BAND CONTEST ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 26, 31 January 1903, Page 2

BAND CONTEST ITEMS.

The New Plymouth Ga-risoa Band | leaves for M.slerton today. They] carry with them the b st wishes of the district for their success. The Qauralti B .nd, old f ivourites in Now Plymouth, arrival liwrn tho njrth by the on Fiiiiaj', 'ind during tho af ernoo:i a'i'l evetJtig gave the pubi c som ic p 'al music. This Bind appea'S 10 have imp oved cjnsilerah'y on last yen's f >rm aud will tako s -nue beating at the contest. Their general jappeara-co aid marching was viyi I good indeed. Thay leave f.r Master-j ton this morning.

NEW PLYMOUTH GLORIFIED. Per P.vi-s As s o i-ition. Gisboh E, January 30. An enthusiastic meeting of citizms th s afternooa instruc L .</d <h« de'eg*tcs to the m oting of the North IsUnd Band Association, to ecdeivou' - to hwe the contest at G sborne in 1904. A commi.tei was appointed to obtain signed gu iranteei of .£250, which was q'ickly obtained. Ia the of h r s remarks the M»yor, referring to New Plymouth, slid that they had (be most attractive grounds in New Zealand fur such a pu pjep, and the people entered in'o the spiiit of the thing wi h enthus ; am. They wete fully alive 'o the advan age of such things, md whether it was racing, band coat sts, or any other gathering th»t wou'd attract th) people | thoroughly, they suppo ted the mjvement, and m ide it a sue/ess. It was s'atrd that two yeais ago the Gisborue delwyatea bad put in a claim to hive the 1904 fixture at Gisborne. PiiiMERSTON North, January 30. The citizm of Palmaraton North bavo subscdbed more than sufficient to secure the nut contest of the North Island Brasi Band Association baing hi'ld at Palmerston.