BAND CONTEST.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON, this day. Mr E. T. Code, of Melbourne, judge j in the recent band contest, declares '- the Wellington Band surpasses the
best in Australia. All four bands placed on the top of his list, viz., Wellington, j Wanganui, North-east Valley (Dune- ' din), and Nelson, were quite up to the standard of the best bands of the big continent, j At a social given to Mr Code last' night the chairman said he would like to see the Bands' Association appoint a. judge for a term of four years, so that the competing bands j would know the class of musical judge for whom they would have to prepare.-.: |At present sometimes they had an orchestral, and at- other times a brass band expert.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 67, 20 March 1900, Page 5
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