WAIPORI POWER AUGURENTED. » . ■ DUNEDIN, May 19. There are signs of the breaking of the drought in Dunedin. After another day df brilliant sunshine, there was a welcome change in the conditions to-night, and steady rain set in about 10.30 p.m. A telephone message also indicated that it was raining heavily at Waipori, and as there has been a sudden sharp drop in the barometer, the indications are that rain may continue long enough to enable the,removal cf the present restrictions upon the'users of electrical power. JOCKEY SENTENCED. AUCKLAND, May 20. Claude James Regan, a jockey, was sentenced by Judge Smith to seven years hard labour for rape on a girl aged fifteen, at Hamilton. AN APPLICATION CHRISTCHURCH, May 20. An application to the Arbitration i Court has been made by employers *h tlie engineering trade for Permission to employ females and for a reduction in wages in regard to. men. Ibe application will be strongly opposed j by the union when it comes before I the Court on June 18. |
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1930, Page 6
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