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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 7 May 1901, Page 4

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

(per press association.) [electric lelegraph.—copyright.] Australia and America. Washington, May 5. Sir Julian Pauncefote expressed to MiHay, the American Minister of Finance, the British and Australian Governments' appreciation of the cruiser Brooklyn's visit to Melbourne. Purchase of Krupp Guns. The Ameer of Afghanistan is using the isubsidy of £20,000 paid him yearly by the Indian Government in the purchase of ssz batteries of Krupp guns. The Shamrock 11. The Shamrock 11. grounded on Bean 1 fenk. She was refloated at high tide u Kidamaged. how rates of Interest. The British and New Zealand Investm. mt Coy., has resolved to liquidate ow lag to the decline of the rates of intei 'est. The Chairman anticipates that the ' capital will be returned to the shareliol &e.rs with over a 20 per cent bonus.

Unrest in Russia. London, May 6. 1 ks Times states that the wholesale don riciliary police visits at St Petersburg resu ited in hundreds of arrests, including well inown society people. T' be documents seized implicate persons in h igh degree.

Thie Financial Crisis in Japan. Tokio, May 6. Ihe .Japanese Ministers of Finance hav ede clared that further borrowing for put tlic works would ruin Japan and thereupon resigned, thereby causing a crisis.