MUSICAL NEW ZEALAND.
AUCKLAND SECOND: DUNEDIN FIRST. AN EXAMINER'S OPINION. WHERF. CANADA I..\c.< MKHIXD Mr. lieorge Vincent. jiriiii-iji.il examiner to tiie Trinity College of Mu-i ■, who arri\eJ in Auckland yp-terday hv the Aorangi. i* firmly of opinion that New Zealand i- tne m>..: mtiriral <m" a ll the Dominion*. Unfortunate! y. howewr. he cannot plp-e Auckland tir-; among it- cities. Interviewed yesterday, he p.ii'i a hiirh tribute to the progrc-* winch t!io Queeij ( ity has made during recent years—'a month's work await- him now a« compared with a fortnight in 19-22.1 —but he \va* convinced that the fir*t honours went to Dunedin where !a*t year he examined In3o candidates. Second :o New Zealand punie* South Africa. In Johannesburg, of all place*; Johanne-burg. whose very name conjures up visions of diamond mines and the vulgar aristocracy of wealth. Mr. Vincent had 1723 examinees. He •- not so proud of Canada, which, he say*, is Uwominjj sadly Americanised. The Auckland examination- arc due to commence on Wednesday and will la-t until July 22. The elocution examination-, t" !«■ conducted by Mr. Alexander \Vat*on. will be held in November.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 143, 20 June 1927, Page 10
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MUSICAL NEW ZEALAND.
Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 143, 20 June 1927, Page 10
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