LATE CAPE NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2693, 5 November 1881, Page 2

LATE CAPE NEWS.

[By Teleguaph.] (Per s.s. Te Anau at the Bluff.) Capetown, Oct. 8. There have been very serious riots at Port Elizabeth among the Natives. The Fingoeson the night of the 4th attacked the Kaffirs, and drove them right out of their location, killing every living thing, even dogs. Eighty citizens were sworn in as special constables, with orders to quell the disturbance at all costs.

The Convention has not yet been ratified by the Volksraad, who are communicating with the British Government. The Volksraad are now going on with the ordinary work of the country but great anxiety prevails as to the issue. Many families have moved, and many are still moving from the Transvaal, the bad crops having reduced many from pomparative aff|uencq tq almost pqverjy. The departure of tfie troops has been countermanded, pending the ratification of the Convention, which is still confidently hoped for. Walker, a well-known emigration agent, is about to proceed to England and Scotland, empowered by ffie Go-r vernment to make,, terms for assisting agricultural families to come out. The weather remains splendid, and and the harvest prospects all oyer ’Cape Colony sre brilliant.