CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 90, 21 April 1902, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not bold ourselves responsible fur opinions expressed by oar correspondents.]

TAB CONTEST SURPLUS. ( TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —In your issuo of Friday there appeared an anon> mons latter referring to ihe above imifh canvawd question. I am surprised that a resident of thii town should have U> write oan outeide ; puper to ventilate an imagiuary grievan< i. The public will, I am -surd, \ agreo with me that, let the question be one of public interest, there is N al\vays spacD av ; l".b!e in the columns of tho Daily News. I would like t-> shed a little light on the iut'ormaiion supplied by " Cornet." In the first plica had it tot been for the ene gy displayed, aud the person.il cauvfits of Mt gai's Haigh, Niiweli, ar.d Bun we would never hav" had thd conl ist hure, tho Girtifeon

Band and the gentlemen namtd bringing th> matter piomineotly before th< public of New Plymouth, The band's share of the work was to hold streat [arid, s, with occasional exhibition* i.f counter-marching, Just a few words about tha £4O that " Ooreet" was so very phased to sae handed to the Town Band. I think, sir, that whsn money is gained under the auspices of an institution that it savouts (to say the least) of consummate iuipu deneu io hand part of ti-at monoy to a body or institution tli.it has proved ifaolr antagonistic .0 the principles of that institution. The Town Band not being a contesting band, there cau be ro affinity bstwe.<n the North IsU'd Brass Bind Ass cia ion and it. In conclusion I luay state that tha Garri son Band, notwithstanding the latu reveise, is going to t;y end make a bid frr the top at the n«xt contest, and Ist ma advise " Oomot," instead of discussing the surplus, to try and rally the Town Band inio contesting. Nothing would please the mesabars of the Garribon Bind better than to welcome ' tlie Town Band b-.ck to the ranks of | the contestants. I am. 6tc., i T, Ddnovan.