BAND BATTLE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14987, 14 August 1919, Page 3

BAND BATTLE.

ORGANISATION OF "FLYING

CORPS."

What is claimed to be the best meetin jr of tbe great Band Battle campaign was heldl at the Abercorn Hall last evenin-/, when the "Flying Corps" was organised amongst residents of Whataupoko. Mr W. J. Sinclair, convenor, presided, and in opening said it was desired to put the band on a permanent basis. He pointed out tbat the Wanganui band had just obtained a bandmaster from Home, and it was quite on the cards Wanganui would have the finest band in Australasia. The executive had been going into the finances, and hoped to be abl ' to tell the public .shortly exactly what was needed to place the band on a permanent basis, combined with what the/ could earn themselves during the year.

Considerable good humor prevailed, more especially in consequence of the declaration of allegiance with other hostile "armies" made by several prominent citi/.ens who were proposed as officials. However, a strong organisation was obtaived, and the "Flying Corps" (black and gold) promises to make itself felt in the pending hostilities. The election of officers resulted as follows : — Generals, Messrs G. Stock and W. D. Lysnar; chairman, Mr J. Colley; advisory chairman, Mr M. L. Foster; secretary, Mr Gordon Jones; treasurer. Mr G. T. Boulton; executive committee. Messrs W. R. Barker, L. T. Burnard. V. C. R. Mitford, H. DeOosta, A. S. Seymour, and' J. S. Allan ; general committee: Drs. J. W. Williams and C. F., Scott; Messrs J. S. Barton, W. A. Barton. W. Paltridge, J. Berry, R, G. Crawford, C» A. deLautour, W. G. Sherratt, D. L. Ferguson, P. Hockley, F. deLautour, J. McKee, C. Wood, H. Cato, J. Wyatt, T. Haisman, D. S. Malcolm, G. W. Willock, J. Nunns, A. L. Muir, Chas. Muir, R. L. Foster, H. Warren, T. E. Pearson, E. Williams, S. Muir, E. H. Mann, C. Hanes, A. Rees, J. S. Wauchop, C. R. Skeet, T. E. Toneyaliffe, R. Cple, A. E. Bourgeois (with power to add) ; badge committee, Cecil deLautour, Douglas Nicol, Rupert I Samson, Athol Allan, Messrs J. McKee,! C. Muir, T. Haisman, W. Paltridge, and R. Cole. Ladies' commitee, Mesdames R. N. Jones (convenor), A. E. Walker, Edwards. J. S. Allan, M. L. Foster, H. H. DeOosta, M. B. Marnier, A. C. Terry, C. Blackburn, J. D. Smith. F. deLautour. and G. Stock; Misses Jones, Allan, E. Smith, E. Robb, and Adair (with pow„>r to add).

A meeting of the Whataupoko ladies' committee (Flying Corps) will be held at the residence of Mrs R. N. Jones, at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow.

A general meeting of tbe committee of the "Guards Regiment" (Kaiti), and all others interested will be held at Mr Cedorwall's residence at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. •