A COMPLAINT.
To the Editor. Sir, —There is no one in Ashburton admires the local Brass Band more than 1 do, and sympathises more with that body. I thank the Band Very much for the Saturday evening concerts they give us now and again, and hope they will continue to give them. Having said this much, you will at once see that I do not at all under-value the services of the Band. But Sir, I may be permitted to point out that at each of the Bahd’a Baring Square performances a large crowd of people have gathered to listen to the music. The crowd lean upon the fence in some cases,' "hut the majority of the male portion stand upon the footpath, and thoughtlessly obstruct the passage. The men are too frequently ungallant enough to remain planted on the asphalt, and seldom show any inclination to make way for a lady-to pass. 1 think the passage up and down the footpath a time or two by a constable and an occasional hint to keep the asphalt clear would not be a bad thing. ‘I hope' it will be tried, for on some of the louts who are guilty of the rudeness a hint like this would be lost.—l am, &0.,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1048, 14 September 1883, Page 2
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211A COMPLAINT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1048, 14 September 1883, Page 2
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