CABLE NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1749, 10 July 1895, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

THE PROGRAMME OF THE LIBERALS London, July 7. Lord Eosehery, replying to. taunts, said the Radical gloried in being Imperialists, and he hoped that the Marquis of Salisbury would confirm the British withdrawal from Chitral. The Liberals; he said, remained pledged to Home Eule, Disestablishment of the Scotch and Welsh Churches, local option, and one-man-one-vote, but reform of the House of Lords would be the primary question at the elections. He said there was nothing in the life or the. death of the late Government requiring defence. It had passed great measures, arranged great Acts, and had left a mighty surplus. Business, he argued, was reviving, and the people were contented.. The resistance of the House of Lords • was the tap-root of all political questions, and he was not prepared to retire from any of the pledges given to the electors, including Homo Eule. He hoped the Marquis oifcSaiisbury WO uld support the late Govornmont’s demands for reform in. Armenia. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS Melbourne. July 6. The railway revenue for the year ended June 30, shows a decrease of £139,000, compared with last year.

THE HOSPITAL Melbourne, July 6. The total amount received in the Melbourne Hospital self-denial week was £5200. A BANK LOTTERY Hobabt, July 6. The, trustees of the Bank of Van Diemau’s Land are. arranging another lottery. f ; A DARING ROBBERY. Melbourne, July 8. A safe containing over £IOOO worth of jewellery, was stolen from the shop of Abraham Smith, olElizabeth-street. A horse and cart, also stolen and used to remove the plunder, was found with the rifled safe at Brunswick.