N.Z. BANDS PRAISED

Evening Star, Issue 19801, 27 February 1928, Page 5

N.Z. BANDS PRAISED

WOULD HOLD THEIR OWN WITH AUSTRALIA KAIKORAI ONE OF THE FINEST (.Special to the ' Star.’] CH RISTCHUIICH, February 27, ‘‘Tlio A Grade bands of New Zealand could bold their own in a contest with Australian combinations, and, judging by the playing at the last Sydney contest, there is only one band which could compare with the first three dominion ones,” states Mr E. Jackson, of Brisbane, who was judge of the concerted wort and the cornet solo championship at the New Zealand contest which concluded on Saturday. The Australian band to which Mr Jackson referred was the newly-formed combination from Hamilton, a small mining town near Newcastle. He said this band was in the C grade twelve months ago. It was composed of young players, and won everything at the annual contest in Queensland, and at Sydney last year it defeated all the A grade combinations. The first three Now Zealand bands which lie declared were better than any in Australia save the Hamilton Band are Queen Alexandra’s Own (Wanganui), Kaikorai (Dunedin), and Greymoutb _ Municipal. “I cannot speak too highly of the work of the A grade bands,” commented Air Jackson.