§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that notice to terminate contracts has been given to the workmen at the No. 1 pit, Cambrian, Clydach Vale; will he state the number of men thrown idle; has he any information as to the cause; and whether there is any likelihood of a speedy resumption?
§ Captain CrookshankI am informed that 334 of the workmen engaged at this colliery have been given notice primarily on account of slackness in the export trade on which the pit largely depends but also because the particular seam on which they were employed can be more advantageously worked from another pit. About 50 of the men will be re-engaged at once and the remainder as and when the state of trade permits.