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- ↑ "Personal notes". Colliery Guardian. 5 October 1934. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ↑ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 82–101.
- ↑ Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1984). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Aldershot: Gower Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 0566021617.