EARNINGS OF STREET MUSICIANS.
(By- Telegf aph.-Ssocial Correspondent) Auckland, October 16.
flu'.business'is' tovihovo"pity, ■: and so the treet musician cuts a Sopiowhat wo&bcone' ijnro .at :,the streetlcornor.■'■,• There' areVα numier of suoh , musicians' ■to; bo '.seen about the Vudcliiad' 'strefcta 'nt -iiKseiit;'- rSorae turn h wrdy-BB'ray, bthert . stand'"V , a: ■gramophone irhilo' tho :stocfc-in-trado of others again Is a ; tin whistle or a ..fiddle.. .They, do not ■ dress in the-iatest -f ashiou; ..becausev.it.' wunld ;int<>r£6re : ivith ■ their bnSihets, but ,it:is stated' that they earn a .fair livelihood^.and 6ome of.them are, making small •'fortunes.-:' , '/ One of them was , overheard (says the "Herald") tha, otheT morn-' ing to,boast that hie'earningsftfrtho'dayipere'' £U. ,Tet; anbthef/.gcntleinaii .who owns a gramophone has been -heard to etate that he does not ..rejiuire ,to ...be ; l6hf;.;:in,:,the ■ streets each day, five, or.;.six"hbn'rs being:'erifficient to keep himßoing in pocket-money. A -reporter ; was-informod on Rood authority that soinf; of the ; instriimentalista in the Anclcland streets niako anythinß' : up , .to--bclwe'en- : "i;i6'an'd , {CM i'a wcoK-, ! whioh,,,if, l the.averaße.be hear the ■higher figure, "works'out a'year.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 11
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