SOUTH ISLAND BAND CONTEST.
TO BE HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH.
A deputation representing the South Island Bands' Association, consisting of Dr. C. J. Russell and Messrs Hall, .Tenner ami Sweney, waited, on 'ho Mayor on Saturday morning, relative to the band contest to be held in this city in November next. The deputation asked for the Mayor's sympathetic interest in the con- i test. It was proposed to hold tho contest on tho A. and P. Association's Show Ground, at Addin«ton, and tiie contest would last about; a week. The deputation wished the Mayor and City Council to interest themselves in the matter, and call a meeting of the public, at which a Contest Committee would be appointed. Jn reply to the Mayor, it was stated that no financial liability would be involved by any action taken by tho Council in the matter. Tho Mayor expressed his own personal sympathy with the proposal, and promised to bring the matter before the Council at its meeting on Monday evening. He believed that the Council would give the project its cordial support, and would endorse the suggestion' that an invitation be extended to the A_sociation to hold its contest in Christchurch.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14055, 29 May 1911, Page 5
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