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LIVING AT YSTRADGYNLAIS.

BRYNAMMAN HEADSHIP.|

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FIGHT IN AN AMMANFORD MINE.

-———. AMMANFORD CASES.

———— SWANSEA PUBLICAN FINED.

LOCAL COLLIERY ACTION.

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LOCAL COLLIERY ACTION. w. BURCHELL REES SUES PONTAR- DAWE COMPANY. VERDICT FOR DEFENDANTS. An. action by William Burehell llees, of -ied I.iodT-pat.sa^e, Lr^ndou, against tho Y'iiysainir-a Colliery Compttuy (Limited) (in voluntary liquidation), of James-street Pont-ardawe, Glani., and tha liquidator, George Bromley Bo wen, of Salubiions- cbaan-bera, Swansea, came before Mr. Justice &l'gea,nt in the Chancery Divi- sion. The plaintiff, as landlord of pro- pt-rtv at Ynysdawela Fann, Llantlilofawr 0aamaarth<«islxire, claimed against the de- fendiants, as assig-nees of a 48 years' lease of tthe coal under the land, the sum of £104 for rent, yyaLti^s, aJid wa^deaves which, he said, wc-ro in arrears, also damages for alleged breaches of covenant to repair, and the return of certain plant and machinery alleged to have been re- moved. Mr. G. Hawten appeared for the plain- tiff, and Mr. J. G. Pease (instructed by ;\[:«rs. Burton, Yeatos and Harts, agents for Mr. Morgan Davies, solicitor, Pontar- dawe) for the defendants. Mr. Griat Hawten, for the phiriLff, said the -defendant company went into voluntary liquidation on June 12, but the inline had not been worked for some time. It was a valuable property, and it was estimated that it would cost some £ 8,030 to put into a proper tate of re- pairs, and that it would take about eight- een months to do it. The niaclrncry was for the purpose of keeping the mine in repair, and in respect of that removed, it would cost £720 to replace it. Mr. G. W. Lydden, mining engineer, of Maeeyravon, Ystradgynlais, gave evi- denoe, and &aid that the mine waa under water, a state of things that was due to lack of pumping. To put it into repair it would cost about £ 7,310. Edward Rces, son of the plaintiff, said the cempajiy had not done any repairs sinco March, 1914, when they stopped. He spoke <af the neglected condition of th wine. The plaintiff :-a.iJ he and his ron worked the mine from 1892 until Novem- ber, 1900, and on his visit last May he found thai, no repaid had bern done. Mr. Pease submittod. that tbere wa- r.o case against the defendants, except on the question of damage. The rent had been paid into court, and there had been no threat to distribute the assets. On the question of damage, he submitted that it waa the comn-ion practice in this district to flood mines temporarily when it was not being worked as an alternative to pumping, which was an expensive mat- ter. The defendants had removed the machinery, trams, and rails, to prevent them being damaged. He submitted that there was no evidence of want of repair. Evan Owen Davies, a mining engineer, said that when a mine was double-tim- bered and cogged it would suffer nc damage when flooded. Usually 1-di,0wn ing" a mine preserved the timber, and tho roof" vuld not be inj ured, uAless it was clayey. Evidence for the defence v. as continued I by E. 0. Davies, mining engiueer, and David Jeffreys, colliery manager, Ystaiy- fera, wl tl-L the object of showing that the mine was in a good ata.te of repair, and that according to the usual practice when the working was temporarily stopped, it was flooded so as to save ex- pense, and that this method did no damage. After a lengthy .'summing up, the Judge said that having liea/rd the evidence for the defendants, he must find in their favour. It was completely proved that in a mine of this description the roof of which consisted of clift or ittrated shale, water did not experience a prejudicial effect uporj the workings and the timber, but to a certain extent acted aj a pre- servative. If there was any v, ant of re- pair—'which he did not think there was, it was merely of a temporary oharacter, and might be made good when the mine began to work again. The plaintiff would have the rent paid into court, and any co to-i in regard to that, but there would be judgment for the defendants with the general costs of the action, and the order would be without prejudice to the right of the plaintiff to enter a claim in the liq ludation in. respect of future rent and liabilities ullder the lease and rent ac- crued sinoe the date of the action. The hearing lasted two days.

LOCAL SPELTER WORKS

LLAXGADOCK LICENSEE'S FAILURE.

Onllwyn Pumpman's Action Fails.

- - - -SEVEN TINPLATERS CHARGED.!

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