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... district on the question to whether the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain shall agree the withdrawal of 50,000 men from the mines for military eervioe. The counting of the votes has now been completed, and shows: For 2.225, against 739. On the question ...
... appeal was dismissed, the Mall not to be called up for one month. Stephen Smith (38). married. Stafford Street, Atheretone, a mines, employed at Baddesley Collieries, asked for exemption on the grounds of serious domestic hardahip. Lieutenant Tingle said ...
... Minors Federation was hold at Weetminster to-day to consider further the new scheme for the of 50.000 Class A men from the mines for the Army, and receive the result the ballot members which had been taken the subject. The returns are not yet complete ...
... now the buLot not showing a two-thirds majority they tho conference to advise the men not to resist the taking the men from mines for tho Army. Before the passing the resolution Mr. Stmllie iniormed the that at the committee's interview with the Premier ...
... represented the military. Some forty or fifty cases were dealt with, all being pre-war colliers who had combed out of the local mines. Prs-Wsr Cases. - There were also two came of prewar miners who had been referred from the local Tribunal, and in each case ...
... civil employment, taking due account of all other possible measures for carrying the work which is being done by him.” ALL MINES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ARMY. TRIBUNAL’S STRONG DEMAND FOR COMB-OUT. The further comb-out ...
... what begins to appear as the irreducible minimum. It is now stated that many miners are to be sent_from the Army back to the mines, but how true it is we cannot say. We do know, however, that in the local districts of the Warwickshire coalfield there is ...
... RESULT OF VOTING COMB-OUT PROPOSALS. The result of the miners’ on the Government’s proposal comb out 50,000 men from the mines is announced in the following districts: Wales.—For, 59.256; against, 60-870 Majority against, 1,614. « Leicestershire.—For ...
... VIMY RIDGE, AUSTRIA’S ONSLAUGHT. GERMANS CAPTURE A MINE CRATER. AIB FIGHTS ITALIAN DEFENCE STANDING FIRM. Th« following telegran'aic drapatcH.ba* been roceivod from British General Headquarters France:— May 18 (10.20 p.m.). Yesterday there waa again ...
... Knowing that the impending pressure would come, it is dcult to understand why the mines were so severely combed out. Coal is the key industry, and yet here are our mines little more than half manned! ...
... at the adjourned Conference the 26th inst. shonld move that the miners take part in recruiting from the mines untjl all men who entered the mines since the beginning of tho war have been combed out. ...
... further two months, but f they eared to volunteer now they nicit their reziments In two month., if the 11 volunteers from the mines bad come forward. they would remcin in their nresent occupations, but if not they would he called op straiehtsway. In the majoriti ...