TE AWAMUTU CAVALRY BAND AND ALEXANDRA SPORTS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1953, 13 January 1885, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU CAVALRY BAND AND ALEXANDRA SPORTS.

TO Dlh 1 DITOIi. Silt,— ln vmu i"»uo of thts St'i J.imuiy a cniiospusidi-nt, it Alu\ m<ln, wntcs, stating that tho Te Vvamutu Bind, accoulin^ tn tlio 1 ultos' idea woie vei} chaiv nf tlii'ii inn-ie .it tin- 1 ilti and spirts on tlio l-.t. Tho uk unist in"' s-t md tlm- .—. — Pho bind aimed m #iod tune, placed on to tlio course ; tliiMi) w Is!I s ! mi pel miii to tell n-i wheio we wi'ie to p;i) ; i.<> tlticl<iMt l ticI<iM. > d ground set ap.ut fur mir Uso ; thuivfoio, we ti\(!(l upiin .1 sin ill lull and cniinn -need to pi ly .it (mci 1 . Then botu octi thieo and fi»ui Imiidii'd natives crowded around us, impeded our pl.iyinff, and c.msed us a de.vl of annoy.vice. Still v\o continued to pl.xy, and pl.iyed fouitomi piec ••<. Then it b^ui to tain, and what betwoon the rain, the steam, or stench fioin tlie closely packed natives, it was too much for human nature to stand, so I ordered the band to retire to the hall till the rain ceased a littln. Then we played four piece*, making the total 18 pieces not sv bad programme I think. Now, Mr Editor, I do not think any l.vdy in Alexandra made remarks referred to, .md e\en if anyone did I am of an opinion that it was too much to expect any band to stand in ther.iin without any pmttction, to hi closely surrounded by natives to that degiee tint it was almost impossible to play ni di.iw bituth. I iope.it tho stench was odious, and on heh lit of tho Te Awamiitu (!i\ahy Band, 1 decline to stand in the rain and inh tie distilled fchaik even to please the ladies of Alovnidra. — 1 am, &c, H T. Kium, Hmdnnstei Seigoant T A.C. To Avvaiii'itn, 10t!i Janu uy, IKS">.