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Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association Records, File
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Supplies of pitwood during wartime,

Agreements and related papers, relating to the Anglo-French Pitwood Agreement, 1938-1940; letters and memoranda regarding the arrangements for stock made during peace time, 1939; shipping policies and costs, 1934-1935; papers of the Pitwood Sub-Committee, 1945; correspondence relating to the resumption of imports after the war, 1946; specifications of pitwood supplied, 1936; statistics on Pitwood purchases and coal exports, 1934; licences to transfer to other countries, 1939; letters of Sir Alfred Faulker, M. Duboscq, M. Pelletier and W. A. Philips, 1938-1940. Includes the original signed copy of the Anglo-Welsh Pitwood Agreement, June 1934.

Summary of returns,

Contains statistical summaries prepared by the Coal Owners Association from returns made by members, showing the number of workmen paid piece and day wages, the number employed, average hours of work underground, the number of pits where mealtimes are allowed and their length, and time spent by workmen in travelling to the coalface.

Subsistence Wage: Sir Francis Taylor's Award,

Statistical statements of the South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF) in respect of their wage claims; statistical statements of the Coal Owners Association in support of their claims for a wage revision; extract from the minutes of the Joint Standing Disputes Committee, Jan. 1929; instructions to colliery companies regarding the application of the judgement of the House of Lords to Sir Francis Taylor's Awards of 1927 and 1928; draft instructions to colliery companies regarding the application of the new Subsistence Wage Award, 1929; copy of Sir Francis Taylor's Award of 31 Dec. 1928 regarding colliery enginemen, boilermen and craftsmen, and printed instructions concerning same sent by Finlay A. Gibson to the colliery companies; memoranda and letters, 1929, relating to the interpretation of the Award to craftsmen; letters to Finlay A. Gibson and Iestyn Williams, and copies of replies, 1929, seeking guidance on the calculation of subsistence wages.

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