Garrison Band Bazaar.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12144, 23 September 1907, Page 2

Garrison Band Bazaar.

OPENS TO-NIGHT

For weeks past a number of ladies and gentlemen —particularly the firstnamed—have been as busy as bees preparing for the above great event, and to-night, all being well, the bazaar will be launched on its week's cruise by His Worship the Mayor, Mr. C. E. Mackay. That Captain Wray and his crew tvill have a successful voyage, and return to port laden with the spoils of victory, is Aye feel sure, a generally expressed wish, for there is no more useful, deserving, or popular combination m Wanganui than the champion band. This evening the doors will be open at 7 p.m., and for half-an-hour patrons may inspect the stalls, etc. At 7.30 the bazaar will be declared open l»y the Mayor, whose remarks .will most probably be supplemented by Mr. Hofan, the member for the district. .At p.m. v the band will play a popular selection, and Mr. J. G. Swan will contribute one of his always acceptable recitations. The programme will then be adjourned until 9 p.nv.-$-when Maia Moore, who is a splendid exponent of the terpsichoran art, will perform a graceful dance. Mr. H. Absolum will sing a humorous song, and he is a comic artist very much above the average, as thovse who have had the pleasure of hearing him will readily agree. The famous Wuffian Wuffan Band will then "render" a selection, and it's a moral* the audience will, Oliver Twist like, ask for more. The programme has been purposely kept fairly short to allow plenty of time for buying, etc., but every item will be enjoyable and worth more than the admission money. Under Mr. Battle's direction the Drill Hall , has been transformed into a fairy , palace, and the willing staff of assistants have worked like Trojans to have things in order. The tug-of-war will , commence to-morrow (Tuesday) night- , and entries will be received at the Drill Hall to-day by members of the committee or secretary. As the duration of the pulls will be limited to ten minutes there is no danger of contestants hurting themselves, and battens will be nailed on the floor for footholds. A number of teams are in heavy training, and our athletic contributor is carefully weighing their chances. The official organ, 3 The Big Drum," will be an acquisition to Dommionial newspapers. We believe that the policy of the paper will not be fixed and'unalterable, -be the much-quoted unwritten laws of the Medes and the Persians, with the exception that questions such as freehold v. lease, trams, fish stories, Field s scheme, etc., are strictly baned; while any contributor signing a letter "Justice," " Pro Bono Publioo," " Mother of ten," " Ratepayer," etc.— for Jun list apply " Big Drum " office—will he promptly "placed in the stocks. By buying the paper for threepence an intelligent person can easily acquire one guinea. The members of the Band are ieqnested to muster, an full uniform, at the Band Room at 6.45 sharp.