CABLE NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1748, 6 July 1895, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

THE BRITISH ARMY THE AMMUNITON QUESTION London, July 3 In the House of Commons Mr Balfour said they would pass Supply, including an increased vote for cordite. Ho retorted upon Sir H. Campbell-Ban-nerman that it was not right for the Minister to shield himself behind experts. Sir Henry had obviously economised with a view to outlay upon the navy. The' weekly output of cartridges did not exceed two millions and a-ha ] f, working night and day. There were 100,000 rifles in England for which not a single cartridge was pro-, vided. , LORD ROSEBERY AND THE UPPEE HOUSE v vLondon, July 3. .. At the Eighty Club Lord Rosebery spoke in a spirited tone, and said that the country,, must decide, paramount questions, as the Lords were rapidly becoming alpolitioal ring and threatened to throttle the commonwealth; CO-OPERATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT . Brisbane, July 4. In the Assembly the. Minister of Lands declared that so far as Socialistic experiments were concerned cooperative land settlement had proved a dismal failure. THE JEWELLEY ROBBERY. . Sydney, Jn-v In connection with the recent jewellery robbery from Messrs Stewart Dawson and Company’s an investigation of the stock up to the present, shows a defioeccy of £1650, in addition to the rings stolen,