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CELEORATION OF 2470.
° peal is

pe Empire ‘Day. was: fittingly | ene
~ fated i in Hazelton,. alarge. crowd| |
_ attending to see.-the. ‘games‘and |: pias

contests: arranged by “the. “Ath:

"teas ‘had done: their: work well

RB _ and the long --program “of: events
‘was -earried’ out? on, time, ‘and
z! 1s withont! a hiteh, contestants: and.
wa ny satis -tidly.' ;

: ay and Smithers ~ ‘prought. “ate al. Lond
7 number of ‘Valley: people: dowit | report:

‘defending - - Gallipoli pi
number 80, 000: Supplies ‘and.
ammunition © care. decreasing rap-
‘Bolenri. ig. Bull holding:

: and they joined: wholeheartedly ‘stean

a Wis

a ana Pehinn

‘Liverpool, “haa heen; torpedéed bye

1; ee German ee U-24i-

c ‘munieation ‘issued ‘by! the Italian}

Me-|of ‘the’ naval. losses of “ Austria 5

rey: was the ‘win-| BOS8t- were:
er-of the: ne race; with: Turn.

a Old Pete. second; --

rk “usiéi sled the canal at’ Poito Corsin, was:
\ao seriously-damaged by. the fire

from.-our thasked: ‘batteries - that
she was” foreed’: to_ be: convoyed
to. Pola:: “The ‘torpedo’ boat des-
troyel
also damaged,

She, ealléd the Seout: ‘ship

“| minister of ‘marine ‘gives: ‘details! ; sig: Chayn

day. ©

-Sharfschutze, . operating.
oy with the 8-20.
5" eens the: logs Of | many ‘of: her

yy TweKT TWO VICTINS

was very. vio! lent ‘throughout the
Wee took: 150. prisoners,
several’ ‘of ‘them: officers, and a
machiné: ‘gun. In: Algace © “We
have made: ‘progress aggregating
several hundred: metres, ~

: Petrograd: (official): In, ‘Shavii
region our. troops. have. captured

the strongly fortified position’ ‘of

h Bubie, taking. mare “than: -a.thou-

| and: German prisoners, ‘On the

re e! lower. -Dubysa: there, has | bean
: ababborn ‘fighting. aeons

i EXPLOSION AT

OE COLLIERY HSASTER .

_|terday afternoon, | ;
change of. shifts... At the time:

of the. explosion ‘there | were. _ my
‘thirty six men in thé mine, and: -
of.this number. thirteen escaped’:

unhurt and. reached the surface:

{ safely, -within..an_ hour... ;-
{others ” were recovered. . ‘shortly.

afterwards,

dead and one “fatally : ‘injured
This ‘left nineteen men: “unge-
counted for and there is no “hope
of any of ‘them. being - saved.

The total casualty list therefore...
ay |is. twenty-two, .and.no hove. is *

are entertained. for the recovery o£. .

" eaptured gix ‘thousand Austrians}
jan: Germans: sand: BIR heavy. ny

{| guns and six field guns. -

According to. the lastest infor-|:
Me: ination the third Caucasian’ corps
y are resuming the offensive, and

18 al au Ob “the night of. the 27th carried

TBS Sieniewa. ey: took. an addi-):

33. ‘King-Ferdinand. ie reviewed his Tu
VaR army dnd great enthusiasm ‘pre-

tack ies Mas the British. ‘$ro0ps| O

near _Kaleh. ‘Tepe by. two. Turkish

=| 18-19,
ff| beaten, losing. two thousand men’
killed and five thousand wound,
1e| es

| peninsula,
g:| faced: strong defensive. ‘attacks,
1g 5 AC certain: points: they advanced |

yards”.

They” ‘were “completely

"On: the: ‘southern: end of. the
the ‘French troops

hand- jrabade fighting: followed, |
|in « ‘one..of “these -hand- torhand | f

._ | struggles. a colonial: ‘infantryman | .
mal| named Laborte: .
hy. eater the lead as his: ih teewch ak WAS] pis”

spontaneously |

on eS | f 1
unaided i in Senin t the Turkish Pane
counter-attack “_ preventing ‘A

| injured - -man | who. was brought: 7 -
out and -is now iving ‘at: the e local
‘hogpital,” a

‘Constable. Kelly ig. down roi
Smithers, on official business, .

NP, Moran. of. ‘Sniithers, is: po :
a visitor in Hazelton: this. week. i

FSA, Widmoyar,, station agent :

ane at Hazelton, is is removing to: ‘Pa

“Athena “Thousands 0 wounded anew:

soldiers: of the. Turkish first’ army.
fa COrps, | the: “best ‘troops in! ‘ the;

“2. 915

"AT NANAIMO,

“Nanaimo, May 28:—At disas-. cas
| trous explosion occurred at the: ae
reserve: mine of the Western....-.°:
{Fuel Company: at 4o’clock yes-.'° |
just after. -—