Murihiku Mail 1st April:
Sir, It is time to replace the foreign “Invercargill March’, written by an absconding Australian and played by that abomination against nature, a Brass Band. To paraphrase that famous Scottish poet William Dunbar,
“A pair of highland hips shall fairer music make
Than you can blabber with your brass-bound lips...
Your treacherous tongue has taken an Australian strain,
A New Zealand arse would make a better noise”
Indeed, a much better noise is made by our local genius Alexander Taylor Cameron’s tune “Invercargill’, a rousing pipe band march, suitable for all occasions, and much more appropriate to our local heritage. I bring your attention to the McKelvie brother’s excellent rendition of this tune.
Yours Etc., Bulmer Stircour, the Bluff