Correspondence.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1030, 2 July 1904, Page 2

Correspondence.

BAOBED CONCERTS TO TUB KDiTOII ■ Sin,—lii ut recent issue of the, IuiBGRAPH I road a letter signed " i'isgustod," and wns sorry to find that wo havo in our midst such poor-spirited and suspicious folk. " Disgusted " wauls to know if tho band (of which wo ought to bo proud) obtained the consent of tho Council before giving their concert. For his information I might toll him they did. Also, ho wants to know if the concert given inßido was like tho selection played outside I might also toll him it was, and that every item, both in and out, was sacred. I may also toll him, us ho does not seem to bo ablo to distinguish bou'eon sucrod and secular, that all music us played on an instrument is sacred, and that it is only whon words nro applied to it tln.t it becomes secular. Now, sir, I assumo from • " Disgustod's' remarks that he wns not inside; thoritfoio I also assumo that ho did not contribute, n coin towards tho baud fund, and as ho did not, I consider ho lias no right to criticise or throw aj.d ■.,,.,.;• o,i ~n instistiuiion of die kind, and whose members do all tho hard graft, and get nothing for it, except the satisfaction of kuowin» Ihoy are giviug pleasure to a large proportion ol the community. I have no i lea who " Disgusted "U, but this I do know, that ho is no friend of the band, and probably voted against it. I would like to advise him to try aud cultivate attuto for music while he is on this planet, or it will bo a bad job for him whoit ho gets on to the other] where he will find that lam correct when I toll him that all luusin is sacred. In case be i may think that lam a aiombor of tho bund, I may hero state tuat I'm not, or mat y way connected with it, but puroly an outsider, who is sorry that bo is not able lo holp it in a mere praotioal way - lam, etc., J i A Band Lovmt '