NEW ZEALAND BUSS BAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 5, 7 January 1903, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND BUSS BAND.

' FINAL BBLWTHOH OF HEIfBIBS. rn press association. Wellington, Januaty 6. Lieut. Herd has mad* the final ■election of the members of the band that will leave New Zealand for England by the Corinthic on the 19. h March. The personnel of the band ii : as follows: —Conductor, Lieut. T. Hard, bandmaster Wellington Gar>isoa Bind; . -soprano cornet, W. Sneddon, Wellington Garrison Bud; B flat eermts and flagel horns, £. 0. Dsrry, bandmaster Cbrittcharch, J. W. Glenni°, solo cornet Southland Battalion Band, E. Kerr, solo cornet Kaikorai Band, F. W. Hopkinson, bmdmuter Denniston, F. W. G. McLaxl, b.iiidmatter Hatterten band and late solo cornet Oamaru Garrison Bind, L. T. King, late solo cornet Wel'ington Garrison Band an 1 Pollard's orchestra, G. VL Nichol, rolo cornet Bluff Navals Band, L. MacDonald, Wellington Garris n Band ; E fiat horns, J. McKerssy, Denniston, j and late Dunedin Navals Band, A. i McNeil, Newtown Bind and la f e Kai-' korai Band, H. B. dang?, Hauraki Band and condoctir of Thames Orches ■ tral Society, F. Merrick, bandmaster ' Palmerston North Bind ; baritones, J. Flint, North East Valley Ban-*, Dunedin, A. Bryce, Milton B»nd; trombone, H. B. Oakes, Wellington Garrison Band; tenor, R. | Fettit, Kaikorai Band; tenor, J. McKensta, Danedin Navals Band; ba°s euphoniums, J. A. O'Brien, Kaikorai Band; solo, A. Ferguson, Southland Battalion Band; secend basses 0. J. Davie, Kaikorai Band; B flit, C. Hansen, Southland Battalion Bind; B. flat. J. Ablstt, late Chris-church Girrisen Baud; B. flat, H. Dixm, Masterton Municipal Band; E fla. 1- - side drum, A. Beid, Derry's Band, Ohristchurch; bas< drum, pianist, and reserve ham or trombone player, F. Toornb*, Palmers'on Nerth Band. In regard to the selection of the band and its proapec s, Lieutenant Herd says: "In making the B.lection I wish it to be dis'inctly uadirstooi that three good playes lost the chancee of bpiug inoladed in the band owing -to th»ir unwillingness to pHy subordinate parts. I am sorry that Mr W, S. Kiug, bandmaster and trombonist, of Oimaru, is unable to make the trip. Yhe qnestion of character, combined with npeoial musical ability, has '>ei» very serio isly consHsred. AH thing" consider d th* band is a very strong on", aud with diligent p»ctcs for * four weeks, prior to leaving the colony, and with six weeks practice on the way Horn*, should do honour to New Zealand." Mr D. McKinnon Brio, of New Plymou'b, wi 1 act Jas manager of the band and accompani'-s the band Home. Mr G. W. Wilton, ef Wellington, whi has accepted the pest of secretary to the bind during its tour,"is'not only a highly capable for that positoo, but is also a >killed musician. An offer has already been made by a London enthusiast to take the band through the United States on their return journey t> New Zealand, but ' nothing will be arranged till the combination retches England.