SHELLS FOR THE ARMY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2500, 29 June 1915, Page 5

SHELLS FOR THE ARMY

J -f AND COAL FOB THE NAYY IMPERATIVE NEED FOR SUPPLIES By T«leprapli-Prosi Afeodation-Oopjrlshi London, June 27. Mr. Walter Runciman (President of the Board of Trade) has intimated to both employers and employed that, as South Wales supplies the bulk of the fuel for the Allied navios, there must bo 110 stoppage. An immediate agreemeut is imperative. "Trust the Miner." Mr- Robert Smillie (president of tho Miners' Federation of Great Britain) in an interview said he resented the yoke of compulsion, as implying that it was necessary to goad tlie workers to greater efforts. He added: "Leave it to our sense of duty. Wo will come as near half-killing ourselves to carry the war to a successful issue as any not actually in the firing line. Trust the miner. Any shortage of shells will not I arise from any shortage of coal." Trade Union Manifesto. ... I The National Advisory Committer, on War Output, the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union-'Congress, and the General Federation of Trades Unions have issued a manifesto urging trades unionists to accelerate' the making of munitions, and appealing to every skilled workman to enrol as a volunteer, and so demonstrate to their comrades ..in tho trenches, that Trades Unionism represents ..all tli.at.'.is' best in national life, freedom ,and security. Tho manifesto describes; the -Munitions Supply Bill as o guarantee of the restoration of trade union rights and customs when victory is achieved. VOLUNTEER WORKERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA. Johannesburg, June 27. Subscriptions have .been, opened to send twenty munition workers to England under an expert. It is hoped that the contingent can be increased to £ hundred with Government aid.