N.Z. MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1928, Page 2

N.Z. MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD

ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES.

An advertisement appears in our advertising columns dealing with the election of two producers’ representatives on the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board.

The regulations under which the election is conducted provide that the various districts shall elect twentyfive delegates who will constitute an rflectoral Committee. This Committee will assemble in Wellington on the JOth August, 1928. to consider the Board’s Annual Report and Balance Sheet and to elect the two producers’ representatives on the Board. The number of delegates and the boundaries of the various districts are set out in the advertisement. The latest official sheep returns (which at present are those at 30th April, 1927) shall be the electoral roll. Every sheep-owner on this list having one hundred sheep or over shall he entitled to vote for delegates to the Electoral Committee, in districts where an election may necessary.

Nominations for delegates to the Electoral Committee or for producers’ representatives may he made by any two sl’ieepfariuers appearing oil the official sheep returns as owning not less than one hundred sheep. Forms of nomination are obtainable at the Board’s office, Wellington.

Nominations for delegates to the Electoral Committee will he received at the Board’s office, Wellington, up to noon on the 7th July, 1928. Nominations for producers’ representatives on the Board will he received iip to noon on the 30th June. 1928. No candidate for election to the Board shall he eligible for nomination to the Electoral Committee.

In accordance with the provisions of Hie Meat Export Control Act. the members of the Board who are to retire in August, are Messrs T. A. Duncan, ITiinterville. and Adam Hamilton. Invercargill. These gentlemen offer themselves for re-election as producers’ representatives on the Board.