... why all the returning men cannot at once resume thoil joourjation ia that -while tho -war lasted deTcloj > moni wort iu the mines was at a standstill , the sinking jf new pits and development generally bavins ocse ilopped by tho Controller . ! ' Old se ...

... Stamp thought the return capital the coal mining industry before the war was extremely low, and mentioned the amount of wasting capital put into the mines in the form pit and on, which hadi be abandoned when tho mine was worked out. The aluB of this wasting ...

... hare them until it i recogniwi everywhere that labour mut hare un ant effective voice in settling working condition in the mine thw factory and the workshop and that thv highest possible wsgre in retura for the greatest possibly output is the only sano ...

... d during 1918 owing to the need of withdrawing a further 80 , 000 men from the mines to . meet the military emergency , while at the same time the loss of the French mines in the Pas de Calais necessitated a large additional supply of coal io France ^ ...