... raising the blockade some arrangements may lie possible to relieve the immediate of the poorer classes of the poi>ulstion. MINES “COMB-OUT.” Federation and Home Office. (BY oril PRIVATE WIRE Until late hour night members the Executive the Miners’ Federation ...

... two bombs, which exploded within a few yards of each other on the “biter,” which was sent to d6om. MINES COMB-OUT. Derbyshire’s Quota, 2,092. The coal mines of Derbyshire are called upon to furnish 2,092 towards the 50,000 Class A men required for the from ...

... the Military Service Act. means, whereas all other trades married and single are placed one footing (as they should be». in mining there is going preferential treatment for one section the expense of another section. I expect Will said that married men ...

... COMBED OUT.” The Monmouthshire Mining Tribunal to-day “combed out” hundreds of young men who had gone to the mines since August last, their former occupations being painters, quarrymen, foundrymen, greengrocers, hauliers, and students. WEEK END ANGLING ...

... such letter. The figures gives respecting price of cTTHIc, and the produce given out them, on paper, look like a little gold mine. Take it from the figures are great fabrication. Cows giving fixe gallons daily are practically nowadays unknown. and supposing ...

... operations on both banks of the Somme. In Argonne an enemy attack, started against our positions at Four Paris, following upon a mine explosion, failed under our curtain fire. On the right bank of the Meuse cur troons executed yesterday, at the close of the ...

... COMBING THE MINES. Last in the Pits to First A special meeting the Council the York ■hire Miners’ Association, at Barnsley yeater day. Mr. H- Smith presiding, passed vote of with the relatives of 60 further mem had given their liv« naval and military ...

... Derbyshire Miners’ Association is against the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain agreeing the withdrawal of 50,000 men from the mines for military service, there a substantial majority in farour of using the Federation machinery for the purpose of finding the ...

... Sacrifice. Sir.- There is a great deal of talk about the combing out of men eligible for the Army from munition factories, coal mines, etc. Now, sir, are all expected to be making some kind of sacrifice in this groat crisis, and while this combing out business ...

... be remembered that in Yorkshire six days per week were worked, find that the mines were very deep. Workers in deep mines became exhausted sooner than those in shallow mines, and could not keep up as some people anticipated. Further, the scarcity of essential ...

... Derbyshire Colliery Recruiting Court sat at rher-terlicld today, under the cDairmanship Mr. H. A. Abbott, lI.M. Inspector Mines. About thirty appeal* uere heard from mitten who had been combed out the ground that they had entered the pit since the outbreak ...

... to increase the number from 43 to 52. The conference decided accept the revised scheme, and also the committee’s scheme of mining mobility bureau, under which miners who are members of the Federation could be voluntarily removed when work is slack in one ...