- PRICE $2.00A. YEAR a

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. -—