HISTORIC BUGLE
PRESENTED TO TE AWAMUTU BAND During an informal function at Kihikihi, when a section of the Divisional Cavalry was being entertained, opportunity was taken to present to the Te Awamutu Municipal Band, an old bugle that was used by the British Troops during the Maori War in Taranaki. Mrs Mclndoe, in handing the instrument to Bandmaster A. Smith, hoped that it would be of use. The bugle had been in her family for very many years, and its notes had been heard in very strenuous times. Mr Smith, in accepting the instrument, thanked Mrs Mclndoe for her thoughtfulness and undertook, on behalf of his Band, the safe custody of such an historic and valuable relic of New Zealand's early history. It would be the intention of the Band to retain the bugle for purely military functions in which it would be necessary, funerals of old soldiers, and Anzac Eiay services, and in any gathering where the “Last Post” was required to be sounded. The instrument is of outstanding tone and Mr. Smith doubted, very much whether another bugle in the country had such a beautiful tone. The secretary of the Te Awamtu R.S.A. undertook to have the bugle suitably engraved.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 12915, 9 December 1939, Page 7
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