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EARLY MOUNT ROSKILL.

. FIRST CHAIRMAN OF BOARD. An enlarged photograph of the . late Mr.; Joseph May ■ was received by: the . Mount 'Soskill lload Board .on Tuesday. Mr. •-' r May - was elected chairman" of the board at its inception, on. August 7, .1868. ■ .- The first election took place at Mr. A. Dora- ; well's" 7 barn, near the Three Kings.'' the following,being elected, as 'vnghway trustees" :—Messrs. Alfred Buckiand, Albert $ DomweH, James Kayr, Joseph May and John O'Neill. Mr. May was chairman until May Jl, 1885, when ,ne was succeeded |' ■; fS by Mr. James William ; C'arr, whose i eni larged photograph"'; wag also , received by the board. V . The ~ chairman, Mr. G. E. Tansley, paid , ; a, tribute to iho work of • these pioneers, ,"' ' and on :hiji motion the:' photographs were ? accepted, to be placed in the board office. Mr.< Taasley added that he would like to see Mr. Bagley's photograph alongside them, s .for he ,'ha^falso| done an immense mount .of -work for the district during the many years he held the position of chairman.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 12

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EARLY MOUNT ROSKILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 12

EARLY MOUNT ROSKILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 12