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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 7 November 1901, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] Fog in England. Received this day, atS 4* a.m. London, Nov 6. Fog is general in England! Hundreds of vessels are weather bound. Battleships Competition. Received this day at 9.27. a.m.,. London, Nov o. The Admiralty contemplates relying in future on the competition between the groat private, firms to furnish designs of new battleships. The Ophir's Officers. The following are the promotions among tho officers of the Ophk :—Commander Wemyss to be captain ; Lieutenant Euck Keene, commander ! SubLieutenants jj-iinbridgc, Saurin, lieutenants J Surgeon Hill) staff surgeon ; Assistant-Paymaster Gask, paymaster. A Noble Bequest. Mathew WhitiHg of Wandsworth Common,, has bequeathed ten thousand each to twolve London hospitals. State Pensions. Ecceived this day, at 9 9 a.m. Paris, • Nov. 6. Eousseau ha 3 introduced a Bill in the Chamber of Deputies devoting five million francs to give to miners entitled to a pension in pursuance of the law of 1894. Three hundred francs per annum will be required. " Declined with Thanks." „ TEHERAN* NOV B. The Shah has declined Russia's offer of a thousand cossacks as palace guards* The Bank Murderer. London, Nov; 6. The Itennington Sank, murderer has been identified as a railway fireman named Porter. Wood Paving. The Westminister Vestry Works Committee justify red gum paving contracts, and assert that ratepayers interests a v e properly safe guarded.