THE "ARMY" BAND.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6136, 11 February 1914, Page 4

THE "ARMY" BAND.

PUBLIC MEETING INTERRUPTED Several municipal candidates, wishing to address the ratepayers from the balcony of a Newcastle hotel on Saturday, January 17, wore interrupted by a section of the 'Salvation Army. The latter took up a position below tho balcony before the advertised timo of tho meeting, and when requested to move refused to do so, although, it was said, one of the candidates promised to recompense them for any loss in the collection.

After waiting for half an hour after the time the meeting was to have commenced the chairman, Dr Doyle, M.L.C., opened the proceedings, and was followed by one of tho candidates. The latter had only been speaking a few minutes when the Army's band drowned the speaker's) voice. A police constable requested the Army to movo on, but it did not do so. Then Inspector Tait and Sub-Inspector Mollardy arrived on the scene and spoke to tbe Army officer in charge, but tbe band remained. Meanwhile tho crowd waiting to hear the candidates was becoming angry. The police officers warned the Army, who, after a while, went about 30 yards away. Tho inspector and sub-inspector, utter waiting for a few minutes, again spoke, to the Army, and eventually look the names of the male members, with a view to police court proceeding';.