ADVERTISING BY BAND.
AUCKJjAND MEMBER'S PROPOSAL. A novel advertising project was suggested to the Minister for Defence in tho House of Representatives ou Friday by Mr. L k Mym ?: iM l • Ho ask«l tlio Minis: ler to consider the advisability of sendif g n w ?/ 13ntai » ti band' from ono ot tho New Zealand regiments, "consisting j/riLrl'J' flr >' coll ''"nation similar to the n™in.S-^ } " I ? a ? d . s ' & u 'iraiiteeing tlio baud ftpanist financial loss, in order to advertise tlio Dominion in an effective manner and thus attract immigrants toonr shores." Mr. Myers renfarked tLt a scheme of tins nature would show that the conditions oi labour in New Zealand aia such that ordinary working-men have leisure and opportunity to qualify themselves as musicians, and it would also June tho ofieet of advertising and populansnig Iseiv Zealand in tho estimation ciLti, fi' class Wol ' k '»?-P e °P l e, demonstrating the success which lia's attonded tue compulsory military training scheme, ami developing instrumental music in tho Dominion in a manner unobtainable except by sonio such impetus.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 26 August 1912, Page 4
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177ADVERTISING BY BAND. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 26 August 1912, Page 4
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