CORRESPONDENCE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10988, 11 June 1901, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BANDS. \TO THE ED-TOR OF THE PRESS. Sir_.'- —If you h wijl kindly grant mc space in yoUr paper to make a suggestion re bands , playing on the rotunda, I would like to I suggest to the City Council that they take a vote of t-he city ratepayers (they being the ' ppople that have to pay for this music) for which band is to play on the rotunda, and J make it for one good band (as £100 is not much cut up between two or more bands), and to be open to-Chrisrchurch bands only.. If this were done I th'nk it would give general satisfaction both to bands and public.—Yours, etc., i FAIRPLAY.^ Christchurch, June Bth. - _W _# * W TO TTIE EDITOR OF THE FRKSS. * Sir, —KinctCy allow mc spaoe to state that it w_u. not the present Woolston Band that gained popularity and who were so ready to play tor benefits, etc., "gratis." A change has been effected. And if a "lLover of Good Music" makes enquiries, he will learn that since this change the Woolston Band refused to play on the Duke's reception day unless they were paid, which, naturally enough, was refused by the Reception Committee. lam not partial to any brass band, but an