WESTERN FRONT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17335, 25 November 1916, Page 9

WESTERN FRONT.

THE ALLIED ARMIES. RTHAT THE NATIONS ARE DOING. FRANCE'S GREAT EFFORT. Aurtrclitut and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 24, 10.55 p.m.) ] PARIS, November 24. .M. v Albert Favre, in a remarkable speech in the Chamber of Deputies, said that behind the rampart of French breasts the British Army had grown to formidable proportions, and was expected to reach 6,000,000 men. Italy had 3,000,000 and Russia had trained 8,000,000, which she could double. England's effectives were in the proportion of one in ten of the population, Italy s one in eleven, Russia's one in twenty, and France's one in six. FRANCE'S FOOD PROBLEM. CONTROLLER APPOINTED. (Received November 24, 8.20 p.m.) , PARIS, November 23. The Government has appointed a food controller.