CABLE BREVITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 157, 6 July 1896, Page 3

CABLE BREVITIES.

A Cape paper assertß thab the Transvaal Government connived ab Mr Leonard's escape to London, as it was believed that he wonld denounce Mr.Cecil Rhodes.

The Russian Government assume control of the drink traffic in Videmosh. Th« Government have also decided to permit foreign Jews to enter Russia without reference to their calling.

The Egyptian steamer Ratuires, reported lost in the Red Sea, has been towed to Suez. All the passengers are safe.

Mr Dillon's opposition to the compulsory clauses induced the British Government to abandon the Irish Education Bill.

The Reichstag will be asked in the autumn to vote a sum to construct railways from the coast to Lakes Tana, SiUa, and Victoria-Nyanza. .

Mr Chamberlain states tbat the rumour thab Sir Hercules Robinson will not return ho the Cape Colony owiug to illness is quite unfounded. He adds the Governor's health is improving, and that Sir Hercules will soon return.

The late Baron Hirsch's stud has been sold for £40,000.

As a precaution against) the introduction of tick from Queensland, the New South Wales ■ Government has prohibited the importation of all hides from that colony, excepting under the mosb stringent conditions.