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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1678, 27 April 1904, Page 79 (Supplement)

Mr Henry Wood,' dfmduebor of the Queen's Hall orchestra, twice kept silence during a) recent concert at the Philharmonic Hafll, Liverpool, while the audience settled themselves in their seats. Amazement was writ large on his iace as he waited, baton in hand, while some scares of ladies and gentlemen in evening dress bustled, and rustled, and stalked and manoeuvred themselves into their seats. The stalls having occupied about five minutes to take their seats and arrange their mantles, rustle their programmes, and adjust their opera.glasses, the music started," .’but presently the oconniers of thie orchestra seats took an Sanity during: the performance of SS most exquisite seneradeto have wK appeared to he a free fight round Sf e 0 f the doors; .There was nothing for ■h* bmifc to stop thief bond, bxl& lot tihoixL kvo Mr Wood very maif nanimousuly did.