BRASS BAND WANTED.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXVI, Issue 3356, 17 February 1915, Page 3

BRASS BAND WANTED.

WHERE ARE THE INSTRU-

MENTS?

\i the meeting last night ot the Chamber ot Commerce Mr T. E. Shaw

expressed the opinion that it was a pity Paeroa could not raise a band. They had a bandstand here, but when a lot of

young fellows went off to the war the other day there was not even a tin whistle to play them off.

Mr D. Donnelly said that the trouble in Paeroa was that so many men only stayed for a little time. When they had a band before they should have taught anore ot theyoung players. The bandsmen always did their best previously. The uniforms belonging to the old band were in a pretty good state, but the instruments were scattered all over the place, and he believed that those who went security for the money for the instruments looked on them as their own property. The President said the instruments had been vested in trustees for the public. There, should be a lull set of instruments and stands, etc.

Mr Donnelly said that if the public would take up the matter of forming 1 a band there should be good results.

The President said the matter hardly came within the scope ot the Chamber, although as residents they would be pleased to help. Mr A. E. Fielder suggested that the trustees' attention should be called to the fact that the instruments were public property. Mr Donnelly said he did not kno 4 w who was responsible for the instruments, but it was not right that they should be in the old band room with the door unlocked.

Mr W. J. Byrne said that-a few of the old metibers of the band should call a meeting to consider the matter. Discussion on the subject dropped without anything definite being decided upon. [■■ '