... “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. ...

... 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 ...

... COAL PRODUCTION. EFFECT OF THE WAR ON THE OUTPUT. The Coal Mining Organisation Committee, in submitting to the Home Secretary their third report on the conditions prevailing in the ♦coalmining industry as a consequence of the war, giv»* the following ...

... , but in his district not a single person had been got out of the mines. He was told that in his-district there were 5.000 men between 18 and 41 who were escaping service in the mines. He could imagine nothing more mean than to let these sturdy people ...

... National Coal Organisation resumed its sittings at the Home Office yesterday, Sir Richard Redmayne, the chief inspector of mines, presiding;. The proceedings were private. LONDON DAY BY DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Fleet Street, Wednesday Night THE ...

... their lives had splendidly guarded this Empire by land and sea. The South Wales Mining Tribunal has “combed out’’ some hundreds of men who before recently going into the mines had been quarrymen. butchers, insurance agents, boxers, and footballers. VITAL ...

... to appeal to the Local Tribunal. Exemptions in the fishing trade have already been cancelled, and fishermen have joined the mine-sweeping service, enrolled in the Roval Nava Reserve, Section A, in large numbers, so that they may serve with the branch for ...

... Spring Yard, S win ton. gaid that on Thursday he was working with Taylor on the morning shift in the Manvers Alain (No. 1) mine when fall ro6f occurred and buried deceased. verdict of “Accidental death” was returned. discharged soldier, had served 22 ...

... reclaimed from the Army. Munitions and Man Power. And so you see we get to the next topic of the day, man power. Combing out the mines is vetoed. The War Office has applied to the Munitions Department. Mr. Montagu replies from there that he will release unskilled ...

... clerk of the local tribunal of the district. Applications in respect of men employed as underground or surface workers at coal mines are in certain cases dealt with colliery recruiting courts instead of by local tribunals. Men to the Act applies, who now become ...

... fell, our fleets lay between the enemy and his home ports. During the night our heavy ships, keeping well clear of possible mine-fields, swept down south to south and west of the Horns Reef, so that they might pick him up in the morning. When morning came ...

... you do the same? The other replied that he would do with great pleasure. “Right,” said the former speaker. “I’ve already paid mine, and now you can pay yours.” Which the other very promptly proceeded do. But then he would have subscribed in any case. That ...