The Radio Board

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 24, 24 December 1931, Page 6

The Radio Board

Appointment of Members HE Persomel of the Radio Beard was announced on Saturday last by the Minister of Telegraphs, the Hon. A. Hamilton. The Board consists of the following: MR. H. D. VICKERY, public accountant, of Wellington (chairman). MR. G. R. HUTCHINSON, company director, of ‘Auckland. MR. L. R. C. MACFARLANE, farmer, of Culverden. Mr. Vickery will hold office as first chairman of the Board for a period not exceeding 5 years, but subsequent appointments to that position will be for a period not exceeding 3 years. Of the other two appointments, one is for 4 years and the other for 3 years. The subsequent appointees will hold office for 3 years. Members are eligible for reappointment. The Board will hold its first meeting in Wellington on Tuesday, December 22, and will then be required to transact a big volume of business essential to the change-over. It is understood that the existing staffs will be confirmed in their appointment in the first instance. until the Board has time to investigate the position. According to.the Act under which the Board is constituted, the Board is charged with the whole duty of advancing broadcasting in New Zealand. It will therefore be required to go fully into all aspects before announcing its policy upon material points,

ADVISORY COUNCIL q{? is also provided in the original Act that an Advisory Council may be set up to assist the Board. The personne! of this Advisory Council has not yet been decided upon. It is te consist of eight members, five from the North Island and three from the South Island. The appointments are to be for ‘2 time of three years, with the right of reappointment. | The purpose of this Advisory Council is to afford listeners the opportunity of voicing their views upon the control of the broadcasting system. The intention is that the Council shall hold its inaugural meeting shortly after the Board takes over the system, and advisesthe Board as to the best policy to. pursue, i.e., from the point of view of the Council. Thereafter the Council will meet once a year, or more frequently if desired, when questions of importance can be decided. { : There is also provision in the Act for the appointment by the Board of { standing or special committees. In this advantage is being taken of the practice of the Radio Broadcasting Company in maintaining at the different centres sports committees, entertainment committees, education committees, chureh committees, and children’s committees, ete., composed of enthusiasts who are prepared to give guidance in their particular fields. Mr. H. D. Vickery. The chairman of the Broadcasting Board, Mr. H. D. Vickery, is a public accountant of Wellington, where he has been practising for the past 22 years. For a number of years he has acted as an examiner in accountancy subjects for the University of New Zealand. He is connected with a number of com- ) panies, including Metters (N.Z.), Ltd., B. L. Hart and Co., Lid., and the Paparoa Coal Co., Lid. Mr. Vickery acted for the Government on the Committee for the revision of the Companies Act. For 10 years he was setretary for the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, and he was the first secretary of the New Zealand Associated Chambers of Commerce. Last April Mr. Vickery was appointed a member of the Earthquake Adjustment Court.

Mr. L. R. C. Macfarlane. Mr. L, R. C. Macfarlane, who is a farmer at Culverden, is president of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. He is also president of the Royal Agricultural Society. For many years past Mr. Macfarlane has taken a prominent part in farmers’ movements, and is well-known as. a successful agriculturalist. At the 1928 general election he unsuccessfully contested the Hurunui seat in the Reform Party’s interests against the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes. Mr. G. R. Hutchinson. Mr. George R. Hutchinson is the managing director of Hutchinson (Wholesale), Limited. He is chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board, and a member.of the Auckland Transport Board. He was a member of the Grafton School Commitiee 38 years ago, and a member of the Mount Albert Road Board 36 years ago, He also served on the Edendale and Birkenhead school commitiees. Mr. Hutchinson was elected to the Auckland Harbour Board 18 years ago. He has heen a member of the Auckland City Council, and was at one time chairman of the tramways and waterworks committee. He left New Zealand as a captain in the Army Service Corps in 1915, returning after _ four years’ service with the rank of major. 2