ADDINGTON.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10638, 24 April 1900, Page 3

ADDINGTON.

The honseboiders of the. Addington district met ia the schoolroom, which vras tastefully decorated with flowers and pictures, with the fIa?CTD by the boys of the i School Football Club, and with the New • Zealand flas presented to the school by tie j children. There was a large attendance. j Mr B. P. Manhirc, Mayor of Svdenbam, occnpied the cHir. The Committee's report ba'ani'e-ffieet were read and adopted. The Ins|>ertnr*B report showed that the i-5»»h.06l miinta-ited the hr.fh standard reached I in previous yeiurs. Th? Committee's report I s *-,t"d, amonV o'her m-'tterv. tbat the school ' hid b«>pp pnabk-d to nirtidp'te in free ! r i n<3eit«-H'n at the School of Art, Master 1 Fred Hamilton being toe iucqnbM com-

petitor. The attendance showed a slight increase, the average being 418.9; the highest attendance 444; the number on the roil 481. A strong protest had been entered against the decision of the Board to reduce the incidental allowance by 5 per cent. The householders expressed an opinion that the sanitary condition of the school was excellent. Thirteen candidates were nominated for the new Committee, and the ballot resulted as under: —F. J. Staples 84, J. Down 78, J. Brown 75, J. A. Clarke 73, R. Bell 68, J. Moore 67, N. K. Bowden 65, W. Johnson 64, J. A. Hooper 64. The usual votes of thanks closed the proceedings. Mr N. K. Bowden was elected dbairman of the Committee.