NEW KETTLEDRUM FOR WHAKA SCHOOL
When the Whaka School children assemble for the 1947 muster, they will march to the tune of a brass kettledrum. This drum used to laad a famous Highland band and it was presented to the school in mem'ory of che late Sergt. George Robert Watts, who was on the staff of the Rotorua Hospital for 20 years and known to che children as "Uncle Watto." The Whaka School gives a concert eacl year and the want of a kettleIrum was noticed by the Whaka Church committee.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19470116.2.13
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5303, 16 January 1947, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
91NEW KETTLEDRUM FOR WHAKA SCHOOL Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5303, 16 January 1947, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
NZME is the copyright owner for the Rotorua Morning Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in