WELCOME TO THE BAUDS

Evening Star, Issue 22573, 15 February 1937, Page 14

WELCOME TO THE BAUDS

NELSON'S DEMONSTRATION

[Per United Press Association.'! NELSON, February 15. Nelson is band contest-minded. Rarely has Haven road known such a crowd as that which thronged it ' when residents flocked in their hun- , dreds to welcome the North Island bands which arrived by boat. Long before the ferry steamer was due to arrive, the crowd began to gather. Selections by the Nelson Garrison Band helped to while away the time until the Alatangi drew alongside the , wharf. | The bandsmen then disembarked' and formed up behind the Nelson Pipe j Rand,_ which led the procession, and j the Nelson Garrison Band. The banners of the various bands added a touch of colour to the procession. I By Customhouse Hotel, where the I two streams of traffic merged, progress was_ almost impossible for a while, cars, I cyclists, and pedestrians packing the I road from footpath to footpath. Tho entry of the bands into Nelson could almost be described as triumphal, and so long was the line of cars that it was half an hour before the last vehicle had passed Saltwater Bridge Bands which arrived by the ferry yesterday morning were met by the Pipe band and Nelson Citizens’ Rand. The southern bands arrived during the week-end, travelling overland, and the muster was complete this morning when the Marlborough Mounted Rifles Band arrived. Wherever the bands appeared in public during the week-end the people’s interest was very evident.