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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 260, 2 December 1903, Page 2

" RESERVE E." On Thursday afternoon the new Band Jiotumla, erected by the A[»nlcipality of New Plymouth, in commemoration of the crowning of His «m°f y Edward Seventh, Will be officially oikmiwl hv his \Vnr ship the Mayor. ]t certainly <.eems very late in the day to be' celebrating SMt -h an event, hut official wheels are wont to grind but slowly. In this case, however, the t'elnv is perhaps justified, since (lie ceremony has been postponed in order to allow of the memorial edifice being opened at the same time as the Municipal Bfltli.s, which were erected out of loan money. Their are many who have their doubts us to the 'mutability of the site of the rotunda, urging t'lfait it jus trto far fi>ym the centre of population. Whether tills is so or not timo alone will tell, and at any rate it is of little iiW tp complain now, as it would he rather an expensive matter to move (ji e bfuilding to a new site. What w« want is that the local bands should make an effort to give us some outdoor music during the summer evenings, and If they use the rotunda,