"BITTER FEELING."

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 285, 1 December 1936, Page 8

"BITTER FEELING."

BANDS FROM OVERSEAS.

LOCAL ARTISTS' ATTITUDE,

The question of the notice which has been given to the band of an Auckland cabaret and the announcement that its place would be taken by an Australian combination was considered at a special meeting of the Auckland Musicians' Union last evening. The prospect of bands and orchestras from overseas putting local. artists out of employment was discussed at considerable length by an attendance of over 70 members, and finally the meeting was adjourned untjl to-morrow night, by which time it is anticipated that replies will have been received to communications sent to members of the Government, including the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, and the Minister of Labour, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, and the secretary of the Wellington Union. In discussing the meeting this morning the secretary of the union, Mr. F. Egerton. said that there was bitter feeling among members of the union on the subject, and they insisted that something should be done to prevent, if possible, bands and orchestras from overseas coming to New Zealand and displacing combinations of local artists. The action to be adopted would, he said, be determined at the meeting to-morrow j evening.