HARBOUR BOARD ELECTIONS.
AND THE FARMERS' UNION
Unanimous condemnation was levelled against the new system of electing harbour bords and hospital boards at the Farmers' Union Conference at Woodville on Tuesday. Mr H. Morrison, of Masterton, described the machinery for electing harbour boards as cumbersome, extravagant, and a gross waste of public money. _' It was, he said, a very poor compliment to the local bodies to say that they were not competent to appoint a representative to the harbour boards. Mr D. Howie declared that the new system almost meant buying votes. The cost of the harbour board election in Pohangina was £2O 10s. and the number of votes recorded 102. The delegates also passed a resolution affirming that the present system of the election of hospital boards is most unsatisfactory, and that the old system of election be reverted to. Mr J. G. Wilson, president of the conference, strongly supported the suggestion that the old order of things should be revered to.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10253, 1 June 1911, Page 5
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163HARBOUR BOARD ELECTIONS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10253, 1 June 1911, Page 5
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