EDUCATION BOARD ELECTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 7 August 1901, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD ELECTION.

1 » ' The Returning Officer, Mr P. 8. ; Whitcombe, "on Tuesday opened the voting papers in connection with the election of three members to £ll the | vacancies on the Education Board ' caused by the retirement of Mips Heywood, Messrs Allsworth and Hignett. [ As this was the first election UDder the Act of last session, and the voting was by individual members of committeep, it was anticipated that there would be a fairly large Dumber of informal votes, ] r and such proved to be the case, no less > ' than 58 papers being rejected as not I ' properly filled in. while seven/ ' could not be received owing to the ' post mirk on the cover being of a later date than that prescribed (July 22nd)., The business commenced shortly after' ' 11 a.m. and was not concluded till 2.45. The scrutineers preient were Messrs. Mark Hopson, Gaukrorjgar, F. . White and A. Weller. The following was the result of the poll, the eld members being re-elected:— B. A. Hignett'.. 151) I Miss' Hey wood .. 11l I Elected. . E. G. Allswor h 105 J . Joseph Brown .. 82 W. A. Oollis .. 57 J. Olayton .. 54 '. R.Glegg .. 29 1 We understand that a count was r made of the informal voting papers, 1 and the result showed that these votes ', were divided in almost the same prob portion amongst the candidates as the e sound votes and therefore no candidate \ was prejudicially affected by the rejected votes. The election brought into prominence several glaring defects in the procedure laid down by the Act, which ia several particulars requires amead- ' ment. r 8 FXB FRBS3 ASSOCIATION. / 1 Dunkdin, August 6. 8 The voting for the election of three 9 members of tie Education Boardje- , suited in the return of Messrs. Japes > Sim (retiring number), Alexander 8 Marshall and Robert Peattie, two exB school teachers. There were twelve 9 candidates. Seventy-one piper* were * rejected as informal.