MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

BRITISH CASUALTIES. OX LAND AND SEA. London, July 2. British casualties in June were 1740 officers and 29,7tfl men, compared with 1C23 and 27,403 in .May. _ The Admiralty reports that the casualties were 440 officers and 7378 men, POSITION OF BRITISH AGRICULTURE. London, July 2. The Agricultural Departmental Committee reports that if is estimated that a third of the agricultural laborers, namely, 300,000, have enlisted, and it is expected that only 25 per :ent. will return after the war It warns people that it is imperative that something be done to swell the ranks of agricultural labor or otherwise maintain production, and recommends Government measures ensuring the prosperity of agriculture and enabling the payment of minimum wages. INSURANCE FOR MUNITIONERS. London, July 2. The Government is extending the unemployment assurance to all brandies of munition workers. MR. McKENNA IN PARI3, Paris, July 2. Mr. McKenna has arived for a financial conference with MM. Bart and Ribot UNDER-SECRETARY TOR WAR. Received July 3, 8.15 p.m. London, July 3. The Daily Chronicle states that Lord Derby is likely to succeed Mr. H. J Tennant as Under-Secretary for War. AN INCIPIENT STRIKE, I • Received July 3, 815 p.m. London. July 3. Five thousand five hundred engineers and allied tradesmen struck at Vickers' Barrow-on-Furness works over the dilution of skilled labor The Defence of the Realm Act was brought to bear, and the men generally resumed on Saturday night. DISLOYAL BRITISH TRADERS. " Received July 3, 8.5 p.m. London, July 3. The Times' Amsterdam correspondent ?ays it is reported that neutral agents at the last Leipsig fair purchased for British firms a million marks' worth of German goods.