LADIES’ PIPE BAND.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9980, 10 July 1925, Page 5

LADIES’ PIPE BAND.

VISIT TO PAHIATUA

One of the leading public entertainers of Australia, after listening t „ la, perf o mtanee of the famous Australian Ladies’ Pipe Band, said they were “the world’s greatest novelty.” These sentiments have been endorsed by public opinion, for on every or asion when the hand has appeared it has been met by crowded houses. It is interesting to note that the idea of the present world tour of the hand eminated from Drum-Major William Darwin, F.R.G.S.. who, having completed his second tour of the world since the cessation of the Great War, set to work and organised an sound lines. Melbourne is the home of the hand, while every State is represented except South Australia. In order to prove to their own people what could be done on tour, the hand set out on a journey through all the States of the Commonwealth and everywhere received unstinted commendation from the. most critical writers connected with the Australian press. In Sydney the. Lord Mayor gave the members of the ha rid a '"civic reception and stated “the band was one o f the cheapest and best advertisements Australia has ever had.” Hobart, not to he outdone by the Mother State, also gave the band a civic reception, after wdiich tire Governor, Sir Herbert Nicholls, accompanied by Lady Ni eh rolls and members of the Tasmanian Parliament, attended a grand concert given hv the Ladies’ Pipe Band. Pahiatua is indeed fortunate in. having a visit from the Australian Lady “Kilties.” and intending patrons are requested to hook early at Ba dger’s.