New Plymouth Band Contest

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 9775, 27 February 1908, Page 1

New Plymouth Band Contest

(Pkh Press Association.) New Plymouth. February 2d. Til.- hand . ontcM solo* wee .ontimird to-d.iy Willi tin- folimvilin result* : ■■•■ r.-llnt las-w.-li. Wi!.-on (Tar.niaki). 60 points. 1 : K. Steele iTaianakh. .')!) |Miint.s, 2: 'S. Simial iWanuanui!, 58. 3. Also competed :'—('. Winter (Masteiton). 57; W. White 11 lasting). sr: W. I'. K. Co'jiihm (Morniuutoui. 56: •!. Hollows iPalniereton), 56; F. G. Hull i.Moniiimton), 55; <i. Hurst (Manaia), 51; K. 1/. Stcv«?nson (Stratford). 5-1. lvfiat bassos.—W. Crosby (Auckland First Battalion). 64 points, 1 ;C. Wallop iWooldon). 62. 2: X. All™ iTaranakil. 59, 3. Also competed : 1!. IV IMlmmi (L'almerston). 57: t.'. Sa.«s (Hastings). 52. HH-Hat has-.-W. Fcntoii (Woolslonl, 66 paints. 1; A. A. Guthrie (Wao-anuil. 64, 2; W. I'itt.mi (Palmer.'.lon). 63. 3. Abo competed : C. Hartley (Auckland Battalion). 60: .1. Mahcr (.Mastcrton). 60: C. I). Flanagan (Morniimton), 59: A. Wheeler ..t:cklnn<l Miittnlimi), 55. G. TromlM)iie.—A. Handley (Taranakil. 6;, 11 H. G. Hill (Auckland Battalion). 60, 2; F. CnulttMi (Hastings). 57, 3._ Also competed : G. Boyd (Waneanui), 53. To-ninht the first selection—"Gems of Schumann"—was plavcd on the recreation sports ground under the electric lie/lit. The terraces were tilled to crushing point with spectators, and; presented a magnificent spectacle. The weather was beautifully calm, and the softest passages were vividly distinct from every point of vantage in the blue natural amphitheatre. Ihe B Grade bands led off. The .Tmk'c announced the following results : —H Grade.— ',

ralmerstnn Xorth ... m — 1 Mart oil ... 129 — 2 Auckland Mount K'.Ien ... 127 — 3 Manaia ... 123 -- 4 A Gra<lc.— Uoruiiigton ... 147 — 1 Auckland First Battalion ... 114 — 2 Nelson ... ... 144 — 3 Woolston ... 1.35 — 4 Taranaki ... 134 — 5 Hast in re ... 132 - 6 Masterton ... 130 — 7