WELLINGTON MUSICIANS' UNION

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 15 May 1912, Page 7

WELLINGTON MUSICIANS' UNION

WELLINGTON, May 15. The demands of the newly-formed Wellington Performing Musicians' Industrial Union of Workers were before Mr Hally, Conciliation ''Commissioner to-day. Application was made to exempt the Garrison and Jupp's bands and the Union representative said the brass bands were not aimed at—it was their employers. In reply to this statement it .was pointed oiit that bands would n,<£ cessarily suffer, because it was" by employment that the members were able to provide instruments and uniforms. Xieutenant Herd said that if employers were so bound as proposed by the Union then the bands must go under, - and it was good-bye to the brass band. After further discussion the assessors went into committee to consider the various applications for exemption.