Stave distance / stretch - can't reduce it enough.

I'm having trouble reducing my stretch enough. I have a piece of music that was 2 pages, scanned in it has become 3, and there are bars with only one note in, that .I want to reduce stretch on, and I can't.

I have tried reducing the size of note and stave, but it won't allow any less distance between.

I have gone into stave properties, and put a minus number for distance between staves, but this doesn't do anything.... any ideas much appreciated....