A YOUNG CHAIRMAN.
FOR GOLDFIELDS COMMITTEE.
MR. GEORGE BLACK ELECTED.
A UNIQUE RECORD.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent, PARLIAMENT BLDGS., Aug. 14. Mr George Black, the 24-year-old member for Motueka and the youngest member of the House of Representatives, was to-day elected chairman of the Goldfields and Mines Committee. Nine months ago, thi s select committee, then under the chairmanship of Mr A. M. Samuel, presented to the House a special report, recording the committee's resolution commending Mr Black (who had been clerk of the committee for five sessions) .on the capable manner in.which he performed his services. Never before in the history of the New Zealand Parliament has anyone risen from the clerk of committee to chairman of the same committee.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17663, 14 August 1929, Page 4
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