BAND UNIFORMS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 365, 28 October 1932, Page 4

BAND UNIFORMS

QUESTION OF COST councIllors ask why highest tender accepted? LEFT TO BAND COMMITTEE p The recommendation of the Bor. ough Council Band Committee that the tender of the Salvation Arniy Auxiliary Company for band uniformj be accepted, caused soxne discussion at the borough council meeting • on Wednesday evening. The tender was» fof £5 each unifbrm, exclusive of eap, dther tenders wer-e received from Hailenstein Bros., from £3 3s io £( 8's 6d; A. Lfevy, Ltd., £3 19s 3d; Kai: apoi Woollen Manufacturing Co;, Ltd., £4 4s; G. V. Gi'aham, £4 6s 8d, Cf. G. Urquhart initiated the discussion by asking for information as to why the committee recommended the acceptance of the highest tendef, Gr. E. T. JohnSon Said extra good material was offered and the Army • Co. were experts .at the work. Cr. L. J. Bayfeiid, chairman of the committee, pointed out that the band members favoured the Arhiy tender J and had offered to contribute £30, 1 Cr. H; Tai Mitehell took it thaiB the band was contributing £30 to se-l cure the unif orms they wanted — the;H had got to wear them and were en-l titled to a say. H " Cr. Bayfeiid pointed out thatJhH bommittee had budgetted for £|mB for the unif orms. The band had theaH offered to contribute £30. '■ Cr. Smith : Then to get that nni-H form the band eontributed £30! ^ Let the Band Choose ^ Ci'. O. H. Coleman was of opin-H ion that the council would not go farB wrong if it let the band choose itiH Pwn unifbrm. The couhcil was pre-H pared to give £i20 and the band -waiH findirig the extra £30, so they shouldH be left to select what they wanted; » The Mayor, Mr. T. Jackson, pointeiH out that the council should remem.B| her that the pirice did not inclndtH caps. The Army wanted £1 eacli ioiflK these and the others ranged from fl| 6d to £1. If they took the cheape^H it would mean ah additibnal £12 IfoH while the dearest would run into sH total of £30. ^ Cr. N. M. Keane: The band isB apparently, pi-epared to contribul^ the extra cost to get a good articl«| then why not let them have it! H Finally, on the motion of Cr. iB Smith the acceptance of the tendei^B was left to the committee of band in co'nsuitation with Cr. ColtH man. . - lai