EDUCATION BOARD
WAIRARAPA REPRESENTATION
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
MASTERTON, 20th June. The Wellington Education Board haft just discovered, very late in the day, that Masterton is entitled to elect two members of the board in addition, to the two hitherto elected in the Wairarapa as * , whole. Masterton derives its right from1 having a population of over eight them-, .sand/_bui; it; has; bad a; -population above" that; figuret'for .over; seven years. Why the,: authorities; in-charge of the board eleqtiondid\nol;Vact'earlier in giving Mastecto'n :.the:vrepresentation to which it it entitled-is not disclosed^
Ihe secretary of the Education' Board stated to-day that a new xepresentative aiea at Masterton had been created> to be known as the Mastertou urban area, and two representatives would now b« elected for that area which was formerly included within the district reprebented by Messrs. A. Donald and R. M'Leod. Mr. M'Leod -nas at present seeking reelection, and Mr. Donald, as the sitting member of the larger constituency, had the option of becoming one of the representathes *r the new area.' Being, however, intensely interested'in the work of the country school, he had elected to remain as one of the representatives for tVt Wairarapa rural area.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 144, 21 June 1930, Page 11
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195EDUCATION BOARD Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 144, 21 June 1930, Page 11
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