DAIRY PRODUCE BOARD

Southland Times, Issue 21088, 21 May 1930, Page 11

DAIRY PRODUCE BOARD

PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES

NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES

(Per United Press Association.)

Wellington, May 20.

Candidates nominated to-day for the seats on the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board which, in accordance with the provisions of the Dairy Produce Export Control Act 1923, will be vacated by the retirement on June 30 of the three producers’ representatives are as follows: Ward No. 3. —Mr A. S. Ferguson (Matamahe, Morrinsville) sitting member, Mr C. L. Luke (Te Puke, Bay of Plenty). This ward embraces the counties of Waikato, Hauraki Plains, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Piako, Rotorua, Taupo, lauranga, Whakatane, and Opotiki, including all boroughs and town districts situated within the counties and .so much of the borough of Hamilton as lies between the Waikato river and the boundary of the Waikato County. Ward No. 4.—Mr J. Hine (Waitara) acting chairman of the board, unopposed. This ward comprises Clifton, Inglewood, Taranaki, Stratford, Egmont, Eltham and Whangamomona. Ward No. 7. —Mr H. T. Chapman (Little River, Canterbury) sitting member, Mr D. Knight (Tuamarina, Marlborough), Mr T. Mould (Little River). This ward comprises Westland, Grey, Inangahua, Murchison, Buller, Collingwood, Takaka, Wai- ' mea, Sounds, Marlborough, Awatere, Kaikoura, Amuri, Cheviot, Waipara, Tawera, -Oxford, Ashley, Kowai, Rangiora, Eyre, Malvern, Paparua, Waimairi, Heathcote, Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Wairewa, Halswell Springs, Ellesmere, Selwyn, Chatham Islands.

The lists of all producers carrying on business as suppliers of milk or cream to every dairy produce export factory within the wards form the basis of the rolls for the election, and the votes are calculated on a tonnage basis. The election will take place at the office of the returning officer in the Department of Agriculture, Wellington, on June 15.