TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 971, 16 June 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] •. The Droids. Wanganui, To-dfy... ' A new lodge of the United Ancient i. Order of Druids was inaugerafcedi' night, by G.L.D. falter .Bishop. , , new lodge starts with sixty enrolled mem-’ hers. It is the forty-seventh ■if -New Zealand and is numbered 167; ‘in the Australasian district of ,the Order. The net? lodge is called theßishop • Lodge.” Fiteeihoiifflit. v.' i : At Freethought Association has b&fr ’ 5 formed in Wanganui. They held tltoir 1 f:I first meeting recently, at which atbift l " * 7 foifty persons attended. Eighteen signed' j° “■ their names as willin ’- .to become mem-'-bets, and it is expected -that number * will increase 1 to about fifty shortly. - It* is proposed to hold meetings every Sunday v evening, at which- the discussion of ■ varh--' ous subjects will be held, and'ministers, will be asked to give their views, provided' ■ free discussion therein iaallowed. - Political- ", Gisborhb, To-day)' Mr McDonald, M H.R., addressed his constituents at Ormond and and received a vote of thanks add confidence. at each place, ; !; . r - Suspected Arson. ' J : Tihabv, To-day. T. H. Parsons sen. has beon arreirted , on a charge of attempting tosetfireioA wooden cottage in Sophia street yesterday morning. ' The Goods Shed Fire- ,J Dunedin, To-day. Mr Borens, of Silverston and Borens, . states that his firm’s loss by the goods t shed fire will hot exceed a few huhdred pounds. ’ , ' ' .... Fatality- '' . J : The infant child of J. Lewis - was smothered in bed this morning. f ’