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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 June 1901, Page 3

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(PEE PHBS3 ASSOCIATION.) [ELECTRIC 1 BLBGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.] Victoria Day London, June 25. Lord Salisbury promised to carefully consider tbe Council of Colonial Institute’s suggestion in favor of the substitution of a bank holiday to be known ns Victoria Day, on the nearest Monday to May 24, for Whit Monday. General Callis surrenders New York, June 22, General Cailles, (leader of the Filipinos since Aguinaldo was captured), his staff and 650 men surrendered to General Sumner. Australian Chamber of Commerce London, June 25. Seventy banks and leading firms have joined the Australian Chamber of Commerce in London. , The Kaiser and the French Naval ' Manoeuvres. Paris, June 25. Several Paris newspapers support the suggestion that the Kaiser be asked to be present at the French Naval manoeuvres at Cherbourg. The Finance Bill. London, June 25. In the House of Commons the sugar duty clause of the Fnance Bill was carried by 240 against 159 votes. Institute of Actuaries. Traversl, of Wellington, passed part one, class one, in the Institute of Actuaries. The Dam Disaster New York, June 25. The Pocahontas dam destroyed 14 small towns, 30 villages, and 300 miles of railway. The Governor of Virginia estimates that 1000 lives were lost. Beceived this day at 9 IB a m. New York, Juno 25. Tbe estimates of the number of lives lost in the Pocahontas disaster is very conflicting, some made it only 100. Captain Drowned. The ship Joseph B. Thomas from Newcastle to Acapulco put into Honolulu. It is reported that Captain Brower was drowned.