IN DAYS GONE BY
MUSICIANS' ARE "ROGUES" UNDER THE ACT Musicians were governed by an Act of James 1 classing entertainers not attached to court as "rogues, vagabonds and sturdy beggars," Dr R. Dallcy-ScarLett, said at a welcome! to Mr Louis Lavnter, of Melbourne, president of the Guild of Musicians were doormats' for uti-litarian-minded people to wipe their feet on, said Dr Dalley-Searlett, who is president of the Queensland branch of the Guild. To every appeal for aid to extend culture stereotyped replies were received. The most popular now was. "there is a war on." In England, however, the Government was appropriating largo sums—£2s,ooo in one case alone--while bombs were dropping. "If we were agitating for a cric ket pitch it would be a different matter," he added, "We are too timid."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 305, 14 May 1941, Page 2
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