... March when our had suffered a veal disaster, and the r inet with an unanswerable deiuand the withdrawal of 100,000 from the mines for the The arrival of nh troops dad Hel relieve the question for that was an additioaal but it army ary was leo return 20 ...

... SOUTH WALES MINING TIMBER. PIT WOOD ABUNDANT AT BORDEAUX COLLIERY SECURITIES. CARDIFF, Thursday. BPSNIESS QUOTATIONS EASIER. Compulsory restricted consumption cf goal indicates a further anticipated in the coal output of this country. The combing out ...

... requirements of the military authorities for 40,000 men from the mines have been and the number still needed. A return was also authorised to made the number of men who hare found employment the mines since the outbreak of war and are of military classification ...

... in p ress, and it is hoped that the full returns will be received at the heed- quartets by Tuesday next THE QUOTA FROM THE MINES. The Miners’ Federation, whoeo Executive met in private at the Grafton Motel, London, esterday, has been asked to furnish a ...

... of the ballot not showing majority, we recommend the conference to advise the men not to resist taking 50,000 men from the mines for the Army deputation from the Miners' Federation who waited the Prime Minister to discuss the result of the ballot the ...

... in open boats. It w now definitely stated that tro hospital ship Konigin Regentes w-s sank by German submanne, and not by a mine, as at first reported. NEW COMB-OUT. The Minister of National Service has made a further order withdrawing certi- ficates of ...

... Toes) died Litftle in ,y?ar. COMBING OUT. South Wales Tribunal, in past two daya Combed out hundreds of men who had into mines from .other trades. $ GERMAN TRENCH RAID CLAIM. •Berlin report -o says: -.—South-east Bheinis German reconnoitring detachment ...

... submitted to the members in the various districts:— (1). Shall Federation agree to the withdrawal of 50,000 men from’ the mines for military service? shall the federation ‘machinery be used for the’ required number? purpose of finding the The ‘returns ...

... announced that the conference decided accept the executive oommiftee's revised scheme, and also the committee's scheme on mining mobility bureaus, in which miners who are members the federation can be voluntarily removed from districts where work is slack ...

... regarding a modified scheme of recruiting. COMBING OUT. The President further reported that the combing out of the men from the mine* who h*d gone into them since August, 1914, was to vigorously proceeded with end completed before the new scheme would take ...

... still complain that the enemy espionage is rife. COMBING OUT MINING TRIBUNAL STARTS THE PROCESS. The Monmouthshire mining tribunal to day combed out hundreds of young men who had gone to the mines since August last. Their former occupations were painters ...

... returns which the Department haa in all possession and has now published, it was mere stupidity to take time men from the mines. It may be edmitted that more men were wanted for the Army—that the military needs of the country were pressiv g, and that ...