BAND MUSIC AND BOXING.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14860, 6 September 1918, Page 7

BAND MUSIC AND BOXING.

CONTESTS IN FRANCE

.The- New Zealand troops "somewhere! in If ranee" held a band contest and a! boxing contest on June 27th. The musical judge, was Captain Williams, Mus.•Doc, of the 'Grenadier Guards. The judges of boxing were Lieutenants Tyson and Ongley, with -.Captain -Potter as ireferee. | Twelve New Zealand bands raced tho judge, aiid>\vere, placed as foliows":— 2nd Battalion .Canterbury, first- 2nd Battalion Tjiird. Brigade, -sectrnd:' 2nd .-Uaraahon. Wellington Regiment, third • ,-isf Battalion Otago Regiment, fourth • Ist; Baitahon Wellington llogimcut, iittii; 3rd Battalion Third Briirade Sixth; 4th Battalion Third Brigade' :seventh; Ist Battalion Canterbury Reoil ,ment, eighth; 2nd Battalion OtaVro licgiment, ninth; Nev.- Zealand EntrencJ^ung Group, tenth; Ist Battalion Auck- : land Regiment, eleventh; 2nd Battalion i Auckland Regiment, twelfth. | At the conclusion oc the contest the ! massed bmirls plnvod p niarch under the conductorsliip of the judge. In the boxing contests the following New Zealanders won the finals— Feather-weight: Gunner J^eary. Liglit-weight: Private Missen Welter-weight: Private 01 sen. Middle-w-eight: Gunner Hceney. liight-heavy-iveight: i-rivaie M'fLeai".-. j Heavy-v/eight: Private Cftkhwil.