THE ACCOUNTANTS' BALLOT
The alleged absence of secrecy in connection with the ballot for election of the first council of tho Incorporated Society of Accountants was brought bofore the notice of Parliament yesterday Ijv Mr A. L. Herdman, who asked tho Trime Minister if he would amend tho r;.?ent regulations and cancel the ballot papers now in circulation. Mr Lanrenson (Lvttclton) said ho had
I 'ling paper in his possesion, and the 'system was just the same as that followed in electing directors of every public company. A mountain was being made out of a molehill. Tho council wa.s not a public body. The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph. Ward) r-roniised to look into tho matter. No provision had been made for taking tho : i by ballot, and ho had no control over the hoard, which had been legally a,ivis<_d that it had no power to conduct the Jlc-'tiou by ballot.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6962, 30 October 1909, Page 6
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