1926
Letter from Sir Lewis Coward (56 Evelyn Gardens, [London]) to WSC thanking him for his hospitality and reporting that the Law Lords will all support his (Coward's) memorandum [on the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act, 1923].
(Untitled), 01 Oct 1926
Letter from John Atkins (The "Spectator", 13 York Street, Covent Garden, London) to WSC reporting that he is giving up the editorship of the "Spectator" because of disagreements with the new proprietor, asking to see WSC to discuss an idea for his (Atkins') future, congratulating him on his efforts to bring about a settlement of the coal dispute and stressing the need for the Conservatives to concentrate on industrial peace.
(Untitled), 11 Nov 1926
Letter from Frederick Guest (7 Aldford Street, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC reporting that a former Labour Party candidate at a meeting in Bristol asserted that had the matter been left in WSC's hands a just settlement of the coal dispute would have been reached by now.
(Untitled), [1926]
Pamphlet: "Where nationalisation has failed. Part 1 - the coal industry." Issued by the Central Council of Economic Leagues.
(Untitled), [1926]
Pamphlet: "Simple facts about the coal industry". Claims that miners' conditions have improved, their wages have risen and their output has declined. Published by Coal Industry Publications.
(Untitled), 21 Jul 1928
Letter from WSC to H A Gwynne asserting that there is a large surplus capacity of coal to be absorbed before the existing unemployed miners could be re-engaged. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), [Jan] [1912]
Minute from [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman], on the actions to be followed by the Navy during the threatened coal strike. [Typescript copy, with address to 1st Sea Lord struck through].
(Untitled), [1912]
Minute from [Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, 1st Sea Lord] to WSC, on coaling arrangements for the Navy during the threatened coal strike.
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1912
Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel], (Reston Lodge, Petersham, Surrey) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the production of oil and smokeless domestic fuel from coal. Includes leaflet on smokeless fuel. [See CHAR 13/16/102 for typescript copy].
(Untitled), 14 May 1936
Resolution passed by the Executive Committee of the Federation of British Industries on The Coal Mines Bill: Compulsory Amalgamations.
(Untitled), Dec 1935
(Untitled), 6 Aug 1925
Speech notes for WSC's statement on the coal subsidy, the crisis in the coal industry, the alternative risk of a strike, and hopes of a settlement.Typescript speaking notes laid out in "psalm style", annotated by WSC, and manuscript notes [?in the hand of Edward Marsh, Private Secretary to WSC].