THE ASSOCIATED BOARD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 29 December 1923, Page 10

THE ASSOCIATED BOARD.

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, as president of the Associated Board R.A.M. and R.C.M., took the chair at tho annual meeting; at St. James's Palace, la the. course of his address the Prince

' remarked that during the four years of iis presidency the number of candidates entered for examination had increased 33 per cent. "The extent of the worK in the oversea dominions is also particularly interesting, and I am very glad to Jearn of the presence here to-day of the honorary local representatives from oversea, and to welcome among others Sir William Thompson, registrar of the University of South Africa. It has now been decided by the board to extend the system, of of which these have been the beginning, and to offer in future years two exhibitions, tenable locally, in each State of the Australian Commonwealth and in New Zealand."