BAND CONTEST AT HASTINGS.
;ii;! '/J,- ■ ;■ ; ;"; : j NOAV.BEG'DNv -'U - ; : :: ' .■;■' (BY .TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL -COItBESFONDEtfr.) ' : - ;C ; W:'!.'!!'; : :; ; '/Hastings,' February 22. ;, . .Beautiful weather prevailed this* morning, for the first day of'the band contest at, Hast-! ings, under the auspices of ;the North Island ". Brass Bands .Association: ..- Hastings. is gay with.Vilutteririg.' bunting, and. as public; in- , terest. and enthusiasm, scorn- to , bo' strong, there is ,reason, to' look; forward, to a most 'successful gathering both from, a musical and a ; financial. standpoint. . The- Pefpne ■ Band, under Lieut. Herd,. arrived'.- by tho / mail /.train-- pnj''Saturday,-, and, after, a• formal' receptibn,.they formed'up and, headed by the Hastings'Band'j-. ( they ■ marched, to paddock near;, the,.,racecourse, .where they pitched their tents. In response to an!-, invitation from Mr, "ID.; Basil Jones, manager/ of- the Fririiley Canning Factory, .they went out to Frimleym'.the.afternoon. Mr.; Jones showed them.'ovcr; the canning, works .and.; orchards,; after; which'Mrs..,an'd/,Miss. Jones • entertained their visitors at.afternoon tea.. Tho party:rejturned ..t-q/.Hastings ;.ih'. the. evoninc,- thoroughly ■ pleased 'with; their -outing) : The. Gis-. bprney.'Newtori,;AVan2anui, and Manaia Bands arrivedibeforc; n00n,,/'and: the' Palmerstoiil Stratford,, and Hawera'Bands. , are.eKpe'ctod to-morrow. ..The . -opens'!' withtHe quartet contest.this .evening. ■ /,' : •".'.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 3
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181BAND CONTEST AT HASTINGS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 3
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