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... Yorkshire Mineritouncil The Council of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, at Barnsley on Monday, dis,eussed the proposals affecting mine workers in relation to military service. Mr. Berbert Smith tpresident) said as an Association they they should have been !consulted ...
... process. In the area for which he acted as miners agent not a man had been taken from the ‘mines. At least 3,000 peaple in the area kad gone to work in the mines to escape their obligations, and not ome of them had’ been called out. He would not vote for ...
... withdraw all certificates of exemption issued on the grounds of employment to persons of military ago employed coal mines who entered the Coal mining industry after August 4th, 1914, and were of military age at that date and are engaged as winding enginemen, ...
... out of men employed in and about the mines for military service. Sir George Cave, in Ins reply, informed the deputation that the Government had come tho conclusion that a further 20,000 men could taken from the mining industry for active military service ...
... Elsewhere there nothing to report. Yesterday our aeroplanes co-operated successfully with our artillery* Two our machines are mining. GEK3IAN HUNCHES RAIDKD. (From the War Press Bureau.) London, Tuesday. British Head-quarters in France, Tuesday, lI.H a.m ...
... was held at Cardiff, yesterday, to consider the Government proposals for the oombing-out certain classes of workmen from the mines for military service. It was explained that the national conference of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain would decide ...
... APP OVE O “COMBING OUT.” Our Mining Correspoudent writes that the miners’ leaders and the majority of the men employed in the coal pits of Great Britain regard with tavour tho pro- posal to out ” from the pits those single young nien whe have found employment ...
... DERBYSHIRE. COMBED OUT OF THE MINES. Military Representathe Challenges Right of Appeal. ...
... with the exception of certain classes employed on shipbuilding, boat and bwge building and repairs, and a few in oil shale mines and works. ...
... Committee, placed before the Prime Minister the result of the ba:lot just taken or. the question of supplying 50,000 from the mines for military service. The figures were as follows: For the comb-out Against the comb•out Majority against 29,570 The Prime ...
... present emplnged in the industry except those who may have gone into the mines since June 24 last. There is no ground for suppoeing that any large number of men have entered the mines in order to evade military eervice. ...
... the provence of the latter class which is resented the other workmen employed in the mining ln the present coiubingout process it has been suggested that the coal-mining industry might give 20,000 farther men the Army, and the naturaj course lias been taken ...