DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HEAVY RAINS. MASTERTOX, January 27. Heavy rain has been falling during tiie last twenty-four hours. Considerably more than one inch fell in tho outlying districts. .Many crops arc flattened as a result. | CROQUET. CHRISTCHURCH. Jan. 27. Ladies—Second round: Mrs Watkins heat .Mrs McDowell 20 to 21; Mrs GamIni il beat Mrs Murray Aynsley 20 to 23. LIBERAL-LABOUR PARTY. CHRISTCHURCH. Jan. 28. The Executive of the Überal-EaLour Baity met in Christchurch to-day, Hon Will'ord, Messrs Sidey, Veitch, Forbes, .Masters and Iluddo being present. It is expected that the conference will fin-

ish to-morrow night. Tho principal business is the making of arrangements for a campaign to he undertaken this year by the party throughout (he Dominion. .Deputations representing city and country constituencies in Canterbury as far south as Temuka, will wait on the executive. SHOP-LIFTER FIXED. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 28. Mary Jane Emerson, aged (il \ias charged this morning with shop-lifting from Beath and Co. and was fined £5. in default fourteen days, tho police stating accused probably had stolen to help her grand-children who were ncarlv destitute. AN INQUEST. AUCKLAND, January 27. At an inquest into the death of Esther Mary Watts, who died from injuries sustained through being knocked down by a motor bus driven by Stanley Alfred Rule in Newmarket on Jan. Kith. .Margaret Thompson, a passenger

on the bus, said sue was frightened by the speed. She maintained the speed was excessive at the time of the accident. Constable Powell said Rule pointed out skid marks which he said indicated the track of his bus. The marks were discernible for s(il’t. Rule said he was travelling at 20 miles an hour. He had sounded the horn when he saw the deceased who appeared to hesitate and then step forward. Air Finlay, for Rule, said he had a number of witneses whose depositions would conflict considerably with that already given. It had also been ascertained that the skid marks already mentioned had been on the road before the accident. ,tt counsel's request, an adjournment was granted until .Monday.