NEWS FROM THE CAPE.
♦ ITTNITM) FSBBS ASSOCIATION. | Capetown, 7th June. The Transvaal question has almost dropped out of notice. The Bojal Commission is supposed to be at Pretoria, but, the' telegraph line being down, there is verj*little information on the subject. Matters seem to be quietening down and trade ia going back to its old channels. Most alarming rumours are continually being circulated, but may be discredited as emanating from disappointed speculators. The Cape Government has introduced a scheme for the extension of the three main lines "still further into the interior at a coat of five million pounds. , The bill has been read a second time and nearly passed through committee. The Basutos are collecting the fines inflicted on them, and their submission to Sir Hercules Kobinson'a award is fully expected. The Customs due 3 of this colony jshbw a large increase. * '
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 3, 4 July 1881, Page 2
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143NEWS FROM THE CAPE. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 3, 4 July 1881, Page 2
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