CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3037, 25 October 1888, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

VOI^NTEBiIROUBiES:

[to the! editor,]

Sir.-—As it is tho intpntipii pfv the menibersoftheißandtoresign from the Company'at the end of the'iyear,they.wish'it'.to be.clea'rly understood why! th'oy ; intend taking: these steps,' The following are'a few among niauy of the reasons :-(l),That/the VBand as a whole instead of being treated hy the" Company : with respect, are treated almost with disdain,- .At the last Church parade, for an instanoo, instead of the Company rolling up to parade,,the! Bandsnien,, whoVivere present to: a man, "werb stronger in number than the Company. (2) That the Company, instead of supporting theßsiid by helping :to prayide for instruments arid music, leave tho Bandsmen to do all that out of their own-pockets or, ; by the; money) which they,,earn at .engagements., (8) That some members of tho Company, when they see'thatthe Band,are get-; ting ai; few' members togete'!! they atonce try to make a' disturbance by saying that their number must not exceed'to, should -flot-Uiayo'. more than five. Theso arid'ianyqtliertbiiigs which crop up are the reasons we havo for" resigning, and it is to bo hoped' that: when the,■ Company ;haye : to '.march through : thVefcre'etsi'witliout.ii' 'band in their front) they will heartily wish they had paid moro attention and •respect to the welfare o( that body. [With reference to the overtures stated: to-'have;: bjeii niade' towards amalgamatingiwith, Pearson's Band'wewish to st'atethat'wb; havo .iipt .as-yeiamyed at.auy; opnojusion ':''!'';' ! '' : : ■ : f:.-;'.';: >- "• .-,'iiam,'&q,,--!; : ;\ y--./":'.-; ..W.-.B.lngram;/.. ;-.'■ '.On behalf of the Band.!