BRIGHTON DOMAIN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20743, 14 June 1929, Page 6

BRIGHTON DOMAIN.

NOMINATION OF BOARD,

: - lar f? Spring Of persons into ested in the Brighton Domain nsrssM 0 Br , if i hton Hai] jast to .Ittcnd the public meeting called for the purpose of nominating members to be Bldchton nC TI d fol ' I) app( ? i " tnieilt to the of thn n Do ! na ' n The chairman presided 1 ° arJ (Mr M ’ Stcvcnsn ") In extending a tvolconvc to all present the ehauman stated that it iva” to members of the board to sec suen a representative meeting, which dearly showed the great interest that was taken in affairs connected with Brighton. f ou 'g to say that the present bodl d fiPfi b r, n , a ¥ c to . P lease everythe V* d I ? ean lni Possiblo With ll P . funds at its disposal. This nas the first election of a Domain Board Kt,ih?Hon° , n< 5 W Act ’ BO'-crning the con* stitution and powers of domain boards, had come into force Under the new Act the board, which hitherto had no V levv rr' 5 ’ '- as empowered to make v •p-.r.f the , val 7°us local boroughs whose josidents, patromsed the domain, and it had been decided to ask for contributions amounting to £550 from Dunedin City, eit. Kilcla, Green Island, and Mosaic! Boroughs, and the Taieri district. They iwV * a . gree t J ,at il was imperative that thepe boroughs should bo rated in lie then , C TT f Oll ' vork on thc domain. k f d suggestions or.reeommondations for the incoming -board The point of the legality o? the meeting ;f a fi’,» al - R i ed t by A Knowles, who asked iflkdieriies ß of the - notice calling thc meeting had any bearing on its legality. The chairman stated that he had been \ffaivf7i A tIC Ml . nister of Internal 6 to .bring _,on the meeting at thc not ef t w° PPOrtUn,ty- , f 8 far 88 the short notice nas concerned the previous central moctmg. which was held seven years ago had been held at one day's notice. • jMr A. Burton stated that he had comniunicatcd with Sir Joseph Ward asking if. the meeting could be prevented on tire groom, of illegality, but the Prime Minof thn re P IlG d stating that the calling ot the meeting was quite in stitutef . and thnt dt "’ as le « ally The business of the meeting, the nomitia lion of appointees for the board, was then proceeded with, the ballot being taken on wer P ° P -f s U f’n inS jA Ol "’ The nominations " G ® as follow, the votes polled by each nominee being given in parenthesesMessrs G. Bush (179), D. M'Coll (175) G. C. Hunter (107), A. J Allen Mfi7l James Allan (ICO), J. Mce (140 Stevenson (147), G. C. White (140) A Matson (00), /A. Knowles (55), A I* Uiu-ton iSM.andS F Abimi (46 . tw nominations, together with the votes ,c----corded by each nominee, will be forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs who in n eec - e ]? ]lt members to constitute the Domain Board tor the ensuing term, and will then send those names to tile Covernor-Gonernl'for confirmation. Mr J Allan then moved a hoar tv vote ot thanks to the executive of the board, .Messrs M. Stevenson and A. J. Mien who although very busy men, hail vet spent a great deal of their valuable time for the welt arc of the Brighton Domain over a cansidernblc number of ycais M.Stevenson briefly responded. At the conclusion of the business uf fhe evening, supper was bended round after which a dance was hold.