Edgbaston Ward: Mrs. Hume Pinsent Defends the Education Committee: A meeting of the Edgbaston Ward Committee of the Liberal Unionist Association was held at the Vestry Hall, Islington-row, last evening, General Phelps presiding. On the proposition of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Byng Kenrick, Councillor Mrs Hume Pinsent was unanimously re-adopted as candidate. Mrs. Pinsent, in expressing her thanks, referred to the criticism of the Education Committee and said it was not the only extravagant committee of the Council. Most of the expenditure of the Education Committee was forced upon them by Parliamentary enactment.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
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