RAILWAY BOARDS OF APPEAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2138, 13 March 1908, Page 2

RAILWAY BOARDS OF APPEAL.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS,

(Special to Times.) WELLINGTON, March 12. Tho following is the result of the third ordinary election o. elective members of the Railway Boards ol Appeal for the North Island and Middle Island respectively, constituted under the “Government R.ulwajs Department Glassification Act, 1901”. .... North Island. —First division : Charles Philip Ryan, 43/ ; Vm. Arthur Wood, 336. Second division— Traffic aii-fl Stores: John Andrew Dimond, 242; Donald Mackenzie, 1/9; Sydney Geo. Smith, 89; David Burrell, 67. Locomotive runnmg: VmAndrew Veitch, 232; Wm. Wright Thomson, 145. Maintenance: 1 atrick Laffy, unopposed. Workshops branch: David McKenzie, 274; Club. Edward Holmes, 199; M m. Grant EvJl Middlo Island.— First division: John Gray, 442; John Revin. 216. Second division—Traffic and Stores: Martin Reddington, 284; Ihos. Cameron Watson, 271; David Hannib.il Waldie, 165. Locomotive running: Geo. Brown, 189; Titos. Milroy, 166; Frank Hutchins, 138. Maintenance: No nomination. Workshops: John Henry Jones, 440; Mathias Thomas, 4 °The returning officer has declared Chas. P. Ryan, John. A. Dimond. Wm. A. Veitch, Patrick Laffy, and David McKenzie duly'elected as the North Island Appeal Board; and John Gray, Martin Reddington, Geo. Brown, and John Henry Jones are elected as the Middle Island Appeal Board., , An election of a member to represent the maintenance branch on the Middle Island Board will take place on Monday, 27th April next. RAILWAY SUPERANNUATION . FUND. Robert T. Caldow and Alex. McKay have been elected to act as scrutineers in the election of the elective members of the Government Ran.ways Superannuation Fund Board. 4fie voting was as follows: —Caldow 2(0/, McKay 3393, O’Louglilin 1382, feenmgeour 1437, Wilso’h 2316. There were no fewer than 472 informal votes. The following have been elected to act as members of the Government Railways Superannuation fund Board:—Robt. Michael Isaacs, representative of the first division, north Island; Andrew Graham, representative of the first division. Middle Island. William Pepper, Mathias Thomas, and John Dawson are the representatives of tile second division. Ihe following was the result of trie euection, North Island, first division: Robert Michael Isaacs, 323; George Brownlee, 319; Henry Ashton Wright, 144 Middle Island, first division: Andrew Graham, 526; Samuel Andrews, 200. Second division: William Penper, 2014; Mathias Thomas, 1523: John Dawson, 1500; Chas. Edward Holmes, 1210; Wm. Thos.. Wilson, 1117; John Andrew Dimond, 1068; John Pryor Put tick, 946; Daniel Dave, 930; Wm. Andrew Veitch. 888; Martin Lee, 693; Wm. Reid Hai/r 688; David McKenzie, L/8; Patrick Richard Ryan, 404; Wm. Grant Daville Evans. 333; Patrick Mollov, 266. In this division there were~no fewer than 234 informal votes.

TENDERS FOR CASTOR OIL

The following was the tendering for 30,000 gallons of castor oil for the New Zealand Railways:—Accepted: National Mortgage and Agency Co. of N.Z.. Ltd., Dunedin, 2s 5 l-16d. Declined: National Mortgage and Agency Co. of N.Z., Ltd., Dunedin, 2s 5 15-16 d; Mason, Struthers, and Co., Ltd., Christchurch, 2s BJd; -uason, Struthers, and Co., Ltd., Christchurch, 2s Gjd; Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Christchurch, 2s 7d; Castenayd and Fock, Wellington, 2s 7)d; Sam j uel Brown, Ltd., Wellington, 2s Briscoe and .Co., Ltd., Auckland, -s 6d.