In the mining industry ballots are not uncommon, and they are always taken at the pithead.
I could now leave my clogs and pit muck at the pithead.
Under the heading of pithead welfare is included the provision of canteens.
Supplies of milk are available to pithead canteens on the same basis as other canteens.
We are all aware of the tremendous stocks of coal at the pithead and in the hands of distributors.
The scale of allowances of food to pithead canteens provides sufficient variety for preparing food and satisfactory meals.
These circumstances make the number of men employed at pithead baths and canteens a matter of considerable importance.
It is true that a stimulus was given to the pithead bath scheme through the mining royalties levy which was first promoted in 1926.
