ELMWOOD.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13717, 26 April 1910, Page 8

ELMWOOD.

■ There was a good attendance of householders At tbo Ehnwood Echooi l«st evening. Mr J. C. Adams presided. The annual report showed that the number of pupils had increased since the previous year, and the attendance had been good. Pupils had pained two junior scholarships, two junior freo pieces, and thirty-four proficiency certificates. Improvements nad licen made to the building. It was a matter,for r<grot that the Minister of Education had thought it necessary to i!KC the pruning knife in the matter of grants for educational pur-poses.;ln the opinion of the committee tho" Minister had- retrenched at the wrong end. Thanks were returned, to the staff for their work during tho yeer. The bal-ance-sheet showed that the finances were in a very satisfactory condition, there, being a credit balance ot £70 12s 2d-on'tho gsneral account and £49 6s 8d on tho improvement account. The re-port and baiance-sheet were adopted.

A motion protesting against the action of the Minister in reducing the> grants was carried unanimously. The following -were elected as a committee: —Messrs Turner, Free, Howard, Winterburn, Dalmer, Gibson, MoKenzie, Adams, and Rout. Subsequently Mr J. C. Adams was elected chairman, Mr McKenzio deputychairman, end Mr Turner secretary and treasurer.