GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14523, 19 August 1911, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS

A OESERVJKC CAUSE. TO-DAVS COLLECTION i'OR AiAiliNii iSA-\l>. To-day an is u.- 'to made io the peopie oi Junes witu wiucii t-o iiaXiiio liaiLi oil a l-ii..ji...L ioot-ny;. ALoiubers oi t:ij Di.uu UidJ reo.-iiLS d..Yc no;. .J.--;i .m- - Lu Lu,- iic.-v_s ..aLii.lji.ti lOi" UI^CtULI—IILS u.>u uii..i ii,.3 Wii.cii any Uii-i-via u.;.«.> L,...:_ .1... t .:i----cur. iiio ;f ii\ t...;.;i e music ui i.i-.- .■!!.• ni a vv....i.uu'.j is well and 'ini....;U, po.-.-BciSou .Ui it. n, Oi t'.VO 1iU1Ui~.....e i ..:.-.. rotundas and With a til.id cue ioeu to be eieesoa, rv.'iuir-ua tuo ieiv.tvo ut tv. a good bonus. I'. wouiu be a pit\ tho..:ioro, X/i ailow tiio Alarmo li;.au ie i nu its existence through lack ut r.e.es--aiy funds to carry on. As an instance ut the heavy charges a band has t-o meet it may be mentioned that the set oi instruments now in n?e by tlio Marine Band cost £4oo, and at the pioeent time £330 of this sum remains uupi.ci. This Baud has been in existence tur tlio past six years, and it has g.ven many enjoyable concerts on Caroline l'.-y----and in Alexandra Square on summer evenings, besides which -t has ra;s.Kl r*;rh £2OO for ehar.tab'.e pir;-c-ces. Members of the Bund are in uecd oi' new uniforms, but a number of ppiierously disposed citizens, have come rorwar<l and offered to provide those. .What remains now to be done by the general public is to subscr.be a .iuiaGent sum to pay off tho whole, or at least the greater part of the debt on the instruments. For the purpose of receiving contributions ladies w.ll canTafis the town to-day, and it is hoped that as a result of their appeal a substantial sum will bo raised. The moueygo raised will be handed over to a committee of citizens, of which Mr John Hole is chairman, this committee baring been set up for the special pur£*ise of assisting the Marine Band iit tsally. Wo . havo no doubt that iLe appeal which w.ll be made to-day-will be liberally responded to by the public. CENSURE FROM TIMARU. The action or the manager of an amusement house in Auckland in refusing admission to a party of bluejackets on the. ground that they were ■wearing Tfia Majesty's uniforms has aroused a feeling of deep indignation throughout the Dominion. , Many ex- I pressions of disgust have been made. At last night's meeting of tho Navy League, on the motion of Mr G. N. G. •Arber, seconded by Major Foden, a resolution deprecating the action was passed. HICH COMMISSIONERSHIP. The Acting Prime Minister informed a "Dominion." reporter that' so far as he knew no temporary appointment to the High Commissionership beyond the extension of Sir William HallJones's term had been made. Certainly Lord Plunket had not been appointed. If any temporary arrangement had been made in London, the Government Irouldhave been advised by the TTifrh Commissioner, and it had not received «ny communication on the subject. INCIDENTAL NO-LICENSE. At a meeting of the Licensed Victuallers of New Zealand at 'Wellington on Thursday, a resolution was unanimously adopted—"That this meeting most strongly protests against the of the action of the Boundary Commissioners, which virtually extinguishes a number of hotels without the voice and vote of the people having been taken, as provided in the licensing laws of the conntrv." It was pointed out that the loss "of hotels brought about through the alteration of boundaries might be' far greater than the results of" a general licensing poll, and each recurring period for boundafv adjustments will increase the possibilities of licensed houses being thrown within no-licenso areas. The loss on the present occasion will be at least nine licenses, if restoration, is not carried at the next poll.