, 1916-07-05

Government to take steps to regulate the
prices of food and fuel. The resolution ex-
presses the view that pricereguIarion could :
be enforced only by q department of The
Government with power to command aud
distribute food and fuel, fix freight rates,
requisition home grown crops and establish
standard prices for fuel. The mover OF the
resolution said prices had increased 500
owing largely TO the rise in freights and the
greater cost of coal.
London, June 30ih.-Casualties among
Off GERS in the British army continue to pile
up. Published lists for the month of May
show that 466 were killed, 1850 wounded
and IS missing, a total of 1,611. This brings
the aggregate losses since the commence
ment of the War to q, sos of whom 1914
were killed or died of wounds, 17,424 were
wounded aud 1907 are missing. Losses
during the month have been heaviest in the
Indian contingent i'll Mesopotamia with 48
killed and 1917 wounded. The Canadi-
ans lost 80 killed and 80 wounded;
Field Artillery Is killed, Al wounded;
Australians II killed, "a wounded; Lon
don Regiments II killed, SO wounded,
Engineers IL killed, 43 wounded; Yorkshires
IA killed, % wounded. Among Officers of high
rank Brigadier-General Houghton, Hey
worth, Rice and Morrison were killed or died
of wounds, three other Brigadier- Generals
were wounded and eleven Lieutenant-COlo
nels were killed.
London, June 3Oth.-The Official ommun
ication issued this evening says: 'Our patrols
and recouno tring and raiding parties have
continued active on the whole front, and have
entered German trenches at many points and
captured some prisoners. South of Neuve Chm
pelle a strong raiding party penetrated to the
GprrnOn GDpOOTt line DurlnO tho OiObt w0
successfully exploded a mine south of Auchy-
les-Labassee and occupied the crater.
Under cover of a heavy bombardment, the
enemy attempted q raid in the same neigh
bourhood, but was driven back by our
rifle fire. Northeast of Ecurie and about
Hohenzollern and GivenohY the enemy
exploded mines without damage. The
weather yesterday was uufavourable for aer-
iaI work. As a result of one OF the few air
combats, however. an enemy aeroplane was
felled with q damaged engine. German
heavy artillery has been active during thu
day, on tie front between Souchez and
the Hohenzollern redoubt and also about
Oitztje
Paris, June 3Oth.-French forces fighting
in the region of Verdun have captured from
the Germans the Thiaumont work north
east Of The fortress, according TO the Official
4G0tAS u OOhASGs AAO NoAAA
munication says: On the left bank of the
Mouse, the bombardment continues in the re-
gion of Hill 3o4 but no infantry action took
place. On the right bank of the Meuse, stub
born fighting was in progress all day. In
the region of Thiaumont this morning about
ten o'clock our troops in the course OF a very
brilliant attack carried the Thiaumont work,
Notwithstanding the extremely heavy curtain
of fire brought to bear by the enemy. This
afternoon the Germans multiplied their eff
orts to expel us. In the course of this often
sive they sustained considerable losses.
Toward 3 o'clock the enemy succeeded ia
recapturing the fort, but q vigorous
counter-attack enabled us at 4.30 O'Clock to
regain complete possession of it. A particu-
larly violent bombardmept occurred to-day ia
the Fumin and Chenols Woods. The Bel
gian communication is as follows On the
whole front the artillery actions increased in
intensity. We carried out a very eficacious
and destructive fire on the German trenches
near Dixmude, DriegrachteD and Steenstra-
ete.The enemy replied especially to the south
of Dixmude
Petrograd, June 30th.-The Official state
ment is as follows In the region south of
the Dniester we are pursuing the enc
my. The Austrians panic stricken in