ARBITRATION COURT

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12392, 11 March 1926, Page 6

ARBITRATION COURT

WORKERS’ REPRESENTATIVE NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT CITY COUNCIL VACANCY The ballot for the position of workers’ representative on the Court -of Arbitration closed at noon yesterday, but no official announcement will he made as to the result immediately, as the appointment is one which has to be in a tie by His Exoellency the Gover-nor-General on the advice of the MinisIt was stated (quite unofficially) to a “Times” reporter that Mr Monteith had been elected to the position. In the event of Mr A.. L. Monteith being appointed and his new duties taking him away from Wellington to such an extent that he will lie unable to attend to his duties as a city councillor, he may resign from the council, and in that case a full and formal election to fill the vacancy will be necessary. -When a vacancy occurs within three months of the date of the usual, biennial election of Mayor and councillors, a formal election is not always necessary, but in this case there is a full year of the council’s life to .run. There is some talk in Labour circles that Mr C. H. Chapman, who unsuccessfully contested the Mayoralty at the last municipal election, and who was formerly on the council, may be selected to contest the vacancy which will be created if Mr Monteifh resigns.