... following terms: “I heresy wit raw of exemp tions | issued on employment to per- sons of muilita employed at mines, who en tered ¢ the coul mining *2- dustry after 4 A st, 1914, and were military age at ‘tha t date, and are en-| 4a as winding engimemen, ...

... entered the mines since 4 August, 1914, have been com out who were not fide mine workers prior to execdtite, was then considered, and it was agreed the scheme apply to married Class A of 18 and 41, and that there be no exem, ly .to all em) t mines. This will ...

... was held at Cardiff yesterday to consider the Government proposals for the combing out certain classes of workmen from the mines for military service. It was explained that the national conference the Miners' Federation of Groat Britain would decide whether ...

... pr iS lied and armed the infantry back in line with the ' grade 3, cx iery recruiting courts’ certifi- guns. He ral cates to mine work certificates granted with Lewis guns, and formed a line in front re by port labour cor nittees or the London of his battery ...

... FOUR MINES IDLE. COMB-OUT BALLOT INCIDENT CREATES A DEADLOCK. A protracted agitation regarding the j exemption of Toni Williams, Hamburgh Colliery checkwelghman, prominent local miners’ leader, came to a head yesterday, when the four Manvers Mam mines ...

... MORE MEN FROM MINES Those who Entered Since Aug. 1914 to be Called Up. have decided that it is necessary to release more men from the coal mines for service with the colours. After consultation with the Miners’ Federation it is proposed the first place ...

... The Mine as a Shelter. To tu* Editor Shbffiki.d Isdbpmbwt. - Sir,—“G. 11. R.” does not appear t« aware that the small »K he terms them, ban sent into the Army a larger percent** men than any other ela* (To i»t wit> and aeeording to the own leaden they ...

... caiting-up period from 14 to 7-days. Further comb-out of essential more including the taking of Civil Service. men from the mines, 2 md of the and Tribunals to be reconstituted. ...

... to work for entered the mines since 1914 practically nothing, just as much as the miner who has served his time.” “LG.-P. argument is not very logical. There is not much patriotism on the part of such men who rush into the mines, and sti there in the face ...

... Medical Board visited Ponty- pridd, and examined nearly a hundred men employed at the Maritime Colliery Lies who have entered the mine since August, It was stafed that a good percentage of the men were passed for general service. Later iu the day about 150 cligibles ...

... Bradbury. The honeymoon win spent in North Wales. EXTENSION OF COMB-OUT HOPE ABANDONED. Nineteen Lives Sacrificed in a Scottish Mine. Water and moss having, according to j latest nows, filled the workings the re' suit of the Airdrie (Lanarkshire) Colliery ...

... presenca of the latter class which is resen- ted by the other workmen employed in the mining In the present combing- out process it has been suggested that the coal-mining industr might give 20,000 further men to the Army, and the natural course has heen ...