BAND CONTESTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10593, 24 October 1910, Page 4

BAND CONTESTS.

NijJW ZEALANDERS WIN

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyrxgut

(Per Press Association.)

Received October 23, at 5.5 p.m, \ .. , Melbourne) October 23. • 1 The Ballarat competitions resulted yesterday night- aS follows: —A Grade Selection. — *- - Wanganui'... • • ... 1 ■ ' 'Pr-aliran r ■ 2 ~ Collingwood 3 —Quickstep.— Wanganui ." ... "1. . , Kallaran - 2 . T.'io ,Band's i\ as splendid. Received . Octobers 24, _at'> 10.10 a.m. •} • Melbourne, v October v <24. : Mr Short, King's Trumpeter and ad- 1 judicator at the Ballarat competitions, stated that he v would like to liavo the Wanganui . Band*, for twelvemonths to illustrate the kind of musical, material available in Australasia.' \ Received October 24- at 0.55. ' ;V : ■ Ballarat, October 24.-; • •«tThe .-Wiinganui Band's. win ♦.in*-, the: championship was very popular. Tlio i points stored wfcro: —

Tlio <B grade selections were "won by the Geelong Harbor Trust Bandj and the quickstep by Prout's. The 0 grade selection also fell to the Gcelong Harbor Trust Band, and the quickstep to the Gcelong Town Band." DTJNEDIN CONTEST. (Per Press Association.) - Dunedin, October 23. The band contest was brought to a cnnchisi-m yesterday. The pipe band contest) resulted as follows Test " ; Selec- Qnickstop. tion. Music. Military. Tl. Dnneilin ... 65 . 161 .05' —201.; Ashbu rum 55 ,153 i 60 —r 268J Wyiidham 51 159 55 The contest, finished with a. Scottish' concord in the evening. 11 • is. under-* stood the contest resulted satisfactorily from a financial point'of view.

-. .Test . , Own 1 ■ Selection. Choice. Waugaiiui 174 222 Frali ran ... ... 208 180 "Gollhigwood , ... 1D8 182 • .-In. the quickstep the' points were:— " AVangamii ... .... ... 153 ••••Prout's.. ■ ... ...> 152 i Hallarat: City '••• ••• 145