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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 68, 22 March 1911, Page 5

WHAT ABOUT HAWKES! The "Wellington Garrison Band won the championship and also the Challenge Shield at the Palmenston North Band Contest of 1911. They used Hiawkes' Excelsior Sonorous Band Instruments— a complete set- In the first test piece this noted Wellington Band was allotted the maximum number of points; the judge declaring that he had never heard better playing, and commending in eulogistic terms I the tone and blend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also using a complete set of Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous i Instruments, won the B Grade. The | judge congratulated this1 band on \ their playing. These two successes in j Grade A and Grade B on such a groat | occasion aro worthy wins for Hawkes, whose instruments are pre-eminent all over the world. Bandsmen ! Buy a set of Hawkos^— there are honors and valuable prizes to be won with them. Write for catalogues. Sole agents: The Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., Wellington. Local Representatives: Messrs Griffiths and Son.