GRENADIER GUARDS BAND
GISBORNE VISIT LIKELY
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED
Tneie is some hope of the Grenadier GuarJs Barn, which is at present touring Nv.v Zealand, visiting Gisborne. . The evigi iil itinerary did not include Gisborm, but a local committee representing the several music societies, through tlis Mayor, Mr. John Jackson, and the town clerk, Mr. W. M. Jenkins, lias been persistently in touch with the authorities, and last night a telephone message came through from Wellington asking for detail? for a suitably lighted ground for a night entertainment, including a display of marching. Ev »ry effort is being made locally to keep down the costs, so that the visit might eventuate. This morning! the arrai gementr, were advanced to the stage th it; the loci', costs were fully discussed, and it is confidently expected that about noon on Monday satisfactory arrangements will—he concluded. Tho transport costs are very heavy for the 47 n.embtrs of the parity. The suggestec date of arrival in Gisborne is 5.50 p.m. on Monday, January 14. Lie entertainment takes 2j hours, and the band will go direct to Rotorua from (litborne, f V
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 4
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186GRENADIER GUARDS BAND Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 4
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