Colliery Owner
After he left Parliament Sir William pursued interests in the coal industry. He was a director of the Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery, near Barnsley and owner of the Woolley group of collieries in the same area. He was also managing director of Fountain and Burnley Ltd, which owned the North Gawber colliery.
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“When someone borrows an animal from another and it is injured or dies, the owner not being present, full restitution shall be made. If the owner was present, there shall be no restitution; if it was hired, only the hiring fee is due.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 22:14,15.