GISBORNE CITY BAND.
Tho public meeting oonvtned for last night to discuss ways and meaus of scudiug tbo übovo baud to represent Gisborne at tho baud contests of thu exhibition wus faicly a'-Doudcd. The Mayor presided. Mr A. M. Ptckford, scorotary of the baDd, gave an estimate of she oust of sending a band of 30 musicians to t-ho exhibiii.adOy.!l'cA\ bihilßi! "'•xho“Dkoa would be absent a fortnight The fares would cost more than half this amount, but tho Union Company bad kiudly offered a rebate of 20 per oent on the usual charge,
Tho Mayor, (Jr Wbinray, and others e-rseut thought the estimate of H2OO was aiuoh too low, and that to give tho band a deoent chauoe i)300 ought to bo providod. All present ooucurroJ as So tho good work gratuitously done by the baud, aud it was mentioned by Mr Pettis that tho pubkc, who benefited by the music, should have an opportunity of bolpiog to raiso the nccossary amount. Mr Piekfotd pointed oot that Wanganui, Auckland, and other coutios had already provided tbtbrcquired funds for seeding their respective bauds to the exhibition.
The following committee woro appointed : Messrs J. Townloy (Mayor), J. A. Harding, A. F. Kennedy, T. Adair, R. D. B. Robinson, Pottia, Whinray, and Brown.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1902, 11 October 1906, Page 3
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