GREAT BRITAIN.

Southland Times, Issue 1649, 18 October 1872, Page 2

GREAT BRITAIN.

The amount of damages awarded by the Geneva Board of Arbitration as due by Great Britain to the United States, will exceed £3,000,000 sterling only by a few thousand pounds. At a dinner given to the arbitrators on the Sth of September, M. Oantriet'a toast of "Health to all the nations' represented at Geneva," was greeted with loud cheering, the band playing the national airs of the different nations. The Doncaster September meeting commenced on the 10th. The most prominent feature was the Great York ahire Handicap, which was won by Daln&card'ich ; Neapohban was second, and Sylvester third. Twelve horses started. Mr Odger had agreed not to contest the parliamentary election for Preston if the Liberal candidate would pledge himself to advocate the abolition of the game laws. A heavy thunderstorm occurred at Bolton, in Lancashire. Several lives were lost, and the crops were much damaged. Many of the Jesuits expelled from Germany will go to Ireland, where they are promised a hearty welcome: The Royal Mail steamship has arrived J at Southampton from thy dps of Good Hope, with advices to the otlx of August. Coal has advanced. ' Twenty thousand coal miners in the Midland counties are prepariug to strike for higher wages. KiiKierpest is prevailing in the provinces. Precautions have been taken to prevent its spreading. Thu strike among the artisans' wives ay-iinst the high price of in at. has resulted iiTan increased demand for colonial preserved meats. _ _ . A m:ff undertaking, en'itied the National Bank ot 2sew Zealand (limited) has bevn brought forward unie:' intl.jcnt^al auspice. T::i> capi al is £2,000, C00, in shares ot' £10 each. An application for authority to establish tho Bank is to be m;tdo next session of the Cul muil Legislature.