BRASS BANDS.
1924 CONTES'! AT PALMERSTON NORTH. PALMERSTON NORTH, May 25. The New Zealand Brass Bands" Association has granted permission to hold the 1924 contest in Palmerston North. The required financial guarantees have been forthcoming, Mr E. R. B. Hoi ben having been successful in securing guarantees from Palmerston North residents of £ll6O in sums of from £5 to £250. The estimated amount necessary for prize money and general expenditure is £1250, and this has already been practically guaranteed. For the purpose of making preliminary arranger' ents in regard lo the contest a meeting was held this evening, the Mayor (Mr F. J. NathaiJ presiding. Mr Hoi Sen (president of the North Island Band Association) explained that the contest would not take, place until February. The Chairman said that the contest would appeal to all classes of the community, and he could conceive of no better use for any surplus funds than the allocation proposed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3611, 29 May 1923, Page 47
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