THE BAND.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4345, 5 December 1908, Page 3

THE BAND.

(To the Editor)

Sir. —It is not often that I condescend to answer an annonymous correspondent, but this being a public matter will deviate from my rule. Your correspon- • sent “ Music ”is rather pertinent in his questions (bpfc stjll | will try to answer piem). Whfjt jhavp vip done |o organise ft Band and where is it ? Hp algo ventures the opinion thpt there are plenty (a full supply ard abundance) of players ■fn Te Aroha and again he quefieg wfip is / tte* stumbling Hock-2 orgapisation pf the Bapd we helfea -meeting elected gan/hpastpr, Pflpdpptqr, Cqroqpt'tee, Secretary, etc,, and started lyitb a P r .° 1 Uiised membership of fifteen. The first practices were fairly well-attended, but the attendance grew go Small and there ✓ ■ Was such a palpable waning of the essential enthusiasm that J <B4 not care to cpntinue. It was a stiff incline that , - fhe Band locomotive to negotiate, hut there wag only t( q wpcfi evidence that sompopp jyag greaging %e rajlg, but of that more ppop. I qqifcq agrpfl wi£» f‘ Music!’ that thpre arp plenty (a fpH supply and abundance) qf playerg in Q?e Afopa, He did not say capaplp players or players that would, stand coapping or who did’not JfflQw toq ippch tfi lpam, apd whp dpjnqt think enough of their nobby to pay a g&pppcp a \yegk toward fe funds o# that ipstitptfon. are e kind of players that we prant ip Tp ;oha. We can sum them up in opp word enthusiasts, and I am at a loss for. ap answer to the last query of ‘'Music." Could 1 ask him as a favour to write again (not under a nom de plippe) and tell me what he thinks about the matter, I really don’t think he was one of the bad boyg who greased the rails, And rest assured that if I can do anything to further the interests of Te Aroha (especially in this Band business) that I will be only too happy to do so. Plesse “ Music,” do write and tell us about the stumbling block.—l am, etc., Tom Donovan.

[To the Editor.] Sir,—As Cr. Rowe and his worthy hefiehmen have not answered my last letter, I suppose they are adopting thp tmlir hdnnu’rable CQUrito left to tfcdm, Tflh &ctV tfe bppo&lng ppminjjilds of fhe Health Officer is'suffiejent arguinent for me .that the sooner the election comes rqund agajn the tetter. If our J.Qrs will not after tjje sanitation of £hp towp, what jmpreggion (|q they exppet visitors to have ofTe Aroha as a health Resort ? It wil} Cprtajrily pqt bp one for gs to be proud of; therefore I tope that by the ne*t Council meeting Cr. r Rowe

will have made himself more acquainted with the existing nuisance, and that he will be conscii ntious enough to support Cr. Hubbard in that gentleman’s honest endeavour to keep our town above repioach as far as its sanitary system is concerned.—l am, etc., 1 Ratepayer.