DOMINION BANDS.
COMPARISON WITH AUSTRALIA
ONLY ONE SUPERIOR
[BY TEBISCHAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 27. “A. grade bands of New Zealand could hold their own in contest with Australian combinations, and judging by the playing at the last Sydney con • test, there is only one band which could compare with the first three Dominion ones,” states Mr ’E. Jackson, of Brisbane, who. was judge of the concerted work anti of the cornet solo championship at the New Zealand eontest, which concluded on Saturday. The Australian -hand to which Mi Jackson referred to was the newly formed combination from Hamilton, a small mining town near Newcastle. The first three New Zealand bands which he declared were better than any in Australia save the Hamilton band are Queen Alexandra’s Own (Wanganui), Kaikorai ((Dunedin) and Groymomh Municipal. ,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 February 1928, Page 9
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133DOMINION BANDS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 February 1928, Page 9
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