... COMBING-OUT IN THE MINES. The South Wales Miners* Federal ion and some of the Welsh cqplownere have bad codferences with the Home Office as the mode of selecting men for the army in the South Wales ares, and it is understood that the Executive of the ...

... Federation Great Britain with the President the Board Trade and the Controller of Mines it was stated that alteration in wages would made in future without the of the Mines Control Board and consideration the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain. was reported ...

... moment of all talk of “England’s war” and sympathy with Germany. The whole fabric of their anti-recruiting propaganda is under mined. Never at heart reluctant for a fight some of them heartily ashamed of their idleness, and some of them held back almost force ...

... delegates yesterday decided take no part in the Government’s proposals for the combing out of certain classes workmen from the mines for military service. The Board Trade have awarded a piece of plate Captain Jons Holmsen, of the Norwegian steamship Sterling ...

... understand, will amount to a demand that the first call should be made upon all men military age and fitness who entered the mines sine.. August, 19X5. The acceptance of this, is believed, will present little difficulty, and the federations will consider ...

... support, and we are employing 1 machineguu barrage', with good effect. It I would be faitblees to pretend that the infantry are Mining through these strenuous ' battles without having to pay the toll, hut the ratio of our casualties have not been ncarly r.o ...

... IS CHINA COMING IN CONTROL MINES. By new ncAMAw ander the Defence of, iha fieaiw At* * person dlwfl wot wii%oat the consent the Board of Trade transfer or agree to to far the hwialil of an alien or a foreign controlled ~T-Tfmr otter eocurjly ma« 4 by ...

... to passed resolution in favour of taking ij , h°lo co»-Ufield as to what action should be taken any men are taken from the mines, contrary iho resolution passed earlier tho lay. The peace resolution, which aims at getting oiganised labour ;n nil belligerent ...

... to the districts regarding the modified scheme recruiting. The president further reported that the ‘‘combing out” from th© mines men who had gone into them since August, 1914. was to proceeded with vigorously, and completed before the new scheme took effect ...

... coalfields on tho scheme agreed upon between the Miners’ Federation Great Britain and the Government for combing out from tho mines young unmarried men be-, tween 18 and 23. Representatives of the allotment holders Birmingham who have received seven days* ...

... you in faymr a down tools policy in South Wales the event of the Government proceeding with their combing-out scheme in the mines? There was also a long discussion on the position of miners in regard income-tax, and the conferenco decided in favour of the ...

... COMBING OUT THE MINES Ballot on the Strike Question. At special conference of the Boath Wales Miners’ Federation Cardiff yesterday the recruiting scheme approved the Blackpool Conference was discussed, and it was decided that the Federation take part ...