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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 January 1903, Page 3

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[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] Famous Picture Stolen. Rome, Jan 19. The famous has relief by the Italian sculptor, Luca Dollakobbia, representing the descent from the Gross, was stolen from the church of San Sevaro in Florence. It is valued at £20,000. Sugar Bounty. London, Jan. 19. Russia, in replying to Great Britain’s note in reference to the sugar convention, declares that Russia awaits the International Commission’s decision regarding the alleged bounty, but at the same time reiterates its previous reservations. Germany and China. London, Jan 19. Prince Chun’s dedication of the Kettler Memorial Arch at Pekin was impressive. He bowed before the foreign diplomatists, declaring that the memorial \Md be a warning to the people and a ign of friendship between Germany 1 China and a symbol of peace. Baron German Charge D'affaires, in rePlJ> emphasised the Emperer of China* 9 fulfilment of the obligation and nledse that he would perpetuate the friendship with foreign Government. The Ge* man troo P s marched under the arch ’ Claim. London, Jan 19. Owners of the Marrung were awarded £7,000 for salving the Boveric. New Guns. New York, Jan 19 Sixteen inch American coast defence guns were successfully tested at bandy Hook. _ . Damages Fop Delay. Passengers by the St Louis are sueing for damages for delay, alleging the boilers were overhauled at Soutnampion. New Weapon of War New York, Jan 19. America is building forty-four new coast defence guns. The projectile weighs twenty four hundred pound and a smokeless powder charge 610 pounds giving a velocity of twenty-three hundred feet. The pressure is thirty-eight thousand pounds and will have a range of twenty miles, efiective at five miles. Obituary. London, Jan 19. The deaths are announced of Sir J. S. Montefiore, the Italian Consul-General of London, aged 81, and Mehemed Pasha, Governor of Tripoli.