Carlisle Patriot 23 April 1880 23 April 1880 Latest from Capetown

23 April 1880 Latest from Capetown

CAPE TOWN, March 30, via Plymouth. The Select Committee of the Transvaal Legislative Council, to whom the   Native Hut Tax Bill was referred for report, have recommended that the tax  should be increased from 10s, as originally proposed, to 20s, and the Bill, as   amended, has been read a first time. ___________ Sir Garnet WOLSELEY will probably leave for Natal on April 4, and there   await the arrival of Sir George COLLEY. ___________ Sir Henry BULWER has been entertained at Maritzburg by several public   bodies, and regret at his departure from the colony is very generally  expressed. ___________ The robbery of gold and diamonds from a majord at Harrismith was committed   by Kaffirs, who have been captured. __________ Matters at Basutoland remain in status quo. The Basutos are not giving up   their guns to any great extent, and the Government do not appear to be pressing   the matter very severely. __________ Some special measures for the suppression of illicit diamond buying are to   be introduced in the next session of the Griqualand (West) Council. ____________________________

 

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