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... district and lodge meetings demanding that the proposed strike ballot on the question resistance to the new comb-out from mines for the Army should be least postponed pending further coalfield conference. The Executive decided, however, that the ballot ...

... with the regulations or iuetruciior..- course, not affected It. will l>o recollect'd that , question of a comb-out ' in the mines ho- 1..-*--, postponed from time time, pending t, among the miners' associations tho count: .- -.j the principle to adopted ...

... matter i» being investigated by aides. with the object ascertaining tho actual number men provided by the comb-out. from the mines. ought to easy to determine whether certain number men have been obtained, but the matter is complicated the fact that the ...

... taking steps to institute a comb-out of miners in the Army, particularly of the older men, with a view to their return to the mines. was Impracticable, he said, to withdraw men engaged active lighting or existing Armed Forces required tor forthcoming operations ...

... MOBILITY OF MINING LABOUR. Coal Controller ha 3 communicated to the Mining Association of Great Britain, representing the colliery owners, and the Miners' Federation representing the workmen, his proposals for making labour the coal mining industry more ...

... D.S.M. Christmas-box. Today have been warning shipping the war channel of mine* adrift: what with wind and sea, you can guess has been cold on deck. one allowed below when mines are about. Just at Christmas I had 36 hours on tho bridge. We've just got ...

... .4 Yorkshire Post photograph of optants and volunteers for tiie mines being ivelcomed by Mr. Williams (supervisor) and Mr. J. Rickatson (centre manager) at the Prince of Wales Colliery, Pontefract, one of the Ministry of Labour training centres. Obituary ...

... are announced the Miners' Federation ballot question whether the Federation should agree to the withdrawal of men front the mines fur military service:— For the Against tlto Comb-out. Comb-out. Northumberland Miners . 14,083 8,349 Northumberland and Firemen ...

... eighteen months ahead. certain crafts the shipbuilding and coal mining Industries acute shortage was occurring. The percentage unemployed shipbuilding was 7.6 and coal mining 6.9. The coal mining figure, representing 50.570, was the lowest since he had been ...

... were from districts as the comb-out men from th© mines for military Mr. Robert Smillie, President, was the chair. wo© decided that the au national organisation should taka no part in tlte matter, each mining district being given freedom aoiicr. to decide ...

... military authorities. are imping that the military authorities will leave stone unturned dear away from the mines tho-o men who have entered the mining industry since August. 1914. and who are lit for militarv service, feel that unlets this is done shall have ...