BANDS IN THE PARK
NO IOU/i&TiON AT HATKS. j j Seven of the brills and pipe band's ol ! Auckland were nn'.nted a subsidy ot j 6201) by the City Couni-il la>t m rlit. . with provision that in return they i-hou'.d contribute to a programme _of summer concerts in .Vlicrt and I'oint Krin Parks and on the Domain. Th- , concerts nre to start on November I , '. I and to hf given weekly on each of Hi' j three parks mentioned until April •.'•'. Tho Mayor mentioned that he had j recently noticed that collections were ■ taVen up at the gates of AKien I'ark. , and bad that practice -topped. as it vvas , an ail>'ie.e of the bands' agreement with the Council. The Council had permitted the band to make collections on the grounds, after or during the concerts, hut the practice of pujtinj collection boxes under tlie imsr* of people who might he g 'ing into the park for reasons apart from the hand music could not be i tolerated.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 20 October 1922, Page 7
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