Appointment criticised
c Mr R M. Macfarlane. ai" Labour Party city councillor, e former Mayor and former; a member of the Lyttelton Har- r bour Board, should have been t appointed to the board to fill F the vacancy caused by the a death of Mr G. Burns, the Christchurch Labour Repre- n sentation Committee said last a evening. A Mr W. Massey, the chair- e man, said there had been a strong condemnation of the 8 Citizens’ Association council-;® lors who had supported the| c appointment of a man who; 11 had not even been a candi-,0 date for the board at the last i" election. Mr Macfarlane was “run-ner-up” at the election and" should have been given the[“ opportunity of serving on the!., board, Mr Massey said. Mrl„ Macfarlane had stood down previously to allow Mr F. GJ; K. Gilchrist, a Citizens’ can- „ didate at the election, to go on the board when a vacancv was caused by the departure ", for Auckland of an elected r member.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32459, 20 November 1970, Page 14
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