THE GUARDS BAND

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18582, 17 December 1934, Page 14

THE GUARDS BAND

WELLINGTON'S WELCOME GREAT CROWD ASSEMBLE* (Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, this day. The Grenadier Guards' Hand arrived at Thorndon at 11.17 a.m., from ualmerston North. The already-filled < l y, owing to the Duke- of Gloucester's flying of the foundation stone of the new railway station, saw a huge crowd assembled along the band's route to the Town Hall, where a civic reception was accorded them. The band played its way through the streets to the accompaniment of great cheering and excitement. En route, they halted at the War Memorial to lay a wreath. The First Battalion Band accompanied the Grenadiers on the march to the War Memorial, where they were joined by the Port Nicholson Silver Band. On reaching the Town Hall, the bands were formed up in front of the dais on which were the Mayor, Mr T. C. A. Hislop,the deputy-Mayor, Mr. W. H. Bennett, the president of the New Zealand Bands' Association, Mr. E. Palliser, and the president of the Wellington Provincial Bands' Association, Mr. H. B. Burdekin. * Major Miller replied to the Mayor's welcome and specially thanked the police for the splendid handling of the crowd, which had given the band a chance to make a show.