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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 33, 3 February 1912, Page 3

WHAT ABOUT HAWKES. The Wellington Garrison Bg.iid won tlie championship a id ais) too Challenge Shield sit the Palmerston North Band Contest of 1911. They used Hawkes’ Excellsior Smorous Band instruments—a complete set. in the first test piece this noted Wellington Band was allotted t the maximum number of points, ’he judge dn'filing that he had never heard better playing, and commending in eulogistic terms the tone and blend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also ~using a complete sot of Hawkes’ Excelsior Instruments, won tho B grade. The judge congratulated this band on their playing. These two successes in Grade A and Grade B, on such a great occasion, are worthy wins for Hawkes, whose instruments are pre-eminent all over the world. Bandsmen! Buy a sot of Hawkes—there are honours and valuable prizes to he won with them. Write for ' catalogues. Sole agents—The Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., Wellington. Local Representative: G. W. Mills, late Cargill’s.