DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

BAPTIST CONFERENCE,

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association)

WELLINGTON; October 6

The annual conference of the Baptist Union of (New Zealand opened today, with about 160 delegates from , all parts of the Dominion and will continue throughout the week. The report states that the membership is now 7899. Seventy-two -churches are now affiliated with the Union.

The Finance “ Committee reported that with the exception of the missionaries statement all other accounts arc in credit, Next year, the Union will celebrate its Jubilee, in Christchurch. Doctor J.. H, Rushbrooke, secretary of the Baptist World Alliance has signified his intent ion to be present.

AN APPEAL CASE,

WELLINGTON, October 6

In the Appeal Court case, Wight v. the Cunningham Carrying Co., Mr P. ,T. O’.Regan, for the plaintiff, ssubmitted: (1) That no one, not even the presiding Judge, had the right to interrogate the jury when it returned a general verdict either for the paintiff for the defendant. (2) The jury were quite entitled, on the evidence, to find the defendant’s lorry driver negligent. (3) That, though the Court was not bound by the jury’s finding that vne driver should have kept a better looicout yet it should hesitate before holding the driver not negligent in this respect.

Mr Parry for the defendant company contended that the case should have been’ removed from the jury at the close of the plahtiff’s case, a*» there was no evidence of negligence on the driver’s part. The Court reserved its decision.