... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... “SLACKERS” THE MINES. The Monmouthshire Mining Tribunal yesterday “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. ...

... \\eduesdat. Further meetings nil! held ueit A'eek. In its consultations the economic Utilisation man-power, the cases men Love mine nt. departments will lie taken hrsl. or depaitmenlti will asked, in view the urgent need men. to make arrangements to release ...

... ABSENTEEISM MINES A remarkable statement with regard to absenteeism in collieries was made at the Pontefract Tribunal’s sitting on Tuesday evening. Mr. J. Neal, manager of the Prince of Wales Colliery, was appealing for the exemption of a responsible ...

... a grave shortage of labour. It is incred ible t{n akilled men under 25 will be taken from the munition works and the coal mines. ...

... wero fooling. ~ In his own district in Lancashire, Mr. Walsh asserted, not a single person had yet been brought out of the mines, and he knew of 3,000 now working there who had never worked as miners before. ...