Elections for executive

Press, 24 May 1977, Page 24

Elections for executive

} Five nominations have ■ been received for two North} [lsland seats on the executive] i of the Trotting Conference,] ! while seven have been re-! ■ ceived for three South Island i : vacancies. ] The principal office-hold-; i ers have been re-elected > unopposed. ] Mr G. C. Cruickshank (In-} } vercargiil) will be president ; [for a further year, while the] [North Island vice-president,} I Mr R. Lewis (Auckland) and: the South Island vice-presi-dent, Mr H. J. Hewson (Kai-} koura) have also been re-} elected unopposed. Nominations for the North! Island seats are: Messrs L.| E. August (Wellington), R.i Hanford (Auckland), P. E.l Jones (Stratford) and G. J.| S. MacDonald (New Plymouth) and Mr I. R. N. McKay (Palmerston North), i Mr August is a retiring member of the executive. The other retiring member, M M. A. MacKenzie (Hawera), did not seek re-elec-tion Nominations for the South Island seats are: Messrs V. C. Anngow (Dunedin), G. W. Blaxail (Christchurch), A. E. Cress well (Blenheim), A. K. Greenslade (Nelson), G. D.

Kelly (Methven), J. G. Phillips (Timaru) and B. B. Woods (Christchurch). ] Messrs Blaxail, Cresswell and Kelly are retiring memIbers.