CAPE TOWN NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 241, 11 March 1880, Page 2

CAPE TOWN NEWS.

Bluff, Match 9. A. debate on responsible government in the Natal Legislative Conned resulted in the affirmation of the principle by a majority of six, fifteen voting for the reso- • lution and nine against. The Boer agitation in the Transvaal ceased with the proclamation of the now constitution by Sir Garnet Woslel y, and the stFugent measures adopted by him and the Commissioner in his determination to uphold the law. and to make good the assertion that the English flag Would not be hauled down in the Transvaal. Mr Rretor'ms, ex President of the Transvaal, has been sent on some mission to the Boer leaders, who, apparently fearing that they would he arrested, cannot he found, nor he persuaded to assemble. A correspondent of the Argus writes finder date January:— “Dabfilamauxi, half-brother to Oetewayo, v’siied Durban. He said iheir losses, especially at Isandula and Gunhula, were far greeter than was generally known. Tuere are no men left in the country, whum is full of women weeping for their husbands.” There is good news with regard to the gold prospects. The Kaffirs assert that large qua tides of gold ara to be found on the hills between Smelporo and Oiiphant river. Government has issued a proclamation prohibiting the importation of all grape vines or cuttings from any place. The Cape Whist cron is almost entirely destroyed by rust. Stocks ary Sfiffioient to last till the end of April,