THE COUNCIL AND THE BAND.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2162, 12 August 1920, Page 3

THE COUNCIL AND THE BAND.

The dispute between the Borough Council and the local Borough Baud was advanced a further stop at Monday night's Council meeting. It will he remembered that some few months ago the Council notified the Band that as the conditions under which the Council granted a subsidy to the Band were not being carried out by the Band, the subsidy was to lie diseontimied, but that the Council was agreeable to enter into an arrangement with the Band on the basis of; “payment for sendees received,” one of the conditions of the new arrangement to be that tyspeeilied number of performances were to he given each month, and if any of these were not given a proportionate reduction was lo be made in the subsidy. However, m> satisfactory arrangement to both parties could be arrived at, and mutters drifted. The Baud two months ago applied to the Council for the payment of .07 lOs Od, one (jUarle.r’s subsidy, claiming that their agreement wiih the Council was on a quarterly, basis, and Dial they were entitled lo a quarter's notice of Die termination of such agreement. The letter, on being brought before the Council, was “received,” and a further resolution was passed calling on the Band to return the instruments, etc., lo the Council Chamber. At Monday night’s Council meeting a reply was read frPm the Secretary of the Band, advising that the Council’s letter in reference lo the handing over of Die ills! rumenls bad been “received.” Ho, also wrote staling Dial unless the quarter's subsidy .(.C7 10s Od) previously applied for was not paid within one mouth legal proceedings would be instituted to recover same. After these letters had.been read Die Mayor suggested that Die Council should go into committee to deal with same, and this was agreed 10. (Jr. Rand alone dissenting. On resuming in open Council age,in a motion was passed agreeing lo the ,C 7 I.os 0d in dispute being paid over to the Maud.

and it was also decided that the order for l lie ret urn of ins! rumenls, and ol her property hi l enforced.