THE LATE TOWN BAND.

Manawatu Herald, 25 May 1895, Page 2

THE LATE TOWN BAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUNAWATU HFBALD, Sir, —Will you allow me though your columns to ask 4 where 3,he .instruments are of the, late Town Band,? As yqu^ are. aware a~ few years ago there wag ' a . great.' stfr". in gettingv-fche instruments.^ . tp'gQtiiev. Subscriptions were . got^fYom.^the publicV, "Bntertaintnent^ Were'^'^it up to Y .assist .the late Town;;f&tod. Now Sir, aqcording^o my.ii3l'atii : dse instruments are the'^ropetty of the TownrtWei^fore I think Ouff-Worißip thl^aybr ' should muke •" ferf^uiries about them and get them, under control of our Councillor^; " Xilhere are still a few'of-its late members in tb!o town we might have hopes of .it being revived again. As we KaVe plenty of young men in our nftdSfc if they would give their time to music iiftfßa£hof "waiking tfhe*steeßtsmnd visiting the billiard saloons it would be much better fop fchem and they would ,he .a. (jredit tp^ur Town and to their^i'eafcs.^ -1 would Bug^e9l; that our Councillor* wait on Mr T. Betty and ask him to take the matfcerin hand for the benefit of au.r young me.n so that we mfgH? H&ve Bomemu9iasometim.es. „I Ihink if i a public entertainment was got up to

buy hA^ejrf^TO^fl and also other things r .«rC repaired to help them we^njiighfc hear .a^ain the sWeet atrairis;oM*si!^: are several plftt^fttoiji t.ifiey <Jould get for braaWd^ltl, so that should fiot be a dtfawbtfofe'in- again 1 reviving, the baud. Ye#ll&*vlbe Queen's soraepffThad the courage to give a fewiitoprs of a cornet in rememberPit Her Majesty's Birthday, now jfbould not the inhabitawj of |y»aVb the pleasure of Jearteg rband ofmusic on the 24th of riext year. Now Sir I must bidyou adieu, hoping to hear from •O'Jhers through your paper. I am, etc. iuijiijii -S* Harwood.