N.Z. MEAT PRODUCERS.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15271, 22 June 1923, Page 7

N.Z. MEAT PRODUCERS.

ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES. An advertisement appears elsewhere dealing with the election of three producers’ representatives on the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. The regulations under which the election is conducted provide that the various districts shall elect 25 delegates, who will constitute an electoral committee which will assemble in August and elect the producers’ representatives. The delegates are to be elected by the various districts as follows; —Auckland 2, Hawke’s Bay-Gisborne 6, Wel-lington-West Coast 5, Marlborough-Nelson-Westland 2, Canterbury-Kai-koura 5, Otago 5. The latest official sheep - returns (which are those at April 30, 1922), shall be tbe electoral roll. Every sheepowner of this list having 100 sheep or over shall be entitled to vote for delegates to the electoral committee. Nominations for delegates on the electoral committee or for producers’ representatives may be made by any two sheepfarmers appearing on the official sheep returns as owning not less than 100 sheep. Forms of nomination arc obtainable at the board’s office, Wellington. Nominations for delegates to the electoral committee will be received at the board's office, Wellington, up to noon on July 18, 1923, whilst nominations of producers’ representatives will be received up to 2.30 p.m. on August 29, 1923. As a result of a.ballot conducted at the last meeting of the board the following members retire in August and offer themselves for re-election as producers’ representatives: Messrs J. C. N. Grigg (Longbeach, Ashburton), J. S. Jessep (Wairoa), Wm. Perry (Masterton).