Telegraphic Summary.

Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3781, 14 May 1908, Page 3

Telegraphic Summary.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. AN INDIGNANT RATEPAYER. Thames, Last Night. The Omahu and Wharepoa drainage scheme was advanced another stage at the meeting of the Thames County Council a resolution being carried to establish the drainage district by special order. Very strong opposition to the scheme was made by Mr Cryer, a resident of the district, who strongly protested against the arbitrary action of the Council in carrying such a resolution without having given reasonable consideration to the prayer of, the petitioners against it. The speaker referred to the scheme as "robbery," and stated that he would refuse to pay any rates levied in that connection, even if he had to submit to imprisonment in consequence. OUR DUTY TO THE MOTHERLAND.

Denniston, Last Night.

In the course of a speech here last night, the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, said New Zealand should remember that a navy was required to protect her produce in transport from the Dominion to the markets in the Old Country, and he thought more than £40,000 should be paid. Germany, France, and Italy, were building navies to capture British trade, he added, and New Zealand should assist Britain in her efforts to retain her ground. The advantages of preferential trade were dwelt on.

RUA ON THE MARCH, Wairoa, Last Night. Rua, the Maori "prophet," is exI pected here tomorrow, on his way to Wellington, to interview the Native Minister. "SCANDALOUS" STIPENDS. Wellington, Last Night. Some comments were made at a meeting of the Wellington Presbytery on the smallness of the stipends paid. On<j minister said it was scandalous that the Church had college trained men receiving a miserable pittance of £llO or £125 a year, and even this was not always regularly paid. He made a comparison between the liberality of parents and the parsimony of their descendants, who were better off. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER. Dunedin, This Day. Jas. Coddoi was charged with manslaughter in connection with the collision between his launch and the Lady Roberts. The evidence so far is the same as at the inquest. ALLEGED MURDER. Wescport, This Day. Olaf Halinau and Andrew Anderson, seamen on the Westport Coal Company's steamer Canopus, have been arrested on a warrant charging them with the murder of Ernest John Burke, of Reef ton, who was found last week in McLaughlin's stables. ESCAPED PRISONER RECAPTURED. Auckland, This Day. Easton, the prisoner serving sentence for robbery under arms who escaped from Waiotapu has Jbeen recaptured at Rangitaiki.