Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3005
and twenty-six, be combined for the purpose of control by a single
governing body, which shall be designated “The Wairarapa Secondary
Education Board” (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”).
2. The Board shall be constituted in the manner following :—
(1.) One member shall be appointed by the Governor-General.
(2.) Two members shall be appointed by the Wellington Education
Board.
(3.) Three members shall be elected by the parents of pupils, as
hereinafter provided.
(4.) One member shall be elected by associations of employers
and one member shall be elected by associations of employees,
in local industries, as hereinafter provided :
(5.) One member shall le appointed by the Masterton Trust Lands
Trust.
3. The members to be appointed by the Wellington Education
Board shall be appointed by a resolution of that Board.
4. In regard to the election of members by the parents of pupils
the following provisions shall apply :—
(1.) Every such election shall be held on a date in April to be
fixed by the Board.
(2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning Officer.
(3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer shall
prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occupation,
and address of every person qualified to be enrolled as a
parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed at
five o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on
which any election is to be held, and shall continue to be
closed until the election is completed.
“Parent” means both the father and the mother of a
pupil of either school.
A “pupil” means for this purpose a pupil whose name
is on the roll of either school, but does not include a
pupil in any lower department, nor any pupil over the age
of nineteen years.
(4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a newspaper
circulating in the district, publicly notify, not less than
fourteen days before each election—
(a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations.
(b.) The total number of candidates to be elected ;
(c.) The day and hour for the closing of the election.
(5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one or
more parents entitled to vote for his election.
Each such parent may nominate any number of candidates not exceeding the number to be elected.
(6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the effect
following :—
I, [Name and address], being a parent duly entered on the roll,
do hereby nominate [Name and address] as a candidate for election
to the Wairarapa Secondary Education Board at the election to be
held on the day of , 19 .
Dated this day of , 19 .
[Signature of nominator.]
CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [to be subscribed at foot of nomination-paper.]
I hereby consent to my nomination.
[Signature of candidate nominated.]
(7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written consent
of the candidate nominated, such consent may be given by
him to the Returning Officer before the nominations are
closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so far
as concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly
given as aforesaid.
(8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day before the
day of the election.
(9.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed the
number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer shall
forthwith declare the candidate or candidates so nominated
to be duly elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon as
the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each elector
at his address as appearing on the roll a printed voting-
paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames a list
of all the duly nominated candidates for whom such parent
is entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall bear the