Local And General.

Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19350, 6 March 1935, Page 2

Local And General.

Radio Before Chairs

At the Lyttelton Court the other day a woman who had been charged with falling to license her radio set pleaded by letter' that she had eight children, and her husband was in casual employment only. The assistant radio inspector remarked that on his rounds in Christchurch he Tiad paid visits to certain houses in which there was practically no furniture—not even chairs for the family to sit on—yet the tenants had radio sets in some eases up to £4O in value.

Bands and Band Music

The judge at the recent band contest in Timaru, Mr. Albert H. Baile, of .Sydney, is of the opinion that the standard of band music in New Zealand is high. The playing of the first three bands at the contest, he considers, was as good as anything be has heard. As musical director, he said, he had toured the world twice with the Newcastle 'Steel Works Band, and had had the opportunity of hearing some of the world’s leading bands. What impressed Mr. Baile at Timaru was the interest taken by the public in band music, and the wealth of talent in the younger players. Public taste for band music both in Australia and in New Zealand, he thinks, shows signs of a definite revival.