Great Russian victory over Turks in the Caucasus announced. An enemy army corps was captured and two others routed at Sarykamysh.
Banbury Guardian January 1915
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Farnborough Rural District Council
An abstract of accounts of the receipts and payments of the Rural District Council for the above-named Rural District for the half-year ending 30th September 1914.
|
RECEIPTS |
£. |
s. |
d. |
|
Balance in hand at commencement of half year |
105 |
17 |
7 |
|
From Overseers in respect of general expenses |
197 |
12 |
6 |
|
Grant under Agricultural Rates Act 1895 |
102 |
13 |
9 |
|
406 |
3 |
10 |
|
|
PAYMENTS |
£. |
s. |
d. |
|
Maintenance of District Roads |
116 |
1 |
4 |
|
Salaries (Highways) |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fees for Lists of Births and Deaths |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
Salaries of Officers (Public Health) |
39 |
10 |
0 |
|
Establishment Charges |
7 |
3 |
10 |
|
Election Expenses |
1 |
19 |
0 |
|
Compensation to late Clerk to the late Kineton Highway Board |
3 |
19 |
10 |
|
Balance in hand at end of half-year |
221 |
6 |
2 |
|
406 |
3 |
10 |
Dated this 6th day of January 1915
Arthur Fairfax – Clerk to the said Council
Banbury Guardian January 1915
Newsflash!
The French troops continue their advance in Alsace, and take Steinbach after severe fighting, which necessitates taking the town quarter by quarter with hand-to-hand encounters.
The Russians take possession of the Austrian province of Bukowina.
Banbury Guardian January 1915
Newsflash!
The British battleship Formidable sunk in the Channel by an enemy submarine or mine, only about 200 of the crew being saved.
Banbury Guardian 1915
Newsflash!
Seven British airmen, assisted by warships, attack enemy warships off Cuxhaven.
Banbury Guardian January 1915
Newsflash!
German aeroplane drops a bomb on Dover without doing damage. English aeroplane drops bomb on German air-shed at Brussels.
Banbury Guardian January 1915
Marriage
December 21st Church of St Clare, Fenny Compton, by the Rev. R Brown, ALBERT EDMOND BROAD of Coventry, to MARY NAOMI PRESTON, of the Wharf, Fenny Compton.
Banbury Guardian January 1915
Newsflash!
Nicholaus Ahlers, formerly German Consul at Sunderland, successfully appealed against death sentence passed for high treason; conviction quashed.
Banbury Guardian January 1915
Newsflash!
Egypt declared a British Protectorate.
Banbury Guardian January 1915
Newsflash!
Five German battle cruisers and two protected cruisers bombarded Hartlepool, Scarborough, and Whitby for an hour, and then escaped in mist. Much loss of life, injury to limb, and damage of property caused. There were 122 killed and 549 wounded.
Banbury Guardian January 1915