GLASGOW HERALD 22 MAY 1912 RAPID HANDLING OF CARGO AT ARDROSSAN HARBOUR A record in the rapid handling of cargo was made at Ardrossan Harbour last week. Messrs Christie & Company’s steamer DRUMLOIST arrived about noon on Tuesday with 5100 loads of railway sleepers. The discharging of the cargo w...

GLASGOW HERALD
22 MAY 1914

ARDROSSAN AND SALTCOATS GOLF CLUB – LADIES SECTION

One-Club Competition for prizes presented by Mrs Beck – Result – Miss Bryan, (10) 87; and Miss Watt, (7) 87.

GLASGOW HERALD
22 MAY 1913

BIRTH - LIND

At 29 Bradshaw Street, Saltcoats, on 21st May, to Mr and Mrs John Lind; a son.

GLASGOW HERALD
22 MAY 1911

DEATH - KERR

At 127 Argyle Road, Saltcoats, on the 20th May, Eliza Anne Fleming, widow of James Kerr, provision merchant, Ingram Street, Glasgow.

GLASGOW HERALD 22 MAY 1913 THE STRIKE AT NOBEL’S FACTORY There were no developments yesterday in connection with the strike of the employees of Nobel’s Explosives Company, Ardeer. The strike is proceeding along the quietest of lines. There is an entire absence of scenes usually associated with acute...

GLASGOW HERALD 21 MAY 1910 KING EDWARD VII – FUNERAL Ardrossan: All business was suspended. The shops and licensed premises were closed for the whole day. At one o’clock a joint funeral service was held in the New Parish Church, and was attended by the Town Council, Parish Council, and the local com...

GLASGOW HERALD 21 MAY 1910 KING EDWARD VII – FUNERAL Saltcoats: In the morning there was a children’s service in the Landsborough Church – the Rev. Dr. McPhail, ex-moderator of the English Presbyterian Church, officiating with the local ministers. Later the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, re...

GLASGOW HERALD 21 MAY 1913 THE STRIKE AT NOBEL’S FACTORY The proceedings of yesterday did not offer any indication of a speedy settlement of the wages dispute between Nobel’s Explosives Company and the workers at their Ardeer Factory, Stevenston. The signs were rather to the contrary. No negotiation...

GLASGOW HERALD 21 MAY 1913 ARDEER EXPLOSION – MARCH 1913 - HOME OFFICE REPORT Major Cooper Key, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Explosives, who conducted the inquiry into the explosion in March last in Messrs Nobel’s explosives factory at Ardeer, in which seven men were killed, has issued his repor...

GLASGOW HERALD 20 MAY 1808 NOTICE - ARDROSSAN HARBOUR By order of the committee of management, the subscribers to the Ardrossan Harbour, are requested to pay another instalment of 10 per cent of the respective subscriptions, on or before the first day of June next, to James Crichton, Irvine, of whic...

GLASGOW HERALD
20 MAY 1911

DEATH - HARPER

At 11 Countess Street, Saltcoats, Matthew Harper, baker, beloved husband of Mary White.

GLASGOW HERALD 20 MAY 1913 THE DISPUTE AT NOBEL’S FACTORY The strike of workers at Nobel’s dynamite factory at Ardeer was continued yesterday, and so far there is no immediate prospect of a settlement. Both sides appear to be marking time. Arrangements have been made by the men’s executive for holdi...