HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13031, 23 November 1905, Page 6

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

annual ELECTIONS of . MEMBERS. ' : ; v "" " '■■Vjay \ . MR MCLEOD TWICE ELECTED.. The annual election of members of the Auckland - Hospital and Charitable Aid Board took place yesterday, and resulted in (.lie following members being elected: — Messrs. J. McLeod, L. J. ..Bagnall, M. Casey, G. Knight, A. Bruce, J. Fitt, W. R. Bloomfield, J. G. - Rutherford, and A. St urges. ■ The full Board consists of 10 members, but nine only have been elected, Mr. McLeod, ! the present chairman of the Board (who is at present absent from Auckland), having been elected by : both the City Council and the Eden County Road Boards. He will, of course, be able to retain only one seat. The new members elected are: Messrs. Knight (City. ; Council), J Fitt (Borough Council), Rutherford, and Sturges (Manukau County Road Board). .

THE CITY MEMBERS. | A special meeting of the - City Council I was held at noon yesterday to elect their | representatives. There were present: The I Mayor (Mr. A. M. Myers), Messrs.; J. : Court, R. Tudehope, H. M. Smeeton, L. i J. Bagnall, Geo. Knight, R. Farrell, and [ A. K. : Glover. The Mayor, in a brief speech, referred to the need for the careful selection | of their representatives on the Hospital ! and Charitable Aid Board, because the City ! Council 1 was the largest contributor to the j funds of that Board. Of the total amount ! expended (£27,140), the Council had conr tributed about one-sixth, or £4725. He was [ apposed on principle to the .selection of representatives who were not also members I'of the Council, but wished to make an exception to this rule in favour of Mr. John i McLeod, the present chairman, and would | nominate that gentleman for reappointment. I Mr. McLeod had a thorough grasp of the i business transacted by the Board, and had shown great zeal in this work. He had, therefore, no hesitation in asking the Council to set aside the rule.

The following members were then nominated —Messrs. J. McLeod, L. J. Bagnall, M.- Casey, and G. Knight. They were elected unanimously, Mr. Knight being the new member in the. place ot Mr. S. C. Brown. On the motion of the Mayor, the Council passed a vote of thanks to their retiring representative, Mr. S. C. Brown, for his services on the Board. /

THE EDEN COUNTY MEMBERS. ; The election of two members to represent the road boards in the Eden County, which took place at one o'clock, was attended by the following delegates: —Messrs. J. Jeukin (Archhill), T. B. Clay (Avondale), J. H. Garrett (Eden Terrace), W. R. Bloomfield . (Epsom), E. W. Burton (One-tree Hill), J. H. Harrison (Mount Albert), O. Nicholson (Mount Eden), C. Bagley (Mount Roskill), A. S. Thompson (Mount Wellington), T. Coates (Orakei), W. Gavin (Panmure), Collins. (Point Chevalier), Dickson (Kemuera),

and W. D. liolgate (Tamaki West). Mr. T. Usshcr -was present as returning officer. • Three candidates were nominated, viz.: Mr- J. McLeod, by Messrs. Collins and Garrett; Mr. J. Bollard, by Messrs. Clay and Burton; and M'r. W. R. Bloomfield, by Mr. Harrison.

■ Mr. Clay drew attention to the fact that Mr. . McLeod had already been elected as a representative .of the City Council. He said that Mr. Bollard had offered to retire

iii favour of Mr. McLeod if "it were necessary, but under the circumstances it was not neccssary. s , « . . : Mr. Bagley concurred, and said it was unfair for a member already elected to be again nominated. . ■ Mr. Collins said that it was unfair that Mr. McLeod should have been nominated by another body without his consent being obtained. Mr. McLeod had sent a telegram from . Rotonia accepting nomination by the

ro-'.cl boards. , j Jl'r. Bagley said that Mr. McLeod had already been elected.- : * i ' j -Mr.. Collins : tie was asked by the road boards stand before the City Council elected him. • - • | Mr. Nicholson said it; seemed that if elected by the road beards Mr. McLeod would drop the City Council seat, and that lie would retain the latter if elected by the boards. / \ In answer to Mr. Bagley, 'the returning officer said there was nothing to prevent Mr. McLeod being ejected by the present meeting. The election was then proceeded with, the result being the election of Messrs. Bloomfield and McLeod, with 13 and 9 votes .respectively: Mr. Bollard received live votes. """ * •' - ' " % BOROUGH COUNCILS' MEMBER. , The election of a member to represent the Parnell, Newmarket, Grey Lynn, and Birkenhead boroughs took place at noon, and resulted in the election of M'r. J. Fitt (Mayor of Parnell), who was nominated by Mr. G. W. Basley. There was no other candidate, Mr. E. Davis, cue retiring member, declining nomination.

: A DEVONPORT, WAITEMATA, AND • RODNEY COUNIiES. The election of a member to represent the Devonport Borough and the Waitemata and Rodney Counties, took ; place at eleven o'clock, tno result being that Mr. A. Bruce (the retiring member) was re-elected unopposed. He was nominated by . Mr. A. Cochran, jun. '(Waitemata County Council) and Mr. W. Handlcy (Dovonport Borough Council).

THE MANUKAU ROAD BOARDS. The election of two members to represent the local bodies of the Manukau County took place at Otahuhu, Mr. S. Luke being the returning officer. The candidates were. Messrs. A. R. Harris (a retiring" member), J. G. Rutherford, and A. Sturges. M'r. G. J. Garland, the other retiring member, did not seek re-election. The election resulted in favour of Messrs. Rutherford and Sturges.