13 February 1909Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Thursday week owing to a shortage of wagons.

20 February 1909Pits Idle    Both pits were idle on Wednesday week and Saturday last, owing to a shortage of wagons.  

27 February 1909 Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Saturday and Tuesday last owing to a shortage of wagons.

13 March 1909Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Tuesday last owing to a shortage of wagons

26 February 1910 Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Thursday week, also on Monday and Wednesday, owing to a shortage of wagons.

5 March 1910 Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Monday and Tuesday evening owing to a shortage of wagons.

20 May, 1911   Fochriw Collieries   On Wednesday morning, the collier's working at the Big Pit, Fochriw, would not go down the pit to commence work, as they could not get the colliery manager's permission to finish early to attend the funeral of two men killed at the pit last Saturday morning,. Instead, they went home.

25 November 1911 Pits Idle    Both the Fochriw pits, and the South Tunnel pit, were idle on Wednesday, owing to a shortage of wagons.

16 December 1911   Pits Idle    Both pits were idle on Wednesday owing to a shortage of wagons.  

18 May 1912   Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Monday owing to a shortage of wagons

15 June 1912    Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Monday and Wednesday owing to a shortage of wagons.

22 June 1912  Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Tuesday owing to a shortage of wagons.

29 June 1912   Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Wednesday owing to a shortage of wagons

19 October 1912  Pits Idle   Both pits were idle on Thursday owing to a shortage of wagons
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26 October 1912    Stop Trucks    Both pits were idle on Wednesday as a result of a shortage of trucks