NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 289, 16 April 1894, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, April 14. Information has been received that tbe Grand Lodge of Mexico bos extended the fraternal recognition to tbe Grand Lodge of New Zealand. [ The enquiry into tbe loss of the p.s. ! Kiwi will be beld before the Collector of , Customs next week. As the Hinemoa will not return to Auckland from Earntonga till tbe end of next week, tbe Cabinet will discuss to da? tbe expediency of despatching some other vessel to the Auckland Islands 10 prevent tbe Norwegian whaler Antarctic, which bus just loft Melbourne, from sealing and poaching on the islands. This Day. The Mariposa, with English mails of 24th March, left 'Frisco for Auckland on sth April, at due elate. The Monowai, with Colonial mails of 24th March, arrived at 'Frisco from Auckland on 13th April, one clay late. AUCKLAND. April H. An outbreak of fire occurred ai Kemp thorno, Prosper and Co 's premises this morning, and before it was extinguished considerable damage was done to the stock by watrr Tbe insurances total £12.500, made up as follows : — National i"3.500 ; South British, £'2,0n0 ; Norwich Utnon. £2,00H ; Alliance. £1.000 ; Victoria £2.0,0 ; Now Zealand. £1.000 ; Pbconix. 1 1.000 The damage is estimated at several hundred pounds. Uunkdin. April H. At a meeting at Palmerston, Mr Scobie Mackenzie wns presented with a dinnerset for Mrs Mackenzie nud a now Yost type writer for himself. Mr Mackenzie was pressed to promise that he would stand for Parliament at the next election, but he stated that he did not thiuk it would be wise for th«> district to do so. He suggested that the chairman, Mr John Duncan, should be apked to come forward. Russell, This Day. Arrived — rliuomoa, from Haratonga, with Lord and Lady Glasgow on board.