The Salvation Army Band.
(To the Editor Wairarapa Daily.) Sir,— l never discovered till last evening, why the Salvation Army, band per-' sistently plays ' caterwauling cadences, 1 but on that occasion I observed a poor inebriate endeavouring to pass home from a Bacchanalian shrine. When the discordant strain fell upon his ear it acted like an emetic, and after a brief struggle 1 with his inner man he surrendered, and went home a sadder and o, wiser man. As long as the Band doss good work of this kind I trust the public will support it. — I am, &c. Good Templar,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 140, 19 May 1885, Page 2
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101The Salvation Army Band. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 140, 19 May 1885, Page 2
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