Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1907-11-16
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note: nsTnrt_rr_nrs_inrsrrsTrr_ir_i.T>t I Kingsford Smith & Co. " Stock and General AUCTIONEERS Commission and Real Estate Agents. 860 Granville, Vancouver. C '* 4JLJLJLJUJUUUUUIAJULPJUUUL1UJU Victoria Edition The Week fl British Columbia Review, Published at Vietoria and Vancouver B. @. Vol. IV. No. 42 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1907 Two weeks ago some criti- Military cism was offered in this Music. column of the doings of the Eifth Regiment Band and a lope was expressed that the formation of a City Band, then under way, might help ;o solve some of the problems which had irisen in connection with band music in Victoria during the last twelve months. Since these remarks appeared, several ;hings have happened. The Week has been nterviewed by Captain Ridgeway Wilson nd Bandmaster Rumsby on behalf of the Tifth Regiment Band, and by Mr. Green- vood and Mr. Bantly representing the Musicians' Union. Each party offered ;heir own explanation of what had taken jlace, and desired The Week to set the acts before the public. The situation has »en simplified or complicated, just as one egards it, by the subsequent conviction of Secretary Greenwood for fining Band- naster Rumsby because he allowed two nen to play when they were in arrear ith their contributions to the Union. he contention of Captain Wilson is that .he movements of the Eifth Regiment and have been considerably hampered >y the arbitrary action of the Union, and hat the minority of the Band have occas- oned trouble on several occasions by ref us- ng to fall in line with certain proposals of jhe Bandmaster which they considered etrimental to their interests. The trouble eems to be that Bandmaster Rumsby has een willing to make certain concessions lo the public authorities affecting the rate if pay which had not been sanctioned by e Union. A failure to agree upon this atter delayed the public concerts which ad been arranged for by the Mayor dur- g last season, and in this connection it only fair to the Bandmaster to s…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344245
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text