NINE COMPETITORS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1935, Page 5

NINE COMPETITORS

B GRADE BAND TEST SELECTION. DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. The Dominion band contests were continued at Timaru to-day in fine weather. The first B grade test selection, “Gems of Wagner,” was held to-night, but in accordance with a new rule the points will not be announced till the conclusion of the second test on Thursday night. Nine bands competed. They were the Artillery Band (southern command), Ashburton Silver, Christchurch Municipal, Gore Municipal, Greymouth Municipal, Palmerston North City Silver, Taranaki Regimental-Municipal Band New Plymouth, Wellington Boys’ Institute, Westport Municipal. To-days results were:— Quartettes: Timaru Municipal (R. Milligan, P. Abraham, R. Mathieson, C. Necklen) 94 1, Queen Alexandra’s Own 93 2, Port Nicholson Silver No. 1 92 3. Also competed: St. Kilda No. 2 90, St. Kilda No. 1 89, Port Nicholson No. 2 88, Invercargill Civic 88, Palmerston North City 87, Woolston 86, Westport Municipal 84. Flugel horn solo: G. Lowry (St Kilda) 92 1, R. Ward (Wellington Boys’ Institute) 91 2, T. McLean (St Kilda), F. Smith (Timaru Municipal), E. Ormrod (Port Nicholson) 90 3 equal. E. flat bass: V. Abraham 91 1, A. Harod and M. Codyre 90 2, H. Buck 89 4. B fiat cornet solo: J. E. Wills 93 1, R. Mathieson 91 2, R. Simpson 90 3.