MUSIC AND SNOBBERY.
The Wellington correspondent of the Nelson Colonist writes:—" His Excellency the Governor appears to be very fond of music. Both he and Lady Gordon usually stay to hear the whole of the voluntary which Mr Parker, the able organist of St. Paul's Church, plays at the conclusion of the services. Two results have followed upon their adoption of this practice: one is that Mr. Parker plays longer and more ambitious pieces of music than he ever attempted before, and the other is that the church remains, after the service is closed, half-filled with people, who never exhibited any interest in the music before, however fine it may have been, but always scuttled home with the greatest celerity immediately the benediction was pronounced. 1 was always afraid there was a good deal of snobbery in Wellington, but I don't like to see it carried into church."
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Kumara Times, Issue 1471, 15 June 1881, Page 2
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148MUSIC AND SNOBBERY. Kumara Times, Issue 1471, 15 June 1881, Page 2
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