PIPE BAND CONTEST

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 88, 11 October 1937, Page 11

PIPE BAND CONTEST

MASTERTON NEXT YEAR

The annual meeting of the Welling-ton-Hawke's Bay Pipe Band Centre was held on Saturday evening. The president (Pipe-Major T. G. Bodding) presided, and the following delegates were present:—Drum-Major M. R. Price (Scots College Pipe Band), PipeMajor C. Stewart and M. G. Naismith (Wellington Caledonian Society's Pipe Band), Major J. A. Bird (Wairarapa High School Pipe Band), Pipe-Major B. Peters, Drum-Major Sturrock and IV. L. Sattrup (Ruahine Pipe Band), PipeMajor V. J. Nicholson, W. Allan, and G. R. Allan (Manawatu Scottish Society's Pipe Band), D. Fraser, G. Dick, and L. Hopping (Feilding Pipe Band), J. W. Brown (Nelson Pipe Band), and C. Stewart (Hunterville Pipe Band). The annual report (already published) and the balance-sheet were adopted unanimously. Major Bird complimented the Manawatu Scottish Society's Pipe Band on their complete arrangements for the last contest. Drum-Major Sturrock added his appreciation, and a motion recording the centre's special thanks was recorded. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:—President, PipeMajor V. J. Nicholson; senior vice-pre-sident, Pipe-Major B. Peters; junior vice-president, Mr. J. W. Brown; secre-tary-treasurer, M. Gray Nasmith; executive, Pipe-Major C. Stewart, PipeMajor T. G. Bodding, Drum-Major M. R. Price, Mr. I. D. Cameron, Mr. W. Allan, and Mr. C. Stewart. The Wairarapa Scottish Pipe Band, stationed at Carterton, intimated that it was at present being formed, and asked for particulars of affiliation and other matters. The secretary said he had furnished the information and expected the band soon to affiliate. The Port Ahuriri Pipe Band had intimated its intention of joining, and in all likelihood the Police Pipe Band would affiliate. , u At vote of thanks to the outgoing officers terminated the meeting.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gibbons, '•Rangiaho," Main Road, Lower Hutt, have kindly consented to open their gardens during this week in aid of the funds of the Wellington kindergarten. There is a magnificent display of rhododendrons, cinerarias, primulas, nemesias. Iceland poppies, and pansies, as well as other flowers. A wellknown authority who has inspected gardens in all parts of the world states that he has rarely seen such a lovely display of these flowers in any country. The pansies alone are well worth a visit.