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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 48, 26 February 1923, Page 11

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WATERSIDERS' BAND \ [ INSTRUMENTS. : "A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT." (By Telegraph-—Press Association.* DUNEDIN, Saturday. .:' An unfortunate incident occurred at the conclusion of the quickstep competition at the Dunedin Band Contest on Saturday afternoon, when a bailiff ! waited on the conductor of the Wellington Watersiders' Band and said he had . i authority and power to take the band's § J instruments. Aβ a result the band was \ unable to compete in the own choice I j Mlection in the evening. The Redfern, f. 7 Invercargill, Hibernian, and Asbburtoh I bandi generously offered the use of j' }. their instruments, but the offer wae not I '?' accepted. ' 1 Aβ far as can be gathered, the reason I for the action taken arose out of the j 5 J recent case in Wellington, when two or \\ ; three members of the Watereidere' )' / Union proceeded against the union for I * preventing them working on the wharf j J' and awarded damages. « ■ The Mayor of Dunedin, at the funcj I tion in the evening, ea'id it was most j' regrettable that such an incident should h ktve occurred, and he considered that ' the bailiff should at least have waited v until the programme had concluded be- ' r fore taking action. *