MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 March 1937, Page 4

MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE

PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED

[PER*PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

TIMARU, March 11.

Mr. T. Jordan (Masterton) was unanimously re-elected president of the New Zealand Municipal Association at the conclusion of the conference at Timarti to-day. Delegates joined in paying tributes to Mr. Jordan’s popularity and ability as the association’s principal executive, and to his steadfastness and determination, and the expedition with which he had dealt with the association’s business.

Other officers elected were: Vicepresidents, the Mayors of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and New Plymouth; executive, the Mayors of Napier, Lower Hutt, Sumner, Ashburton, Hawera, and Wairoa, the chairmen of the Auckland Transport Board and the Papatoetoe and Otautau Town Boards. New Plymouth was selected as the venue of the next conference, after invitations had been considered from New Plymouth, Rotorua, Auckland, and Palmerston North.

ELECTRIC SUPPLY ASSN.

TIMARU, March 11.

The annual conference of the New Zealand Municipal Electric. Supply Association was held to-day. The remits were nearly all those which had been passed at the preious conference.

The election ot officers resulted: — President, Mr. G. O. Morse (Napier); vice-presidents, Messrs M. E. Lyons (Christchurch) and A. E. Mansford (Palmerston North); executive, Messrs J. Miller (Invercargill), W. Appleton (Wellington), P. Stainton (New Plymouth), J. Fraser (Rangiora), H. L. Harker (Wairoa), and C. Grange (Thames).