NEWS FROM THE CAPE.
[By TKi.KGii.vi’n.j C.vi’E Town, June 2.'!. The Budget speech of June U anticipated a revenue of .■.'.‘2,500,000, an increase of £200,000 in excess of the original estimates. The Bin press Eugenie lias left Maritxbnrg for Durban, and will embark for Biigland in the s.s. Trajan on July 21. A solemn service was held on the spot where the Prince Imperial fell. After it was concluded, the Empress remained alone during the night to watch and pray where her son died. July 1. The proposal for a conference of Smith African Colonies to consider the question of confederation is as distant as ever. The (lovernmentrailway Bill has been introduced. It is comprehensive, and entails an expenditure of upwards of seven millions for railway construction. The Empress Eugenic is now at Port Elizabeth, remaining on board the mail steamer Trajan in the strictest seclusion. She is expected to arrive at Capetown on July 4, and sail for England on August (i. The Northumberland arrived from Melbourne on Jline 20.
The present state of affairs in the diamond Helds and Natal is dull.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2297, 28 July 1880, Page 2
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184NEWS FROM THE CAPE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2297, 28 July 1880, Page 2
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