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AIR SERVICE WORK

... two bombs, which exploded within a few yards of each other on the “biter,” which was sent to d6om. MINES COMB-OUT. Derbyshire’s Quota, 2,092. The coal mines of Derbyshire are called upon to furnish 2,092 towards the 50,000 Class A men required for the from ...

Published: Monday 08 April 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Evening Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 840 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

COMB-OUT OF MINERS

... Secretary : I hereby withdraw all certificates of exemption issued on grounds of employment to persons employed in or about coal mines. (1)' Who, on 2nd November, 1915, married or widowers with .children dependent on them, and Shall have on the Ist May, 1918 ...

Published: Thursday 18 April 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 212 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Miners’ Comb-Out

... the Military Service Act. means, whereas all other trades married and single are placed one footing (as they should be». in mining there is going preferential treatment for one section the expense of another section. I expect Will said that married men ...

Published: Friday 08 February 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Evening Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 204 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PLAIN TALK TO MINERS. THE PREMIER, THE COMB-OUT; AND THE OFFENSIVE. On Thursday the Prime Minister received a ..

... Committee, placed before the Prime Minister the result of the ba:lot just taken or. the question of supplying 50,000 from the mines for military service. The figures were as follows: For the comb-out Against the comb•out Majority against 29,570 The Prime ...

Published: Saturday 23 March 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 866 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FIVE M VC. 8. NEW COMB-OUT. Yorkshire Officer Captures Four Machine Guns. Youths of 17 and 1 or Military Service

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1422 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FOUR MINES IDLE

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 29 October 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 79 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The Mine as a Shelter

... 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 ...

Published: Monday 15 April 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MINERS AND MAN-POWER

... Derbyshire Miners’ Association is against the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain agreeing the withdrawal of 50,000 men from the mines for military service, there a substantial majority in farour of using the Federation machinery for the purpose of finding the ...

Published: Tuesday 19 March 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Evening Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 138 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

finers New and Old. aaa To THE Sir,—Your correspondent, takes a very curious view of patriotism when he says that

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 311 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WORKERS' HOLIDAYS

... combing out Against . . Northumberland miners hate voted in favonr of the Government's proposals to comb 50,000 men from the mines. . A mass meeting of engineers at Newcastle, on Saturday, adopted the delegates' report on the Government's modified Man-Power ...

Published: Monday 18 March 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 274 | Page: 4 | Tags: none