LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE TRANSVAAL AND ENGLAND. REJECTION OF THE CONVENTION BY THE VOLKSRAAD. RISE IN THE BANK RATE. SALE OF FROZEN MEAT.
Capetown, sth October. Telegrams received to-day from Pretoria, announce that the Volksraad has conclnded its consideration of the report of the committee appointed to decide upon the ratification or rejection of the Transvaal Convention, and it has further transpired that, in accordance with the orders of the Volksraad, President Kruger has telegraphed to the Imperial authorities in London that it has been decided that the Convention is contrary to tho spirit of the Sand .River Treaty. A protest is moreover made against the proviBionß of several of the clauses of the Convention, and their modification is requested. London, 6th October The Bank of England has to-day raised its rate of discount to 5 ocr cent The mutton brought by the steamship Orient from Australia has realised an average of sixpence per pound at the Smithfield market. Tho condition of the moat was superior to that of previous shipments.
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 84, 7 October 1881, Page 2
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170LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE TRANSVAAL AND ENGLAND. REJECTION OF THE CONVENTION BY THE VOLKSRAAD. RISE IN THE BANK RATE. SALE OF FROZEN MEAT. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 84, 7 October 1881, Page 2
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