CORRESPONDENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1341, 3 February 1881, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

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I TO THE BDITOB. THE HAMILTON LIGHT INFANTRY CORPS. Six.— ln a local, published 911 Tuesday regarding the meeting of the members of the Hamilton Ughfc Infantry Corps,heldon Saturday last, the concluding lines state that a parade is ordered for , to-morrow evening, and should the bandsmen refuse to fall-in, the Captain intends, taking steps to deprive them of their instruments. Rather hard this, and sQtaewhat strange. At every parade the Band have mustered in force ; in fact, it was merely a Band muster. The roll hoe, been called, and everything appeared satisfactory. Why this threat is held out remains to be seen. Still, there is one thing whichthe public well-kno w, and that is that the corps is only a myth, while the Band is a reality. The members of the corps willingly stepped up to tho platform to inscribe their names on a subscription list for different turns to keep up the Band, but how many of them iuve paid up? The public subscribed for the instruments, and I think they ought to have a say in it. — I am, &c, Instbttmknt. Febzuary 2nd, 1881.