MUSICAL SOCIETY.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222045, 3 February 1900, Page 2

MUSICAL SOCIETY.

A meeting of the committee of this Society was held on Thursday night, wlmn there were present: Messrs Hirst, Burton, Maingay, Lawn, Me Gregor, and Hill ; Mr Hirst occupying the chair. A-mwngjat-sfliov''cCTFrttspuTul-’ ence, a letter was rend from Mr V\\ A. Prime, acknowledging his possession of a balance of £2 accruing Lom the operations of a former society, and promising to forward a cheque i <r the amount. The treasurer submitted a report of the financial position of the Society, from which it appeared that there was a net baL.no to cred’t a' date of £l7 3s. The revenue from nlomb-rs* subscriptions (including honorary members) was £ll 5s GJ, and the gross revenue from the late concert totalled £l3 10->. It was decided to open an account with the Post Office Savings Bank, provided tho Departmental regulations off red no obstacle, in which case the account would be opened wi'h the Bank of New Zealand, in the names of the treasurer and secretary. Th 9 question of music for next concert was then discussed, aud correspondence was read showing that it was impossible to procu: e any copie.3 of ‘ The Wreck of the Argosy’ in the colonies. The committee decided that the rehearsal of this work must he postponed in the meantime, as it would take too long to get the music from England. The secretary was instructed to communic te with the Devonport, Parnell, and Remuera musical societies, asking if they had any cantatas or choruses for sale or hire, and the torms on which they could be obtained. As soon as music can be procured it will at once be put in rehearsal.