DAIRY PRODUCE BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18048, 17 June 1930, Page 8

DAIRY PRODUCE BOARD.

RESULT OF ELECTION. ' DETAILS OF THE VOTING. WELLINGTON, Monday. One change in the personnel of the New. Zealand Dairy Produce Board was made in the election w’hich took place to-day to fill vacancies caused by the statutory retirement of three producers’ representatives..,; For, Ward No. 3,. which embraces most of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty districts, Mr S. A. Ferguson, of Motumaoho, Morrinsville,. . was. defeated by Mr C. L. Luke, of Te. Puke, Bay of Plenty. Mr Luke was supported by the New Zealand Co-oper-ative Dairy Company, Limited. For Ward No. 4, embracing most of Taranaki, Mr J. Hine, acting-chairman of the board, was re-elected unopposed. For Ward No. 7, which oomprises North Canterbury, Westland, Nelson and Marlborough, the retiring member, Mr H. T. Chapman, of Little River, Canterbury, was re-eleoted by a comfortable majority over his opponents, Mr T. Mould, of Little River, and Mr D. Knight, of Tua Marina, Marlborough. The results are as follows: Ward No. 3.—Mr C. L. Luke, 460 tonnage votes; Mr R. S. Ferguson, 431. Ward No. 7.—Mr H. T. Chapman, 133 i; Mr D. Knight, 82; Mr T. Mould, 37*. Ward No. 4. —Mr J. Hine, re-elect-ed unopposed. The number of suppliers on the roll for Ward No. 3 was 5675, of which 40.6 per cent, voted. 'lt is understood that Mr Ferguson received 47 more individual votes than his opponent, but he lost on a tonijage allotment. In Ward No. 7, the roll inoluded 7246 suppliers, of whom only 28.9 per cent, voted.