P. AND T. APPEAL BOARD
RESULT OF POSTAL BALLOT. MR H. V. WARD ELECTED. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 26. Elected by a majority of 620 votes, MHarold Vivian Ward, assistant supervisor of the telegraph delivery branch, Wellington, will succeed on tht> Post and Telegraph Appeal Board Mr J. D. Burns, of Christchurch, who did not seek re-election. In accordance with the regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act, a postal ballot was held on June 24 for the purpose of electing to the board a representative of the officers of the telegraph branch of the department. The candidates for election were: Mr Daniel Sloan, telegraphist, Christchurch, and Mr Ward. The result of the election was as under: Sloan 1312 Ward 1932 Majority for Ward 620. The Appeal Board consists of Messrs E. C. Cutten, S.M. (chairman), H. P. Donald and representatives elected from the postal and telegraph branches of the service by the officers of those branches. The postal representative is Mr W. G. F. Pinkham, clerk, of Blenheim, who was elected unopposed in succession to Mr E. R. Blewett, of Nelson.
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Southland Times, Issue 21431, 27 June 1931, Page 5
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184P. AND T. APPEAL BOARD Southland Times, Issue 21431, 27 June 1931, Page 5
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