LATE WAR NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 762, 20 July 1916, Page 11

LATE WAR NEWS.

BELVILLE WOOD. BRITISH COMING BACK. RECOVERING THE GROUND. By Cable—- Vress Association. — Cojiyrii/ht. Renter's Telearams. (Received July 20, 2.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 20. ■ Sir Douglas Haig reports that most of the ground lost at Longueval and Belville Wood has been recovered. BURNING THE CROPS. FIRE DROPPED FROM AEROPLANES. (Received July 20, 11.10 a.m.) SALONICA, July 19. Allied aeroplanes continue to fly over the Macedonian cornfields, igniting the crops. Thousands of acres have been burned. HUNGARY IN DANGER. RUSSIAN CAVALRY NEAR. AUSTRIAN ARMY'S REAR THREATENED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 20, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, July 19. The Pelrograd correspondent of the "Daily News" states that General Letchitsky's cavalry have penetrated to within a day's march ofj Hungary. They threaten the rear of j S»e Austrians in the KimpolungKuty region. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. GERMAN AIR RAIDS. HARASSING THE AUSTRIANS. Renter's Telegrams. (Received July 20, 2.10 p.m.) PETROGRAD, July 19. German aeroplanes bombed Reval. Floods in the Dniester are demolishing Austrian bridges. We are approaching the mountain passes BOUth-wcst of Kuty. The Caucasian army has advanced considerably to the south of Trebilond, and ' westward of Baiburt, everywhere dislodging rearguards. REGULATION OF PRICES TRADE UNIONIST DEPUTATION. MR ASQUITH'S REPLY. Australian and N.Z. Gable Association. (Received July 20, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, July 19.

Replying to a deputation from the Trade Unionist Congress regarding the regulation of prices of food and fuel, increase of the old age pensions, and conscription of riches, Mr Asquith said that the Congress proposed the fixing of freights and rates, commandeering the Home crops; fixing the standard prices of food in various areas. It was true that shipping companies were making large profits, but much was taken udcr the excess profits tax, and the interests of the country demanded that considerable reserves should be set aside to provide new tonnage after the war. Germany had tried the fixing of maximum prices but he doubted whether it had been successful. He was not disposed to attempt it in the United Kingdom. As regards the conscription of riches the income tax was so high that he did not think any country in the world was exacting equal contributions from the well-to-do.

NO HOLIDAYS. KEEPING UP SUPPLIES. 1 -Heuter's Telegrams. !; (Received July 20, 2.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 19. After hearing explanations by Mr Montagu, a meeting of employers in the engineering, ship building, woollen, hosiery, and boolmaking trades decided to postpone holidays.

CASUALTIES. AN OFFICER WOUNDED. !JK.V Coble. — Pre.?* A.ixoriatiuin^-C'opt/ni/ht. (•(Received July 20, 12.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 20. I To-day's list of wounded includes the name of Lieut.' J. T. Lang, formerly of Palmerston North, slightly ] wounded.