Dangos 179 canlyniad

Rules of the North Wales Quarry Association, [c.1931]; correspondence relating to wages agreements, 1933-1934; and a letter, 1930 in Welsh from the Transport and General Workers' Union regarding work conditions.

Extract from the Herald Gymraeg, of statistics relating to the number of houses built in Great Britain with grant aid, 1924-1930 and the figures for British and foreign slates imported during the same period.

Statistics of shipments and dues, correspondence, etc., with notes in support of Porthmadog as opposed to Deganwy as the port of shipment of Ffestiniog slate, and a paper read by Jonathan Davies at a public meeting at Portmadoc, 1886, supporting the development of a proposed Cambrian Railway branch line to the slate wharves. Papers include postal arrangements for different North Wales towns, population, number of deliveries, times of collections and deliveries from stations.

Article based on the personal experience of the writer when visiting the Oakeley quarries, Ffestiniog. Reprinted from the North Wales Observer and Express, 10 July 1891.

Personal letters written in Welsh from Jonathan Davies's friend Henry Jones (1841-1936), Lightning Creek, Cariboo, British Columbia, formally a native of Llangybi, Caernarfonshire. Most relate to life in British Columbia, and his religious readings. Includes a biography of Henry Jones, an ex-member of the British Columbia legislature, a pioneer in the early gold-mining days in Cariboo, in the form of a cutting from 'Vancouver Sunday Province', 11 March 1928, and an announcement of his death in the Daily Post, 23 March 1936.

Indexed.

Minutes of the first meeting of the Merioneth District of the Independent Order of Good Templars ('Dosbarth Deml Sir Feirionnydd').

Witty poem, written to Mr Davies [Jonathan Davies] suggesting that he should remember to return the 'Llyfr 'r Eisteddfod' when he has finished reading it. The piece is signed Morthwyl ap Einion.

Invitation to Lieut. Ithel Davies to The Royal Welch Fusiliers' fifteenth reunion dinner at Belgrave Square, London.

Administration of Catherine Griffith, 1920, and probate, 1924, of Edward Griffith, quarry loader, Penrhyndeudraeth. (Ithel and Jonathan Davies acting as executors).

Lease for 90 years of part of Tanygrisau Farm, p. Ffestiniog, Merioneth, on which Wrysgan slate quarry is located, by Ellis and Mary Humphrys to Mr Thomas William Wilkinson.

Indexed.

Records and papers relating to the Ffestiniog and Blaenau Railway, 1867-1905, and Porthmadog, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway, 1898-1921.

Papers relating to the establishment of a Porthmadog (Harbour) Trust, 1913-1920, and a ship building project, 1917-1918.

Correspondence, press cuttings and copies of minutes of Porthmadog U.D.C. relating to a shipbuilding project at Portmadoc.

Notices of Extraordinary General Meetings, 1900, with balance sheet to February 1900.

Papers of Davies Brothers, Porthmadog, slate merchants, including details of stock; and supply and shipments, 1877-1915; price lists and specifications of slate being supplied by various quarries, 1863-1947; records of quarries in which the company had financial interests, [1890]-1957; Government Housing Scheme, 1908-1924; papers relating to the Ffestiniog District Slate Quarry Proprietors' Association, 1902-1934; North Wales slate industry, 1875-1919; and printed works relating to the slate industry in North Wales, [c.1891]-1947.

Rates charged for the conveyance of slates on the Cambrian Railways and on the Manchester Ship Canal.