Sir,-The protest from L. D. Austin under the above heading was written on the same lines as the algebraical catch that purports to prove that 1 is equal to 2. In other words, starting from a false assumption we are asked to believe that bad manners are good. Travelling artists have often found that audiences in different cities or towns possess certain distinguishing features in character, and the Boyd Neel orchestra may have found that Wellington audiences are not as punctual as they should be. I was present at a concert in the Palmerston North Opera House at which there were music-lovers from Wanganui, Masterton, and Palmerston North. The packed house was ready by 8 o'clock, but the orchestra was delayed and the curtain did not rise until 8.15, when Boyd Neel apologised for the delay and gave the reason. It is therefore an extraordinary proceeding to attempt to excuse late arrivals by blaming the punctuality of the artists.
PUNCTUALITY
(Palmerston North).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 431, 26 September 1947, Page 5
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