7 - ‘dako during the week. | toy the ‘Burns “Take: Tradlin ‘aL NEWS PARAGRAPES Brief Items’ ‘of Interest ‘to. the A | -_ People of Hazelton and .. ~ District oo “the n new “Fink ‘is | neal © cori “pleted. , ‘A. 8. Gray, of Cedarrale, + wae of - . | Le ‘town on Saturday, BS pw ‘Stone. WES down fen En- _ "Arion Lindquist was. dat fee om Kispiox: on Monday... “Bob MeDonald: expects to leave|: Shae -_ in ‘few days for Seattle, where 7 will. spend ‘the Winter, . aH, i. Little, manager of the - Union ‘Bank, ‘has: returned to}, ” 7 duty, after’a week's illness. * a © . D. Fulton; who ‘has’ foined the: army medical corps, is tak- ga. course. of. training at - Work ‘Foint barracks, Victoria. ‘The school trustees, with the dof & volunteer crew, erected 4 tall flagstaff in front of the |. lie school on Monday.~ - onsiable: BM. Browne, wih \ ‘in charge of the: police office | | here during the. absence of Chief | } a ‘returned ” ‘be “hig heads | th: a "ghd: ‘tomorrow's: aude 6 ier . ; “yleea. will, be endiicted byD Dr = Minch. ot ‘uuiews Co., ne 38, 5, spending a-few : oe Apbrtion TO THE. PATRIOTIC FUN D 2.9) (in. Tarkey and. inthe Caucasus, ‘conflicting reports being received | an | from: different sources,’ . No news. of importance was sent out by a Consta ni _ © Jas, Mathews. - ae Nialoon " ep emerson | ag Chas Pearce’; - rn ‘ under the: ‘Crown Princa:and ‘General + von Hindenberg by. the: Riss ms slirrounded: and, ‘surrendered. in a body. - : details. of. the successful British, bombardment of. Germany’ a lin sections by rail ‘trom’ the Baltic, and killed twenty men on thein| : decks, - "After a aeore of ‘shells Had fallen,. the: submarines. dived, having been caused by a German Spy. 7 position” of: ‘the. opposing - armies - on..the- ‘western battle front. ‘destroyed many lines of’ German. treriches, . r reported quiet. - ‘have been resumed; arid: the Russians & are confident that it will soon : fall into their: hands. a é | tinh elainia of vietory. over the Serbs are denied, i x 0 ‘They. will exdoayor t to | pravisian the. German. warships... now in., the an 0 Routh Pacific, Z "3 vs . || RUSSIANS SURROUND AND CAPTURE FIF TY THOUSAND a " o ~ BRITISH WARSHIPS DESTROY. GERMAN NA VAL PORT . Petrograd, ‘Nov. 28 2 24; —Fuirther deapatches from Russian. Poland} indicate the decisive character ‘of the defeat af the German ‘forced or iati ‘troops. a ‘An entire German army ‘corps ‘of fifty thousand: "Another at my corps wad completely. outed, taany: ‘detachments, being: captured, of Cossacks i is in “pursuit of, the scattered and, fleeing enemy.: In the southern 2 zorie the Riigsian forces: maintain the offens Cracow line with redoubled intensity, ‘London, Nov.-28 28:-—Despatehies from Amsterdam give turtiel | tended. naval base at Zeebrugge,, _ The first shell from | ‘the ware]: ships burst among ‘the fleet: of sibristines whic: had been drought}? with orders: to run‘the gauritlet and attack the fleet, - " Several ff the craft returned; but. the fate of the.others iy unknown. : - The utter: destruction: of the German naval. works at Zech b is 3 confirmed, : ‘The condition of affairs on ‘the: battlefront i in Belgium i is, com E- me paratively calm, - ~The Anglo-Frénch: forces,. with tha. Belgiana C4 ting: are, drawing nearer. to. Ostend, al An. sitmiy. ss the Allies’ line eto Sinday, and ‘that if unsucesisfl a genéral retreat. would be. ordered, 0 ; mo, A Britiah: and French warship siviadeon | ig s protecting t the Sues nal and the Egyptian const... ’-British’ ‘transports’ have landed | u large force of Indian troops at Suez. voy” “lt is now ‘reported - that, the German eruisers whieh were in Chilean ports on Nov, a have not. yet sailed. If they have. been 8 interned, no advice has been received by the British government; 7 with great vigor,” “attacking” the’ “enemy along the Caenstochowas! : Despatches. from: Constantinople say the Sultan of Turkey has 3 proclaimed. a. Holy. War against Britain, France and Russia, ealling upon all ‘Mussulmans to. fight with the Germans. — An admiralty’ enquiry into the destruction of the Bulwark has ni confirmed, ‘the theory that. the explosion resitlted from the dropping of a 12-inch: lyddite. shell onthe floor of. the magazine. There has ‘| been considérable: speculation. on the possibility of the disaster Lord. Haldane, ina speech an the spy. question, said the most dangerous spies in Great Britain are British, ” Chancellor Lloyd’ Georges Bays ‘the government war loan of ry ‘billion.and a half has been greatly oversubscribed, _ Reports state that the : Servian army has ‘been successful inf recent! ‘operations again ai: the Austriang. : - ; According to” Petrograd: advices, the Kaiser some. monthé! ago] al roposed to Japaa that she hould’ fight against Russia in the war | for: which Germany . ‘Was, then preparing’ Plane. The Tavanese| _ Otto: ae aoe Domiafon woyernment, hag sian aide a tom tea London, ‘Nov. 28 -—There- js no! important ‘change - ‘in the Between ‘Arras and Oise the artillery of the Allies yesterday The Germans: “bom- barded Ypres, destioying: the City. Hall and ‘many other buildings. | Other. districts i in the. zone of. conflict i in: | France; ‘and. Belgium. are. .- An the eastern stragicie, the ‘German armies a endeavoring to break. through, to: Warsaw are held in check, the great battle. which’ has. been. in: “progress between‘ -the Vistula arid Warta “rivers for several. days is still without: result, -tof the Germans is sald. to ‘depend. on. the outcome of winter condi- | tions, the: frozen: round: preventing. the enemy’ from’ entrenching, whe eo The stronghold. of Przemysl,.beseiged ‘for ‘weeks by the Rus-| poet ‘is bélieved: ‘to “be: ‘early: ‘out of amimunition,. The garrison *| offered- to surrender’; if.the. Austrian soldiers were. allowed to join | their army. | ‘This the’ Russians refused.: “ Attacks on the fortress, - “There is ‘great uncertainty aa ‘to the progress ‘of the operations inople last night, Th official reports by. the Servian: military authorities, ‘the Aus wes the government of. Chile, ‘which has. been enfoicing the rates [ of neutrality, has ordered out: her “fleet ‘to:‘capture :two German supply ships, which-ieft the port of Valparaiso ‘without: clearances, . - fro! Copenhagen balls of- ‘the. -destivetion by: the i cal leatroyer. ‘Molt of. the crew werd a Rebull, Petrog d repdrta Bay. ‘the aituation | is: Tatlstectory, from|® nt of view. ° ‘The’ position atrageticdlly ig-of: ‘extreme " isgians are moving’ forward on” Bast’? Prussia ‘on the | Cracow on the Boulth om Pola in: ‘the center: the: Geérmane THE MINER'S TELEGRAPHIC BULLETINS TELL ‘STORY OF GREAT ‘WAR DAY. BY: DAY hile is detér- a in progress. ~ | with gun ‘positions. :The whole. eastern. campaign |\:. Have: provisioned and coaled, out of Valparaiso, ‘mined to:stop the breaches of her neutrality by the German, aver at t the cost of war. . -. A Rotterdam despatch : saya no. 5 eiviliana are allowed within two miles of: Zeebruger © It is known that. big engineering works are . The entire ‘coast: from Knocke to Nieuport bristles “The German artillery i ig regarded as of suffi- cient: caliber.and range to- be effective against warships attempting | to: bombard the: tittoral. This is said to. be the first step in the Geaman scheme of fortification preparatory to an attack on England. The ‘Turks haye: reached a point. on the Suez Canal. Placards. calling for ‘eace are reported to have appeared on the. walls of Berlin, * oy .. Growing dissensions between the German and Austrian ofleers aire reported; in Dutch déspatches. _ * Ottawa. has: issued ‘orders to officers commanding military dis. triets: throughout Canada’ to prepare for-—recruiting on a. nauch larger scale. Canada’s: contribution to the army at the front, wil: be increased to 108,000 men. . The . forces under arms in Canada ‘willl be brought up ta a strength of 58,000, Five prisoners of war werd killed and. twelve’ wounded | Tir 8 | detention camp.on the Isle. of Man,. asa result of a -desperate effort to escape and seize. ships, i in: which they expected to. reach {the continent. © . London, Nov. 8:~—The great: battle between the Vistula, and Warthe rivers has apparently turned in favor of the Czar's forces. Official statements from Petrograd say that Von , Hindenburg’s army is retreating. ... The German. forces engaged numbered. 400, - 0.. These-are now reported separated and thousands have ‘heen, {gurrounded snd. takén, Prisoners. In . cases,.’ the* fleding “enemy "|abandoned their guns. *.°Eyen the German official réporta suggést + Ehat-Von. Hindenbute’s sscond ‘Sheuat againat Warsaw has" ‘bean checked... : The. battle. of Lode is till in , progress, although the Ras {after St yesterday's 8 sutcogeesy. chuve. the’ ascendancy, vaiow t front the. battle: is erin ine ‘for the- Rossisné ‘The Ka have been repalad,” ‘ tie efort to +» PRICE $2, 00 A YEAR i FUR A PERMANENT BRIDGE Meeting Tonight to to’ Discuss: im. portant Question of River: “ Crossing. The winter bridge at. the: fersy. crossing was damaged’ ‘on Wed.’ nesday by unusually high wate A mudslide up the river. backed: the water up for a time, cand. when released: the. flood carried has causedaren ewal of the agita- 7 \jon for- a. permanent bridge at {his poitt and strong. represent- : ations will be made to ‘the pro- vincial government, in the effort. to.secure agood bridge. = | - The busineza. men of Hazelton have called a. public. meetiog. of - citizens for tonight, to discuss the question of a bridge across — the Bulkley river, at the site of the present ferry. The meeting. will be held in the public, school- . house at eight, and it is hoped all 7 townspeople will attend, Hospital Sunday. Dec. 5° “In accordance with custom, the _ frat Sunday in December will be: : | Hospital: Sunday’ in Hazelton, i fand the Churches will all. unite... in the special services- at St: | Peter's Church, The collections a Hazelton Hospital, “pie ‘sitting. of the county’ court a ‘| opened. on: ‘Nov. 20, -has deen’ aa postponed, owing | ‘to the illness = ‘fot J judge Young.. “Trains Delayed.” “Mudatides disarranged | ‘the: train service ‘on this. section dur- — ing. the week, “The: colder 7 weather of the last: “day: or tivo.” gas tightened up the gumbo, and 0 further trouble: ig anticipated n the near future. ta ?, G. E, GRADING” 5 FINISHED SOON. Vancouver, | Nov. 26: :—Presi- : lent J. W. Stewart of. the PB: 4G. : {a has ‘raturned from Fort: Gea re and states that all grading ‘to: uo hat point will be completed. by. the end of the year, Six thou- gand men are at work, Peace river extension has. al- - ready been surveyed,’ This line . will eventually join the~ Edmon-: ton & Dunvegan, and will link | up . with Canadian Norther, branches in Alberta. ~~ OW. A os, The annual W. A. sale of work 7 is to. be held on Dec, 10. The ladies’ hopé that the. Sale. this” "{Success, -. The - proceéda: will: given to the Patriotic Fun ~The sewing’ meetin; war. fund. will be: held "|Mission: House on- “Thured Dee. 8, - at a quarter past: t in the afternoon... lies ti i despectte attack out several bénta. The incident ~ oo will be devoted ‘to the ald. | of a * County Cout Postponed - sa | in. Hlaelbon, whigh: