Beyond The Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 206, 8 November 1909, Page 3

Beyond The Dominion

TAMMANY IN NEW YORK. New York, Novc-mhor .'J. There was great exicitement in New i York yesterday over the election of a j Mayor, in succession to Mr G. B. McClellan. The result was a triumph for Tammany Hall, whose nominee, Mr Justice Gaynor, was elected with a plurality of 60,000 over Mr Otto Eannard, the anti-Tammany party's candidate, Mr W. R. Hearst, the millionaire newspaper proprietor, who was a candidate for the Governorship in 1906, on the Independence League ticket, being third. The vote was below expectations. The indications are that Mr Justice Gaynor's colleagues have been defeated through the Hearst party's solid endorsement of Tammany's Republican opponents. The fusionists claim to have secured most of the minor offices, including a majority on the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, which authorises all the expedniture. This control is particularly important at this election, as immense sum) are likely to be expended on underground railways and other improvements. FOOTBALL FATALITIES. New York, November 2. Seven deaths, as the result of injuries received during inter-'varsity football matches have occurred during the past fortnight. I The head of West Point Military Academy has prohibited football for the rest of the season owing to the i death of one of the students during the progress of a game.

LAND TENURE IN ENGLAND. I London, Novemebr 2. Mr A. J. Balfour, in a preface to ! Sir Gilbert Parker's pamplet, "The : Land for the People," remarks: j 'More is required for the full success j of the small farmer than the magic of ( ownership, and it may be described in two words —credit and co-operation." Sir Gilbert Parker, in a letter to the Times, declares that Mr Balfour has j embodied in the Unionist policy 'the ! small ownership of land, and adds j that the Radical party has committed I iteslf irrevocably to perpetual tenancy. j The Daily Mail declares that the Radicals, owing to Socialist opposition j dare not create a multitude of small j landowners, for these would be a but--1 tress against socialism.

AMERICAN TENNIS TEAM. ■ Sydney, November 3. ■ McLaughlin and Long, the American < representatives for the Davis cup j match, arrived in Sydney today, and received an official welcome. STEAD'S SPOOK BUREAU. i London, November 3. I Mr W. T. Stead denies that the j Gladstone interview was a Radical ■ trick, and defends its inconsistencies.'* He had authority to state that BcaconsOeid was equally ready to res|x)nd to inquiries. Beaconsfied had a!(ready expressed the advice through Julia, that the Lords should pass the i Budget. Several critics have expressed much sympathy for Mr Stead. THE MUNROE DOCTRINE. Ottawa, November 3. Sir F. \V. Borden, Minister for Militia, speaking at Toronto, said that people who trusted the Munroe doctrine for Canadian defence, or thought the United States would assist without a very substantial return, shoud be dismissed without argument. He added that absurdity could not go further | than imagine that Canada would remain at peace with an enemy of the Empire. SENSATIONAL FRENCH TRIAL. London, November 3. The trial of Madame Steinheil for the murder of her husband and her stepmother, Madame Japy, in May of last year has commenced in Paris. Over two hundred people waited outside the door of the courthouse in a queue all night. Some sold their places for 500 francs in the morning.

GERMAN NAVY FRAUDS. Berlin, November 4. The trial is proceeding,of four officers from Ihe naval yards at Keil and five merchants of Kiel and Hamburg in connection with the frauds on the Navy Department, which, it has been stated, have caused a loss of £50,000 during recent years. All the officers denied that they were guilty. One of the Hamburg merchants implicated admitted that huge profits had been made at the expense of the Imperial Navy yard, owing to the confusion and mismanagement that had existed and the official ignorance of values and prices. Thus bronze and brass" were thrown together and sold at a common price, and dealers chose the best, leaving the rest to be auctioned. When this was done upset prices were fixed by the dealers, who arranged among themselves the materials each was to purchase, and did not bid against each other. THE BEEF TRUST. London, November 4. The "Times" states that importers are gratified at the success of the Marathon's meat venture. They are of opinion that for the first time in its history the Beef Trust will have to face competition of a substantial kind, and in the English market, from the colonies. DAVIS CUP TEAiM. Sydney, Novo mho r I. Mr Norman Brookes, captain ami sole selector of the Australasian tenr.i.-i team, has chosen himself, Duniup, Victoria; Dr .Si a.'-;, .\Y\v Soul!. Wales; and WiHi:.;;. " .\'< '.v Zealand te> represent Australasia ;:. the Dav;-. Cnn competition. I'Kakvs - !:;■:<-iiiij.'S A<.:a-:yn:u.