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Newspaper
Meekatharra Miner
Location
Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
4
A garbled scattered clipping reports a weekly lottery win of £24000 and mentions resignations, family ties, aviation and railway officials. It references medical cases, divorces, a new electric hotel wallet device, a Wisconsin student claim to a college degree, and various historical notes from different places and times.
In Athens the Chamber of Deputies learned France would suspend commercial navigation to Greece and French warships halted four vessels due in Piraeus. The cabinet ordered immediate demobilisation of twelve senior classes of troops. A news report details a shipwreck where only twelve survivors on a raft remained, with Admiral Jellicoe noting no further hope for survivors due to heavy seas.
Copenhagen merchantmen report a large British squadron operating in the North Sea with several participants from last week's action. No German warships were sighted off the Jutland coast, but Zeppelins patrolled the area daily.
Paris Le Journal estimates German losses at ten percent of engaged tonnage and British losses at four percent in the Jutland battle. It notes 7 percent British and 43 percent German losses in ships sunk before the fight. Russians capture Gutsk and Fort Vaux while taking eleven thousand prisoners and capturing material. A Russian communique reports positions gained along the Ikwa and Styr rivers and advances toward the Strypa river.
German forces report repulsed assaults as they attempt to push south of the Smorga Dunnion front. No details on losses or dates provided.
Estimates put Austrian casualties in the range of 100000 dead and wounded along the Pripet to Romanian frontier. Austrian positions were strong with reinforced concrete trenches and multiple layers of barbed wire but Russian artillery severely breached the defenses, sweeping away the obstacles.
A German traveller says Hamburg harbor holds several damaged war vessels including the Seydlitz with the after part torn and decks battered. He claims most of the crew were killed.
The Admiralty reports two petty officers and ten crew members of the Hampshire drifted ashore on a raft at the Orkney Islands. The discovery confirms survivors from the vessel's fate, though details remain scarce as search efforts continue.
A patrol vessel reports the Hampshire caught fire shortly after departing the Orkneys and sank twenty minutes later. Seventy to eighty bodies were found ashore, with some survivors taking to the cliffs and dying from exposure. Lord Kitchener and staff reportedly escaped in the wreck boat, which was swamped by a high sea.
A communique reports piercing the enemy front in Strypa and occupation of fortified positions on the east bank. Forces entered Bunzacz and pushed along the Dneister advancing with captures totaling 1240 others and 71,000 men, plus 94 guns, 167 machine guns and large quantities of material.
Geneva reports Austrians evacuate Dubno as Russian vanguard nears Lemberg within twenty miles. About 5500 more troops and 11 guns taken, with enemy losses estimated at 1/4 to 1/3 of 650000 original effectives.
Thin description notes a network of thick man’s index goger and woven materials forming a depth of 300 yards. Hidden pits with spiked bottoms lay before Austrian lines, similar to Bruce at Bannockburn.
The Press Bureau reports German casualties in the official lists ending May total 1 944 586. The number reflects wartime losses across all branches and includes soldiers reported as dead missing and wounded.
Geneva reports that all civilians are to evacuate Czernowitz now within Russian artillery range. In Bukowina other residents also move away, convinced Russian forces will supply food as in past conflicts.
The Manchester Guardian reports Walter Lang, President of the Local Government Board, will likely succeed Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for War. Lang, a prominent British official, would take over wartime duties in the government.
After talks with all parties the Prime Minister has submitted several proposals on the Irish Question. One suggestion would bring the Home Rule Act into force immediately. The entire scheme is referred to the Nationalist side.
The Meekatharra list names Warden Mr L L Crockett Mining Registrar and Clerk of Courts Mr Ivor Thomas and a wide roster of local bodies. It notes chairmen secretaries and members for road board hospital board fire brigade union postmaster railway bank rifle club racing club football association tennis club and chamber of mines plus district engineer and librarian. It also lists a Great Indian Care for coughs advertisement.
Russian forces report breaking the Austrian line between Buzae and Dniester and pushing across Zlota toward Milstalipa. They claim to have regained territory on the Seyr and Strypa fronts and threaten to envelop the Austrian army in the Pripet marshes.
Perth Colonel Bruche, commandant of Western Australian forces, is appointed to a high AIF post and leaves immediately to report to General Birdwood at the front. He will report directly to Birdwood and serve at the front.
TO PRINTERS FOR SALE A COMPLETE mix of printing gear and used bicycles. Items include a Double Royal Wharfedale by Dawson with flyers and roller moulds, Double Demy Albion press, Two demy folk platen machines, Two guillotines, Double Royal composing stone and stand, GALLEY PRESS, Harrild and Sons, large stock of News and Sobbing type. Easy terms. For price and particulars apply.
Russian forces push through Galicia and Bukovina as 108000 prisoners are reported. General Brusiloff creates a wedge between Generals Bothmer and Pelanger complicating defense of the Bukowina breach. Lechitsky seizes a key railway and scores major captures near Czernowitz.
The Admiralty stated yesterday that HMS Hampshire hit a mine around 8 pm. Two destroyers escorted her until heavy seas forced their detachment about 6 pm. Survivors cited the explosion as the cause of the disaster.
Telegrams from Petrograd describe the Russian bombardment as most intense on June 3 with trenches turned to crumpled concrete. Soldiers charged after heavy artillery tore down barbed wire, leaving shattered debris and casualties amid shattered defenses.
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