HARD FIGHT ENDED.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19896, 27 May 1936, Page 11

HARD FIGHT ENDED.

MOTOR PETROL COMPANY D ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE (By Telegraph.v—Press Association.) \V'ELLINGTON, Tuesday. '1 The results of Tuesday's poll for the :1 election or two directors to represent s the preference shareholders on tht :1 directorate of the .\Ssociated .\lotor: ists' Petrol Company were deciareo i to—day by the chairman, Mr Todd. in e the presence of a small attendance. e .\iessrs \V. A. O’Ualiaghan and F. a W. Johnston were re-eiected, the t votes being: Mr O'Caliaghan 57,834. 5 Mr Johnston 57,719. Mr James .\lo—--5 Intosh polled 40,492 and Mr \V. .\I. , King 40.397. - Mr Todd said that if all the ques- , tioned votes and proxies in favour 01 3 the elected candidates \\Tere rejected, 5 and all the questioned votes in favour 1 of the other candidates allowed, the 1 voting would still stand in favour of Messrs O‘Callaghan and Johnston. 3 Mr Todd congratulated them on 3 what he called their victory. It had -. been a hard fight and things had been ; said which in a cooler moment might not have been said. After a tight came , peace, and it was to be hoped that 1 that peace would he conducive to the l best interests of the company. : Valuable Work Recognised. . After congratulating Messrs O‘Calw ’ laghan and Johnston on their election j .\ll' Mclntosh intimated that the com—j mittee set up by the preference ' shareholders last week was going to continue in being. Whether the com~ ' mittee would require to have some ‘ different standing by Way of represen—- ’ tation had'not yet been decided, but if that were thought necessary appro-' ' priate steps would be taken so that the committee would have omcial standing in any negotiations with the company. So far as he was aware, he said, whatever action had been taken had not been done without recognising the valuable work the company had done for the motoring public. and no desire had ever been evinced that it would he destructive of the success of the company. He would he very sorry indeed to see the company suffer as the result of whatever action might have been taken. ___.—