Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3175, 9 April 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Arrival ot the lonic.

Wellington, Tuesday. Arrived at 10 o'clock this morning lonic from London.

THE SQUADRON.

Auckland, Tuesday. Tho Orlando leaves for Sydney today. The Admiral has had two thousand tona of Westport ooal distributed to the squadron, and has rocommended the Admiralty to obtain a shipment for the use of the English squadron on tho China station. Ho considers the price'for the oarriage of tlio Westport coal by colliers at 8s per ton for 265 miles, and 2s Gd per ton for some tou miles Ity train, altogether too high,

The Squadron will rendezvous at Sydney, and thereafter be distributed as follows; Opal and Lizard to go to New Hebrides, Royalist and Raven to go to Now Guinea, It is not expected that tho fleet will return to our waters before November, and during part of tho summer it will rendezvous at Hobart. The Admiral, however, intends to send'one or two warships to Duh,edjh during the Exhibition. Tho 'Atlmjral will go Home to England in all probability about the middle of March,

Music for the Exhibition. Dunedin. Tuesday, ■ The exhibition .commissioners by a majority of two, confirmed Mr Towsey'a appointment as musical director.

Opinions DifferAshbueion, April 8. A meeting of Freemasons, attended by the masters and members of the three local lodges, unanimously resolved "That in the opinion of this meeting the time has not come for the establishment of a Grand Lodge of New Zealand," Nelson, April 8. At a largely attended meeting pf Freemasons it was decided " That in the opinion of this meeting it - is desirable to form a United Grand Lodge for New Zealand." The meeting was"!!?f' uuauimous on the question, and a proposition tO jP the Masonic Union was defeated. The matter has been discussed in both of the; local' Lo'dges, anci they bad decided J to 'hd!dau;op% m'eeliffgbf Maram) in order fo-ajlow bjsteii

Pound Drowned. Wanoanui, Tuesday, t The body of Mrs Doran, missing 'flino'e Monday, was found on the beaoh just about tho spot where she was last seen. • A Case ot Swearing. Wellington, Tuesday. It has been determined that the swearing-in of the Governor shall take place here.

Rick Firing. Invehcargill, April 8. To-day John Willis, alias Jack Willis, was charged at tho Police Court' with Betting lire to a stack of oats. The accused, who was up last week for vagrancy and was acquitted, called at the house of a settler named Caulfield, a few miles irom town, and asked for a night's quarters.. Mrs Caulfield, being alone, refused him, when he threatened to.inake it hot for them, ■ In consequence of the threat he was watohed passing the buildings on the farm, aud a few minutes after he had passed round a stack of oats burst into flames, He was remanded.