OBITUARY
CAPTAIN T. HERD Cfsxss association telegram.) WELLINGTON, February 3. The death has occurred of Captain T. Herd, aged 82. For years, under ; his conductorship, the Wellington Garrison Band enjoyed triumphal success. Captain Herd arrived in Wellington in 1885 and took charge of the band, which was then in a weak state. He soon worked it up to good contest form. He conducted the Hinemoa New Zealand Band which toured England in 1903, and gave a command performance before the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1908. He was presented by the then Governor-General -(Sir Charles Fergusson) with the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration. Captain Herd successfully conducted orchestras and drum and fife bands, as well as brass bands, and adjudicated at many band contests, including Ballarat in 1901. He leaves a wife. In another two years they would have celebrated their golden wedding.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22936, 5 February 1940, Page 8
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144OBITUARY Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22936, 5 February 1940, Page 8
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