... to 1S labourer at Staveley Works re He explained that he left the pit on medi 1s 19018 thea heA advice,.and returning to the mine in Ju ch a An exempt mo) _ certitic ate. was” gran A Grassmoor boiler fireman, aged 39 a refiner. classified A, said he was ...

... COAL-MINING BARRED. The Position of Combed-Out Men. The question of combed-out men returning to the coal mine after being exempted on -personal grounds was discussed by the Chesterfield Rural District Tribunal on Thursday, under the chairmanship of Mr ...

... —During the time I have been Substitu- tioy Oflicur at Chesterfield the mines and muni- tion works have been “combed out in theory” many but in practice this been so far as the mines are concerned) a designed hasce In January it waa agiecd that the of the ...

... ARSENTEES TO BE COMBED OUT It has been decided the Government re. i a certain number of men are to | immed ately from the coal mines of the for military serv'ce. At jotice conveying th imstructy ons wait received at every eollery in Groas Britain on Tuesday ...

... personal claim after their employment application has been dismissed by the Colliery Recruiting Court must come out of the mines. This dictum was the outcome of an application by Harry Taylor, aged. 33, a married man, who stated that he was the proprietor ...

... CRESWELL COUNCILLOR'S ALLEGA- TIO~S. MINE AGITATORS AS MARKED MEN FOR COMB-OUT. The allegation that young men prominently identified with the local miners' meetings were to be adversely affected thereby in the pending comb-out of miners for military service ...

... whole village. The telegram frbm the O.C. of the' Leicesters informs the distracted parents that their sons were killed by a mine explosion. The names of the deceased are J. Sharpe, son of Mr H. Sharpe, Duche.§:s. Street; H. Mosley, son of Mr J. Moslev ...

... the miners who have done their bit, and not fit to go overseas again, and who have had a life experience in the mine, go back in the mines? I think there ought to be something done for these. I myself had to go and do my bit, and- left a wife and three ...

... lodges, it was announced, had not been completed. Sir A. Geddes's speech as it affected the combing out of young men from the mines was discussed at length, and it was decided to take a ballot of the members as to what action shall be taken. ...

... proiessional foot! years, afterwards returning to the pit, where e had worked since. The Chairman (Mr H. A. Abbo! bly have Mines Inspector): You would proba remained a footballer if professionalism had not been stopped? elwavs an ahout it. Applicant: \ ...

... Committee, placed before the Prime Minister the result of the ballot just taken on the question of supplying 50,000 from the mines for military service. The figures were as follows: — For the comb-out 221,152 Against the comb-out —. 250,722 Majority ...

... beasts, a cob, local colliery, classi- A dataller at a married with five children, fied Al, aged 37 a1 who had entered the mine since August, 1914, th rounds of domestic asked for exemption on His wife suff ered from heart tion, and hatdship, it would ...