NEW CHAIRMAN ELECTED
WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD. MR. T. FORSYTH’S LONG SERVICE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Aug. 15. Mr. W. B. Dyer was elected chairman of the Wellington Education Board, defeating the other nominee, Mr. J. J. Clark, by eight votes to five. A motion was passed expressing appreciation of the services of the former chairman, Mr. T. Forsyth, who was not re-elected to the board, and an enlarged photograph is to be obtained for the board room. It was • suggested that the reason for Mr. Forsyth’s defeat at the poll was the uncompromising attitude he took up with regard to Sunday tennis, thereby antagonising some of the city school committees. He was a member of the board for 18 years and chairman for the past 16 years. When the question of the board’s representatives on the Technical College Board of Governors came up it was decided to appoint Messrs. Clark and Forsyth. A member raised an\ objection against the appointment of Mr. Forsyth on the grounds that the board should not go outside its own ranks in making appointments to bodies on which it had representation, but the majority took the view that the boqrd should appoint the best men whether they were members of the board or not.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1934, Page 6
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