THE KILTIES BAND

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 23, 20 February 1909, Page 2

THE KILTIES BAND

AND A DISCHARGED MEMBER. THE MANAGER'S EXPLANATION. ')'!"• T - p - T. Power, manager of the Kilties Band, wliieh is giving performances at New Plymouth this afternoon and evening, writes to the editor from iiaitara as follows:

*' r > Noticing in your paper this morning a paragraph relating to one of the members of the Kilties' Band, allegiv ir' th '' ®° m ' n 'on to lie stranded in H ellington, I trust in fair.ieas to myself nnd members of the Iwnd you will publish my reply forwarded to the Benevolent Trustees i n Wellington a few days ago. Kirst of all, Mr. Seholes was born in laigland, and played with several of the Home bands, including the /vT* th> Bl,rn 1171,1 Ki »gston Mills. (•Note, he now calls himself an American) Mr. Sclioles was hurt several weeks ago while wrestling, and was sent to a hospital at Temuka. When lie entcied the hospital he stated that lie had seven or eight pounds in hand, and the Kiltie m charge gave him four more, w nieli made at least eleven pounds Tile men afterwards sent hi,,, „ pm - 3c about ten pounds, and I sent liim nine pounds. lie then said he wanted to go .home, 'and the men and myself, knowing Ins Imaneial position, told him he must buy Ins own ticket. .Mr. Seholes is a rich man. He holds three fine pro-pel-ties ill his home town in America, which I,r "'S '""i in (i fcie sum monthly! 11l- also boasts of having a fat hank account. He stated to me that lie only oauie on this trip (o see the world anil law a good lime." The family oj tluee Chat, are depending on .him are making more money than he was with K One earns IS dollars per week, and another earns Ift dollars per week. He himself was wily playing fourth corns! and drawing C 3 per week and hotel expenses. Which CO,I me about Co 10s per n«v i t of tlll ' Kiltiepj. nN' ied to lend Sclioles (he neoessarv amount, to go home, knowing that lie is perfectly good, but lie refused the oner. \\ hen he says we have twentylive men out of thirty j„ the Hand who are American., he is only carrying out Ills threat which he made in a letter to me a week ago, to the effect that it I didlitgive 1)1111 his fare home : „„!,l (Mil)lish Iho above storv. v 'nr.* story is absolutely false, a-.id |'i tl",. and so can'every member"of" the ' ami. 1 don t think I need add anything more except tliaOMr. Selioles his i" necessity to presume on Xew Zealand chanty so long as we are in the country and he is prepared to act square-

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