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Press, Volume C, Issue 29499, 28 April 1961, Page 12

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r s Mr T. G. Maxwell was reelected unopposed as chair- > man of the North Canterbury t Nassella Tussock Board at its t annual meeting at Waikari ■ yesterday. Mr F. K. Forrester I was elected vice-chairman. i s Professor G. A. Knox has > been nominated as the Can- • terbury Museum's representative on the new Scientific t Committee on Oceanographic ' Research. Mr Knox was » nominated earlier this week as Canterbury University's t representative, and he will act i for both organisations I s Mr F. L. Langley, presi- • dent of the Canterbury Dis- ■ trict Council of the Federat tion of Labour and secretary ! of the Canterbury Carpenters’ 1 Union, will leave Christ- ■ church by air this evening on • the first stage of his journey I to Geneva, where he will be a workers’ representative at the conference of the Interi national Labour Organisation. The Rev. W T. Blight, who ■ has been editor of the “New Zealand Methodist Times" ; since 1947, has retired from . the position. His successor is Mr H. W Beaumont, the first layman to become edii tor of the journal The Rev. . H. S. King*, associate editor . for the last 10 years, ha* also retired.