EDUCATION BOARD.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1797, 15 August 1906, Page 67

EDUCATION BOARD.

RESULT OF THE ELECTION. The statutory period of fourteen days after the election of members of the Education Board having ©lapsed yesterday, ballot-papers from the various school committees in the district were opened, and a count was made. This is the first general election of a Board under the amendment to the Education Act of last session, which provides for .representation on the ward system. For the purposes of Wellington, the district was divided into three wards —Wellington City, Manawatu and Hutt, and Wairarapa. Three members were required from each ward, and those elected are the three polling most votes in each ward, as follows (the asterisk denotes members of the last Board): — WELLINGTON CITY WARD. * William Allan ... ... 86 * Robert Lee ... ••• ••• 77 William Albert Evans 61 James Wishart 41 Valid votes, 92; invalid, 4. MANAWATU AND HUTT WARD. * William Hughes Field, M.H.R. (Wellington). * John K ebb ell (Ohau). * Thomas W. McDonald (Hutt). Returned unopposed. WAIRARAPA WARD. * Arthur Henry Vile (Eketahuna) 279 * Alex. Wilson Hogg,. M.H.R. (Masterton) ... ... ... 275 * Walter Clark Buchanan (Glad-. stone) 212 Nisbet Mcßobie (Pahiatua) ... 122 * Edwin Feist (Masterton) ... 102 James McCaw (Masterton) ... 101 John Thomas Marry at Hornsby, M H.R. (Carterton) ... 100 Alexander Reese (Pahiatua) ... 79 Abraham Barrel! (Man gat amok a) 45 Valid votes, 4G7; invalid, 27. The new Board, therefore, consists of:— William Allan. Robert Lee. William A. Evans. W. H. Field, M.H.R. John Kebbell< Thomas W. McDonald. Arthur H. Vile A. W. Hogg, M.H.R. * W. C. Buchanan. The only candidate elected who was not a member of the last Board is the Rev. W. A. Evans, who, however, is an old member of the Board, and is well known in connection with the work of local bodice. He displaces Mr Feist, who offered himself for re-election, but was not returned. A notable feature of the polling in the Wairarapa was the closo fight for first place. The first meeting of the Board will be held on Thursday, the 30th inst.