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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10541, 18 March 1920, Page 4

The Western "Daily Mercury,'' England, publishes the following appreciation relative to Dominion men: "Tho New JJealanders will always remember Torquay, where their "discharge depot has becu fixed. In all linglaud they could have found no pleasanter jumping off place, and though its climate • may not to equal in delights to their- own lovely North Island, perhaps nowhere in these gloomier seas could anything moro like it have been discovered. Thoy have formed many ties of friendship in Devonshire which will survive the departure of tho last of tilicm when their ship is ready. At Torquay they leave n permanent memorial'of their stay—tho remains of six of thoso 'gentlemen unafraid' who enmo 12,000 miles ito England to dio for it, and tho cross which marks their resting-place. They [will tnko back with them the gratitude of all tho English nn<3 tho respect and |affection of the communitv in which they havo been living thoso, last few months."

The prize-money offered nt tho recent band contest at Dunedin was allocated among tlio competitors ns follows:—lvaikorni (Dunoclin), ,£237 10s; Wanganui Garrison, £20o: Wellington Watereido Workers, .£100; Second South Canterbury Regimental. £80; Auckland City, £SO: Invcrrarc;ill Hibernian, ,(%"0; Hnwko's Bar Regi-, mental, £3O; Woolston, £l7 10s; Danasvirke Municipal, £1.5.