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... proposal to “down tools” as a protest against the “combing out from the mines men who have entered the oollierieaamoe August, 1914, and of men of military age who were engaged the mines before that date, are overwhelmingly favour of the policy of the Government ...
... RECRUITING BOOM. Enthusiasm of Miners Recalls Early Days of the War. _ Remarkable patriotism is being di.- , played in the mining districts, where young ruiners are rushing to enlist without waiting to be combed out. This enthusiasm is attributed to the ...
... favour of a ' down tools policy in South Wales in the event of the Government proceeding with their combing out scheme in the mines 1. ...
... things. Last Monday tho miners' Special Conference declared against the comb-out of men of military age, who have entered the mines since August 1916. and demanded the abolition of income tax on wages. This haa sent a thrill of indignation through the majority ...
... Great Britain, which recommended assistance being given to the Government in combing out all eligibles who hadi entered the mines since August, 1914. ...
... use khaki labour in the national shipyards, a ri which has so far not been conceded by the Trade Tai ons concerned. In the mines the Government has been compelled to atop recruiting after taking 75,000 further men, instead of 100,000 as origin- ally proposed ...
... theatres nothing new. MINERS AND COMB-OUT. Ballot orNorthumberland miners has ulted in favour of votob-out of 50,000 mess roes mines.—Exchange. ...
... beyond that age. Men between 45 and 50 to be taken for I Fifty thousand more men to be taken . home defence. • from the mines. Essential indu-- i Estimate of the proportion cf fighting.. tries to be very strictly combed. • men to be obtained between ...
... in engineering, in iron and steel produotian, in the electrical and wood-working trades, on the railways and in the coal mines. ...
... irritation in the pits were sifted it would be found that the objections came from young eligible men who wanted to stay in the mines. 1,000 MINERS ON STRIKE, Nearly 1,000 miners in South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire are on strike over the wages question ...
... adiotirned conference on the 211th inst. to move That the miners take no part in recruiting from the mines until the men who have commenced to work mu the mines since the beginning of the ear have been combed out. ...
... MINERS OUT. THOSE ENGAGED SINCE AUGUST, 1914. The military authorities are combing out from the- mines men of military age Avho have gone into the mines since August, 1614. The comb-out is taking place under the agreement made by the Coal Controller to ...