WATERSIDE WORKERS
ELECTION OF OFFICERS. : An election, of officers of : "the Wellington Wntbrside Workers'. Union'was held ypstorday Tho contest for tho position of secretary aroused keen interest, and'an unusually- .'ldrge .number . - ofvotes was polled, Tho' result- of tho poll was as follows-:— . , Votes. D, M'Laron ... : .i. - 553. .: G. -G. Farland . - ... . ,••• ... 109 ;J. Bruton . ...... , "... , ... ,106 . 'A. L. Jones ... • ... 32 - Total number .of votes cast ... 860 ~ iMr/M'Lareiij who has already been secretary of tho Union for nine years, scored ,246 more votes than his opponents oonibhied. The election for .treasurer resulted as follows:— ■ : :' • Votes. ■T. King ■: '...: ...' ... ' ... 300 ■ P.. Dowding ... ... ... ' ... 161 • •- W. Craddick '... :.. 126 ! A poll;was also taken as to whether.tlio office .of assistant; secretary' should bo con-, tinned. .The voting- was,as follows:—For 'continuance. 634 against 219. - ' la "a paragraph in The Dominion on July. 80 the name of .Mr. J. t Burton was ei'toil-. c'ously. included, in. tho candidates -for tho secretaryship. .'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 264, 31 July 1908, Page 9
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150WATERSIDE WORKERS Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 264, 31 July 1908, Page 9
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