DISQUALIFIED!
POWER BOARD CHAIRMAN HANDS IN RESIGNATION.
ASHBURTON, Nov. 0
Mr F. W. Watt, chairman of the Ashburton' Electric Power Board, resigned his office of membership of the Board.. Mr Watt stated that the immediate cause of his resignation related to a discussion of the Board to supply him with free power for Ills house during the period of chairmanship. He pointed out that though tho decision was rescinded on the. matter being brought under notice of the Board and that the resolution only actually applied to one month’s current, which wos paid by him 21 days later,, tho Audit Department held that fiis disqualification under sub-section 14 f and 15 g of the Electric Power Board Act 1918, had taken effect. Consequently it urns impossible for him to officiate further in the capacity of a member, until such time as lie can he and is reelected. S'ub-section 7 of section 14, to which tho Audit Office refers provides that a person is incapable of being elected or appointed a member of a power board if ho holds any office or place of profit under, or V the gift of the hoard, and sub-section 15 provides that tho office of the member shall become vacant, if he holds any office or place under or in the gift of the Board.—P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9855, 7 November 1924, Page 5
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