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eSPITSBERGEN,
e SPITSBERGEN, NEW FIELD OF BRITISH ENTERPRISE. The Ordinary General Meeting of the Northern Exploration Company, Limited, was held yesterday, at the Abercorn JJooms, Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool- gtreet, E.C., Mr. Frederick Lewis Da vies, chairman of the company, presiding. The secretary (Mr. D. Martin-Watt, F.I.S.A.) having read the notice convening the meeting, The Chairman said :-The Northern Ex- ploration Company, Limited, was re- gistered in November, 1910, to take over certain properties in Spitsbergen (ac- quired by the Expeditions sent out by the vendors in 190-4-5-6-7-8 and 9. A cer- tain amount of work was carried out at King's Bay, Bell Sound, Lovre Sound and Jleeherche* Bay. The enormous and beautiful marble deposit at King's Bay Was located, and a variety of samples shipped to London for expert criticism. Coal was also discovered and opened out en our properties, and later large iron de- posits were discovered in 1013 and 1914 of Jiematite iron ore and magnetite iron ore in Recherche Bay. Other valuable mineral deposits were found (17 rare metals in all) including lead, zinc, graphite, molybdenite, asbestos and indi- I cations of gold. There were also strong Indications of the existence of petroleum. In consequence of the Treasury turning down our Expedition already referred to, we were prevented from doing anything beyond just keeping the Company alive until 1917, when I brought the matter to the notice of Mr. F. W. Salisbury-Jones, your present Managing Director. I ex- plained very fully to him all our past difficulties (which were enough to dis- courage any man, even in Peace time), and aiter several talks with the Coal and Iron iniD Engineers, A. and B. Mang- ham ( he former had wintered five win- ters and the latter ten winters in Spitsbergen, and also Mr. Mansfield, ,the original English prospector, and Satisfying himself by very searching en- quiries into the existence and richness of our deposits, he threw himself with characteristic energy into the ccheme, and advanced considerable sums of money to enable the Company to be kept alive and to deal with our more pressing claims. In 1918, he and his group en- tered into a contract to provide a large amount of capital, which enabled us to ,NORTElERN EXPLQRATIOH COMPANY'S AREAS IN DEEP BLACK I j SHOWING DISTANCES FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF BRITAIN* send out a well-equipped Expedition in that year. MINERAL DEPOSITS. We are officially informed by one of the largest shipping concerns that the Swedish Company was financed by German Banks for the purpose of making a railway to i Norway from Gellivare. u,OOO,OOO tons of Iron Ore were sold to German blast fur- naces at 13s. 3d. and lfcs. 9d. per ton c.i.f. .Rotterdam for delivery over ten years, j and as far as I k?w the&a contracts were just completed before the war. The same ore was sold at Middlesboiough before the war at between 25s. and 30?. per ton c.i.f. ,The Hamburg-Amerika Line and another German firm entered into a contract to carry this ore to Rotterdam at about 7s. I per ton, and this contract was re-let at various times at from 5s. 3d. to 6s. per ton, hence the Hamburg-Amerika Line would make at least Is. per ton profit, or j -ei.000,000. I The result of the very high wages they have been receiving is that there is a very serious decrease in the output of this cotfntry. The decreaw in the qutput of the country last year as compared with the year before the war was about 75.000.000 tons. The tmount of coal exported before the war was just about 75,000,000 tons; so you see, ladies and gentlemen. if our home consumption is only just the same as it was before the war, and I see no reason why it should be any less. we ahall be in the position in I this country, of having no coal whatever 1 to export. 11 COAL. J We have now the most abundant eN- I dence of the existence of this mineral in  euch quantity and of such quality that if we had to rely on this product alone } it great success is absolutely assured. f ■ Our last adv?cas "how tha, without -{ modMn machinery either to get or load the coal, we have obtained (with a very limited number ad men) several thousajid tons and stacked it ready for shipment. Given electrical coal cutters, conveyors, wiae ropeways, and piers, our output of I coal need have no practical limit, and when I tell you that the present price of coal ex ship in the northern parts of Nor- 1 way is X6 to C8 per ton, it appears to I me and my co-Directors that there is t room for the energies of a number of ¡ Spitsbergen companies dealing with coal j alone. With coal as dear and as scarce as it ia in England it is somewhat exasperat- ing to learn that in Spitzbergen—only four or five days' steaming by tramp steamer from British ports-c.oal of ex- i cellent quality, both bituminous and anthracite, exists in abundance, that mnch of it in fact is lying about on the surface, &nA that all of it can be easily worked d as easily shipped. The wortc- irirr of tf? coal seam is so simple indeed w that coal can be shipped even now at about 7s. par ton f.o.b. at Lowe Sound, Spitsbergen, and when electrical cutting machinery is installed the Met of produc- tion, will bo still less. A Swedish company iu which the North- ern Exploration Company has a large in- terest has been successfully working coal seams at Braganza Bay, and a Norwegian company owns and operates coal mines in the Advent Bay district. i IRON. I I Lave already mentioned that we i)ossc-,s iron deposits and Magnetite in Recherche Bay. The former has not yet been fully investigated, but the latter was proved to our satisfaction by the 1918 Expedition. Mr. Selkirk, the well known iron expert, has been appointed to repre- Aiit this company's interests, and will leave shortly for Spitsbergen to take up vigorously the best method of dealing with the Magnetite ore verified by the ]9J8 Expedition. Its quantity can be judged by the analyses made by the dif- ferent experts. These analyses can be seen at the offices of the company, and give from 58 to 68 per cent. of metallic Iron and are very low in phosphorus and sulphur, This Iron Ore deposit discovered on our properties will be an available asset to the British Empire. The ore is described as an extremely rich Magnetite Ore, free from any deleterious impurity, and on account of the low amounts of sulphur and phosphorus it could be used for the production of the highest grade steel." As to the extent of these deposits the ore is not in isolated patches or seams, but in veritable mountainous formations. In Re- cherche Bay the deposit? extend for up- wards of seventeen miles. To the east of Recherche Bay there is a range of moun- tains composed of Iron Ore, and some 400 feet up the slope of this range the moun- tain side is covered with Iron Ore debris, dislodged from the solid rock of the moun- tain by the disintegrating force of the at- mospheric condition of past centuries. In- deed, the existence of these valuable re- sources having been proved, the future of Spitsbergen resolves itself, broadly speak- ing, into a question of shipping., I SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES. We are giving our earnest attention to the- formation of several subsidiary com- panies for working separately the coal, iron, asbestos, marble, and many other valuable minerals located on the com- pany's areas, as well as a store and a trad- ing bank. We are convinced that the more prudent and successful course will be to split up our interests amongst a number of subsidiary companies rather than to attempt to develop the whole of the property ourselves. You will no doubt now wish to learn the present activities of our Company as re- gards work during this year. The 1919 Expedition is one for serious work, and with this end in view your Directors have already despatched the necessary staff- all qualified and competent men. The English and American Expert Staff com- prise Mining and Geological Engineers and Foremen Miners, and in addition a Medical Officer and Assistant, as well as Prospectors, of whom Mr. Mansfield is one of the leaders. The Mining Engineers will carry out the important duties of developing, working and shipping the Iron Ore, Coal, Asbestos and Marble from our properties. North European labour is also utilised and includes miners, car- penters, blacksmiths, etc. I u- FINANCE. I 1 will now turn your attention to the question of Finance. In addition to finding the necessary capital for the Ex- pedition I have already referred to, Mr. oalisbury-Jones had many interviews and much correspondence with the Foreign Office, and as a result Mr. Bal- > four wrote to the Treasury, Admiralty, ï Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Munitions stating that he considered it desiraole that this Company should be enabled to visit and develop its proper- ties in Spitsbergen in order to preserve their rights thereto which were in dan- ger from neutral competitors who have free access to the islands, and urging them to give our Expedition every facility. He also specially urged the Treasury to grant permission to the Companv to ilstic t?te rmission to the Company to issue the balance of their capital of £ 500,000, informing them that he attached political importance to the matter, and would be glad if the Com- pany s application could he granted. V-rom reasons which we are quite unable to understand, the Treasury Committee on New Issues of Capital refused sanc- tion to the issue of additional capital until recently. One of the effects of this very extraordinary and unreason- able action was to throw difficulties in the way of a settlemont and quotation of our new Shares on the Stock Ex- change. As you already know, the nominal capital of the Company was in- creased on the 8ih May, 1918, to £ 500,000 in shares of £1 each, -all of which have now been issued and taken up. The resolution was carri<v?.
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PAST VISITS. I When Royalty Came to Swansea. 1881, 1904 &THEDIM CENTURIES. -ving as we do in a part of Britain somewhat distant from the hca-rt of things, it is a matter of jregretful neces- sity thai we are able to see comparatively little of our Royal Family, but from time to time the history of Swansea is bright- ened by a glimpse of those whose destiny is so closely identified with that of the Empire. Democratic as we are, most of j us in West Wales are also ardent loyal- ists, and our Royalty has for centuries had the affectionate loyalty of the people of the Principality—almost without a bteak since that master-stroke of dip- lomacy on the part of the illustrious First Edward, who proclaimed his infant eon as Prince of Wnles.. WHEN EDWARD VII, CAME. Only once in centuries has a King of Britain come to Swansea. That was on Wednesday, July 20th, 1904, when the late King Edward of revered memory visited the town to cut the first pod of the site of the King's Dock. On that occasion the King was accompanied by his Consort Queen Alexandra, and the visit is one that lives in the hearts of many thousands of people of West Wales. A ROUGH VOYAGE. Un tin, t ooca-sion the King and Queen were touring Britain, and they came from Liverpool on board the Royal Yacht. The Tuesday night was depressing enough. Grey clouds chased across the sky, and pbor enough was the promise of the even- ing. The threats culminated in a thunder- storm, but despite the wild weather the sea-trip was made, and at 8 a.m. on Wed- nesday the Royal Yacht, with its escort of warships, anchored in Mumbles Roads. THE DECORATIONS. Swansea, did its duty loyally, and ney-er was the town more generously or taste- fully decorated. Some of the efforts are remembered to this day, particularly the magnificent castellated arch. in Castle Bailey-fitreet, the beautiful example of iron-work in Wind-street erected by the Mannesmann Tube Co., and the pic- turesque arch in Quay-parade for which Messrs. Parrv and Rocke were responsible. A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE. I It is computed that on that day some 100,000 visitors came into Swansea. The mayor for the year was Mr. Griffith Thomas, who was also chairman of the Harbour Trust, an'd he was knighted by the King. In oonnection with the sod- cutting ceremony there were two lUll- ohoonne at which the King and Queen were present, and a much larger one repre- sentative of all the town's interests. The evening eanv the culmination of the fes- tivities in a blaze of light; there was a fireworks display on Kilvey Hill, and bon- fires on every commanding height. The London papers in their reports united in saying that ncthing could have exceeded the wormth of Swansea's welcome. THE VISIT OF 1881. I There is only one other Royal visit' within the memory of living man. That was in October, 1881, when the late King Edward, as Prince of Wales, visited the town with his beloved Consort. There are still souvenirs of the visit. We find them in the name of the Prince of Wales Dock, which he came to formally open; in the name of Alexandra-road, bestowed by the present Queen-Mother; in the car of the Mumbles Railway which bore the Prince nnd Princess westwards; and in the oyster-shop at Mumbles where tie Prince was constrained to sample the wares of far-famed Oystermouth A CORDIAL WELCOME. I On that occasion the Prince and Princess came by rail from Paddington, breaking the journey at Pyle to visit Margam Abbey, the residence of the late Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, the then Lord-Lieutenant of the county. Those were the days before motor cars, and the journey to the Abbey was made in a sumptuous open carriage drawn by four splendid greys. The Royal guests detrained on a special platform near Singleton, for they were to 00 the guests of Mr. Hussey Vivian, M.P. There was a dinner party that night. and in the morning some 6,000 of Messrs. Vivian's workpeople, with 8,000 Sunday School chil- dren, gave the guests a wonderful wel- come to town. The Prince and Princess drove through Walter-road, where they sat on a pavilion and heard a choir of 2,000 sing (under the late Dr. Parry) the choral march, Hail, Prince of Wales." I THE ROYAL BALL. I A Royal ball was held that night at the Albert Hall, then known as the Music Hall; it was to have been held in a mar- quee in the grounds of Mr. John Jones Jenkins, but a gale of the night before had blown the marquee down. The hosts were the Mayor and the then chairman of the Harbour Trust, Mr. Frank Ash Yeo. I VISITS OF LONG AGO. Beyond this time, our Royal visits are lost in the remoteness of time, where his- tory borders on legend. It is held that Richard II. was probably here on May 12th, 1399, what time he was setting forth on his unfortunate Irish expedition. I WHEN EDWARD I. WAS HERE. Certain it is that Edward 1. came to Neath Abbey on December 12th, 1284, where he was received with due loyalty by the Abbot. Two days prior to the Neath Abbey visit were spent at Oyster- mouth, and it is manifest that the illus- trious King must needs have passed through Swansea on his journey east. I A KING IN FLIGHT. The visit of Edward II. was under con- ditions less propitious. That King, beset at the time on every side by spies and traitors, had fled with the Earl of G loucester and Robert de Baldock, his ob- jective being Lundy Island. He embarked at Bristol, but contrary winds drove him to the Glamorganshire coast. It is be- lieved he went from Swansea, to seek sanc- ciiary at the Abbey and Castle of Neath. ilc, mu-st have pressed on, however, for near the Castle of Llantrisant he was taken prisoner by Queen Isabella. The story of his landing at Swansea gains colour from the fact that at the Royal Institution of South Wales in pur town there yet reposes the original contract of marriage between Edward and Isabella— a document which is believed to have escaped the notice of the powers sent on here by Isabella to collect the King's I papers. I KING JOHN'S CALL ON US. The sinister figure of King John cast its shadow on Swansea under still less auspicious circumstances in May, 1210- on the 28th and 29th—the objects of the visitation being to "enforce homage and levy tribute/' Later, much later than these events, Oliver Cromwell came to call for the obedience of a loyalist town, and his ships came across our bay to remind our ances- tors of his power. I LAST YEAR IN THE DISTRICT. I Right up to date, lest we forget, was the I visit of the present Prince, our guest of to-day, to Port Talbot. It was a mattev of regret that a year or so ago His Royal FfizhTl" rniill not com" on to our town. I
I INTERESTING SWANSEA WORKS.…
I INTERESTING SWANSEA WORKS. I In this photograph of a part of one of Messrs. Wobber's six ina'n workshops the lorgnette for the Prnee can be eoen on one of the benches in process o.f manu- facture. Th? dark blue glass medium to enable his Royal Highness to look into the furnace (the glare of which is too great for the unprotected human eye) was mounted in an aluminium frame in the form of a neat lorgnette, which was re- lieved with bronze mountings. The placing cf the order for the lorgnettes for tho Prince and his part-y with Messrs. Webber and Son, Ltd. as recently as Saturday Lift draws attent'on to the varied, and in some 'ways unique, activities of this firm. In addition to a shop in Oxford-street, where there are four separate departments in the workshops, including watch a:icl clock making, jewellen- and brass foun- dry, there are large works at the Strand capable of employing some hundreds of people. A visitor to theso works finds sufficient to interest him deeply for a couple of hours. Seeing first the raw materials in the stores on the ground floor, he gets an ;d-a of the many-sided- ness of the business, for there a.re ingots of copper, zinc, tin, rods of steel, sh?e.ts of brass, crucibles, oils. varnishes, animals, timber (most hard variet;es.). Near by, he se?s the largest and most up-to-date plating apparatus in Wal?s, with vats for electro-gilding, silvering, nickelling, coppering and tinning, the weekly capacities being, expressed in, nickelling, 300 bic.i c,e. in severing tea services. 300: or in cruets. 1,00-0. Going to the first floor, he observes at one end the. draw'.Jig office and, adjacent, the room in which tools, etc.. are con- structed for use in th? machine slic-ps. Further on are the heavy tools, hoavy lai'hcs, boring and chasing machines, grinder, circular and band sawG, mill- ing, nvitrcing and trimming machines. The second floor lie find* devoted to smalbr lathes, automatic, milling, gear- ing, polishing, and engraving machines, lin'johcrs, drills—vertical for heavy work and sensitive for small, tliczp laiter capable of dri ling holes too small for :he insertion of a humca hair. On the top floor is a canteen for workers. And the visitor who asks what can be done with all this plant is told that the firm can tackle work varying from tower clocks large enough to drive four thirty feet dials and strike bells weighing some scores of tons down to clocks almost as small as watches, while scientific instru- ments, levels, theodolites, telescopes, mining drills, anemometers and drawing instruments are also included in the usual work. The works are still in the difficult stage of transition from war conditions. Activities during the hostilities period can now be partially disclosed. They in- cluded gauges, some of them very diffi- cult, small engine parts, hundreds of thousands of shrapnel fuse sockets, and bursters for poison gas shells. Admiralty and aircraft work still running obviously cannot be described, but it is the best for its purpose in existence.
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and the Prince promised the then Mayor, Alderman Ben .10ns, that he would take the first opportunity to visit our ancient borough. It is in fulfilment of that premise that he is with us to-day. I QUEEN MARY AT CLYNE. I Let us remember, in passing, that the present Queen visited Swansea years ago with her mother, and stayed at Clyne Castle as the guost of fhe late Mr. Graham Vivian. She was then the popular Princess May. = !TTSE==L--