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Otago Witness, Issue 2561, 6 May 1903, Page 31

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May 2.— With the e\'c-»ption of heavy dew in the mornings, the weather dunug the past week has been all that cou'd be dcs.red by the farmers, and 'therefore much progress has been made with the cutting and leading in oi crops. Last night, however, the weather changed, and for the psn 24 Lours it h?s rained inces=ant!y, so that anothei s^top has been put to hardest work. Theie is still a good d-eal of crop to cut, ard e\tn with fine weather it will be fully thrct week"* before all the crops are safe!} star'-'cl. The croo? havicf been la d low by the late fa 1 ! of =now, farmers have been given extra ticuble in cutting, as the crop can be cut oi 'y the one way. School Committee Elccticr — At the arr.ua. meeting of household-rs en MorJay msl.t the following were elected a School Committee foi the ensuing year —Messrs H. SimniwS, John Mackay, H. Chittock, D M'Beath, Thoi Woolhams. "W Spark (re-elected!, and J. W Stark. The following report was read by the secre-tary-—"The work of the school for the past year has gone n steadily, an lat the insDectoi'e

annual examination a full percentage of passes was obtained, which is very creditable to the teacher and gratifying to the narents. The sewing has been carried on by Sirs Beattie for the past 18 months without remuneration, and the thanks of the corwnittee and parents are due to her for her gratuitous services ; but as tha Minister of Education has been allowed a grant by the Government to help schools such as ours, Mrs Beattie has, on tie recommendation of the committee, been accepted by the board as sewing mistrees, and will in future receive payment for her work. On picnic day prizes were distributed to the children, the funds (£2 12s Sd) for the purchase of the books being raised locally. Fnancially the committee started with a credit balance of 15s sd. Against this were two outstanding accounts of 303 and ISs 6d, for coal and firewood ; but, with the help of part proceed from a concert — £2 17s 3d — and with the board's quarterly allowance, of £4, the committee has been able to meet all its requirements, ard to hand over a credit balance of £2 4s Id, *ith a good asset of fire material in stock The committee has kept everything in connection with tho school in gcod repair, and has also drained the glebe with tile and mole drairs, ar.d asphalted about 200 yards Tound the school, which gives it a nice, tidy appearance, ns well a3 forming a suitable g-roundi for drill. This work haa been accomplished by lccallyrtused flinch, by free donations, and by concert proceeds, to the amount of £17 19s Id, together with, tho board's subsidy of £12 5s Cd. The total cost of the work and material was £•24 10s 4d, co that a credit balance is left hero also. A? the inspector, on his recent visit, stated that the present classroom, is inadequate for the proper teaching of the children, we would recornmsnd the new committee to again urge tho Education Board to see to the enlarging of tho room, as r.o reply has yet been icceiveci to oui application."

Otago Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Fund. — For this fund the school children collected JE3 Os lid.