Beyond the Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 185, 26 August 1909, Page 3

Beyond the Dominion

j MOTOR'S VICTIMS. New York, August 22. i Louis Strong, driving a Buick car,won the 100 mles race at Indianapolis in lhr, 32min, 4'J.s. The worlds' previous record was lhr 44min. A car in another race on Friday dashed into a fence, killing Bourge, the driver, and also the mechanican. Another car on Saturday dashed into a fence and killed three spectators, whilst a chaffeur and three Canadian ladies were killed, the motor being precipitated over a trestle bridge, while on the journey from New York, at Seattle. Thirty eight fatal motor car accidents occurred in America within 24 hours. London, August 23. The "Daliy Telegraph's" New York correspondent states that in all thirty eight persons were killed in motor car accidents in the United States on Thursday, making over 250 fatalities in a week. TURKEY AND GREECE. London, August 21. The Powers, in a fresh Note to Turkey, regret that the latter has not left the settlement of the Cretan crisis in the hands of the protecting Powers, who have shown every disposition to safeguard Turkish interests. Regarding Turkish complaints of Greek activity in Macedonia, the Note suggests that the best course would be to submit any grievances to the signatory Powers to the Treaty of Berlin. It is stated that the Porte has been warned that in the event of war the Powers would guarantee Greece's" terrij torial integrity. Greece's reply to the Porte is regarded in Constantinople as distinctly ! satisfactory, and public opinion is j reassured. VICTORIAN FLOODS OVER. Melbourne, August 23. | It is impossible yet to estimate the damage caused by the floods. The losses to crops, stock and property are , enormous. Many families practically j lost their all. The railway washaways are being I rapidly repaired, and it is expected ! that running will be restored today, j The floods everywhere are rapidly receding. I Further details disclose many thrilling : escapes and heroic efforts on the part j of rescures. i In numerous cases people had to be | taken from their roofs, after occupyi ing dangerous positions for ninny ! hours. | At the highest flood the whole town- ' ship of Runpanyup was submerged | four and a half feet. The water rose | su rapidly that people were caught j abed, and were forced to make a hurj ried exit. Both reservoirs burst. I The hotel at Banyena was complete- ! ly washed away. : The fatalities which occurred on ; Saturday were the drowning of a man | named Ellis at Snake Valley and of an i unknown man at Elnor. | BATTLESHIPS' ESCAPE, j London, August 22. ' The battleship Hannibal was executing ! gunlaying tests off Babbacombe Reef | on Saturday when she scraped the reef, i with the result that several of her I plates were torn and her boiler room ! and oil fuel storage tanks flooded j She has been docked at Devonport for repairs, i But for the fact that the tide was ! full in at the time and that the battlej ship was going at full speed the damI age would have been much greater. AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE. Melbourne, August 23. j The conference of Ministers of Agri- ' culture adopted a series of resolutions for inter-State co-operation in dealing with vegetiation diseases. Regarding Irish blight, it was decided to take immediate uniform action with a view to checking its spread. Careful invesI tigation will be made of the infected areas quarantined. Only new bags or cases will be used in sending potatoes from one State to another. The Conference decided that a Federal bureau of agriculture was at present unnecessary. COLONIAL RESERVES. London, August 21. Mr R. McKenna, First Lord of the | Admiralty, has introduced a bill to amend the Colonial Naval Defence Act, 1865, by empowering colonial governments to provide that seamen raised under that Act may be bound to give general service in the Royal Navy in emergency. BALLOONS FIRED ON. Berlin, August 23. In connection with the frontier incident which occurred on the 11th inst, when Russian frontierguards fired on a German balloon which was crossing the frontier it is stated that a bullet fired by the Russian guards passed through the balloon whlie it was stiil over German territory. The facts have been forwarded to the German Foreign Office. A COSTLY ARMY. New York, August 23. President Taft, in the interests of economy, has instructed Mr Dickinson, Secretary for War, to reduce the American standing army from 88,000 to 80,000 men. The annual cost of each American soldier in time of peace is £240 sterling. EXTENSIVE FIRES. Mexico, August 23. An extensive fire occurred last night in Mexico city, a considerable portion of the business area being destroyed. The total damage is estimated at a million and a half dollars, or £300,000. New York, August 23. A fire in Decatur, Illinois, destroyed a valuable block containing 20 buildings. The total damage is estimated at a million dollars, or £'200,000. London, August 23. A fire broke out in a block of buildings between Cannon street and Auchurch Lane. Forty offices were gutted, in addition to the New South Wales Government storeroom, containing records, Immigration Detriment circulars, literature exhibit?.