Teilegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3190, 27 April 1889, Page 2

Teilegraphic.

News from Samoa' , Auckland, April 26. The steamer Mawhera arrived from Tonga' and Samoa to-day, bringing advices from Apia to the 17th inst. Matters political are quiet, and everybody is awaiting the result of the Berlin conference. Mataafa is in Apia. His men assisted to float the German ship Olga, although the proclamation of war against him'had not been withdrawn.

Business in Apia is very brisk. This is consequent. on the large expenditure by the American sailors, Supplies of all kinds were plentiful, and the arrival of the Mawhera and Richmond and other vessels due would prevent any scarcity. The harbor of Apia shows numerous traces of the effects of the hurricane. Ona resf the Adler is lying, on her broadside, with her decks facing the shore. She i 3 not seriously damaged, and could be floated off if the necessary appliances were at hand,The United States ships Trenton and Vandaliaare lying side by side as they sank, and there is no chance of floating either of them, With the assistance of a diving dress, lent from H.M.S, Calliope, tho majority of the guns and stores were brought up from these vissels, The remains of the Eber arescattored about, the larger portion being under the reef where sHe sank. Very few bodies have come ashore, and native divers say that a great many are entangled in the wreck, 'They have declined-to work in recovering the bodies of. those lost in the Eber, as they assert that the locality of the wreck is infested with sharks.

. Tho Nipsio, which was sujcessfnlly floated, was fjtted with a jury rudder and arra.n'geinerts were made with the Mawhera to convey her to Auckland for repairs. On the trial trip, however, the machinery broke down, and and the Mawhera towed her back, to port. Aa she could not be got ready again for at legst a week the Mawhera came, on without her, ' Admiral Kimbcfley intends sending the Nipsio to 'Auckland in charge of the United States ship Alorfe, which was expected to arrive froii' Honolulu about the end of Aprjl. ; ; Baptd arrived at Ajm», .via

Fiji, 1 on Monday, the : isth. The. Aiiierioaii' snilors from Hie wrecked warships are quartered on ahore, anxiously waiting for vesseU.to take them to America.

•The Governor's Reception. ; Wellington, Saturday, The Governor will only .be welcomed at tlio.Kailway Station oh his arrival, and taken at once, to the portico at Government buildings and there sworn in, after which his formal receplion as Governor of New Zealand will follow. . Wanted a Hangman. Wellington, Saturday, The delay in carrying'. out the sentence of la,w on the Waipiro murderer is caused by the difficulty of procuring a hangman. The man now secured for tho purpose hails from this island. Colonial Defences. Wellington, Saturday, General Edwards, who is to inspect the defences of the Colonies does so at the expense of the Imperial Government. New Zealand is included in the arrangement. " Wilful" TrespassGisborhe, Saturday, At the Police Court this morning George Wig, masteijof the schooner Awaroa, was charged with, trespass, and refusing to leave tbo schooner when requested to do so.' The Act provided for" Wilful trespass," hut the information read'".Unlawful tros passing." The information was dismissed on this defect,

Extensive Fire. iNYBRcmnjL, April 26. The extensive premises of Fleming and Gilkison, flour millers, caugh fire at 11,24 a.m. to-day. The build[ ings were part brick and part wood, The flames started in the. upper storey of the wooden portion. The Brigade were soon on the spot, and got five jets playing in tbe fire; but a strong breeze was blowing, which to. some extent neutralised their efforts. -The wooden section of the establishment is now mostly demolished, hut it is believed the brick stores and contents will be saved. Insurances Steam flour mill, £SOO in the. New -Zealand Office (£250 reinsured in the Phoenix), and £SOO in the Royal; grain store, £6OO in the New Zealand (re-insured for £250 in the North German), and LSOO in the Eqqitable; ,w|jeatand oats in store, LIOOO (reinsured for LSOO in the North German), also LIOOO in the Royal Office. Later. The damage by the fire at Fleming and Gilkinson's flourmills is estimated at £4OOO, The insurance, amountto £IOOO, is equally divided in tho New Zealand and Royal offices. This was the first occassion on which the new water service was tried on a fire of any magnitude, and it did fairly well, portions of the building and the engine being saved,