AUCKLAND REGIMENT
BAND'S NEW INSTRUMENTS PRESENTATION CEREMONY A new set of instruments was presented to tho band of the regiment by Colonel N. L. Macky, a former commanding officer of tho First Battalion of tho Auckland Regiment, at a special ceremony held in the Drill Hall, Rutland Street, last night. Colonel Macky pointed out that the band was a territorial unit, and that tho regiment owed its members and the bandmaster, Lieutenant G. W. Bowes, a very considerable de.bt of gratitude for their work. After the presentation the band played a number of items. Tho cost of the set was over £IOOO.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23274, 17 February 1939, Page 12
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102AUCKLAND REGIMENT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23274, 17 February 1939, Page 12
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