INLAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 182, 8 April 1915, Page 3

INLAND NEWS.

SOUTH ISLAND BAND CONTEST. f •'"'"' j '"FURTHER.RESULTS. :,: ... ■• n I .^pHRISTCJiUTIQJ;I J; Ayi:ii 0. Tiie baud contest resumed, -to-day. "Results: ... ' B.b;' flat solo:'".' ' Hughes (Lyttelton Marine) 7S .marks ."l, J.. W.' Fenton (Wooiston Saiid) '75 marks 2, J. J. ObliinV'' (Thvercargill' Hibeniiau) _ ; and <£: Gallop (Woolston band) 3'. There werp ten competitor's. '-•Gj 'trombone- ;i solo—J. ehnuhings (Westpcft'Garristvn)' ■' G6 ; '-mjafkS'l, H-. Glove* (Nelsoii Re'glrm-Mair frf marks' %' T. Allantyne (Wellington Tram\vaya) f .«|o marks Z Xj , /There were....five Bjflat cornet solo: H, Osborne, (Tim aim ' Regimental) 93 marks, 1, Kerr (We'stjmtL. Garrison) 3.0,. rp.ar.ks 5-, ,S. Williams (Woolston) 88 marks 3,, There were 17 competitors. . " Champion' -cornet ■•"'sole—H. Pox (Chf istehureh)-1, TI. Osborii'e 1 (Timaru) 2. A'. J. Berryman- (Palwerstoh North) '••''■ l •• B GRADE CONTEST. r Test selection —City"'Band (Napier) 173.yi.arks 1, C.Y.C. jChristchureh) 166 marks 2. '"" ', ~' ... , ' '. A GRADE FINAL. Thifo .ciyeiting fch,e . jsjseond ;i>;ir•ti'Oii of the Aggrade ccyrtest tion (Wagner), wi11.., be taken; and.tha judge's -award..will, be; announced.. : ; . In|',discussing the first test, played on Monday..evening, tire.Lytfcalton Times says 3 Th e most polished performance last Inlght .of. "Les... Huguenots" was that ijgiven by "the. Wanganui Garrison Band. Thers were a few. trivial flaws, but th e band displayed .good control, and there was a measure of grandeur in .-the performance. The performance was eminently satisfactory. The same paper says that 'Timaru. produced a big ■ body c'f tone, almost too big for artistic considerations. In the finale the sjveed was tremendous, and at;yari--amcehvith the ..score. No body of vocalists i-could possibly fit the words at the speed, bain aru gave a good performance. The following also competed:' Nelson, Wellington Tramway; Woolston, Invercargill, Hibernians.and West port. \ The final test will bY played on Wednesday night. BREWERY AMALGAMATION. . AUCKLAND; - April 6. .': Two very old established brewing firms, Campbell- and Ehrenfrled and the Great Northern Brewery, ' have amalgamated under the title of the Lion Brewery, Ltd. The new directorate includes Mr A. M, Myers, M.P., Mr Philip.Luckie, and Mr A. S. Bankart. Campbell and.Ehrenfried was e's-' tablbshed by Sir John Logan Campbell as far back as 1840.

1 [BETTING PROSECUTIONS. ',. ~ " a big haul. "■'.' .;;" ':■ | : 'AU€KIjANI\' Aprf X • At;' the Police Court William Ryan, charged with "betting on. a iicensed premises', admitted the blfenc ( was .described' by "tlierpolice as a. big" battel", whose-character was good, who-, always inet "his liabilities and' was never before the Court previously for any breach of the Act. Counsel for defendant said his client had been to the races and had a drink or two, otherwise the offence ' would never have occurred. Th e Magistrate said he did not think, under these circumstance, it proper to'impose a fine of £IOO, but discrimination must be made between a small, manvand. a big- man. Defendant would be -fined £SO and costs. Jas- Lye, contractor, who had been previously fined £2O for. betting.was fined £.40 and costs. ... For further offences of this nature, Alfred Birch, for betting oil the- Etlerslie racecourse, was fined £3O and costs.: Geo.. Powejll" for betting on" the Wharf was fined" £2O: and cost's. WORK E R"S' CON FERENC E. IMPORTANT- REMITS ADOPTED. ~ T. jj CHRISTCIIURCH, ; This Day. The.Workers' Conference to-day carried remits that the Government .be urged to give power to., local Labour Department officials to proceed against offenders for breaches of .awards, without having, a s at "present, to first refer, cases to the'.Head Office . for,, , official .sanction'to proceed, and. that Govern; ment be urged to .grant statutory preference to unionists. ...

THE WHEAT SUPPLY... --r •■; MR MAS3EY OPTIMISTIC.. WELLINGTON, This Day. Discussing wheat prospects in. „New. Zealand Mr Massey expressed to a.reporter yesterday his opinip.ii, that' wheat will ha at prices payable ip, the grower for two or three years -to come, and for that reason, as well as forpat riotic reasons, he was satisfied morte wheat wi"J| "be. grown. in New Zealand during the next, few years than has been grown for years past. Regarding the option of a.million bushels for which he had arranged with •Canada, he was quite sure it would be-quite sufficient to coyer .any. possible deficiency!/ "' "". ;■"•'. ~■ ,- v

rp MAN WASHED OVERBOARD, f RESCUE IMPOSSIBLE. "•■■' • INVERCARGILL, April 7. ' Gordon Trail, aged 19, was washed i oyerobard from the cutter Rakuira in i Fouveaux Straits,' on -Tuesday after- ■ neon. Deecased \va s a r splendid' ;,wi:u- ---! mer, but a heavy gale and high sea's I made his rescue impossible.