WHAT ABOUT HAWKES!
The Wellington Garrison Band won the Championship and also the Challenge Shield at the Plamerston North Band Contest of 1911. They used Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous Band Instruments— a complete set. In the first test piece this noted Wellington Band was allotted the maximum number of points, the' judge declaring that he had never heard better playing, and oom»endiiig in eulogistic terms the tone and blend'. The Wellington Tramway Band,'also using a complete set of Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous Instruments, won the B Grade. The judge congratulated this band on their x 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 set of'Hawkes—there are honours and valuable prizes to be won with them" Write for Catalogues. Sole agents —The DRESDEN PIANO CO., Ltd., Wellington. Local Representatives: Messrs Inns and Goddard, next Olub Hotel. ,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10171, 22 February 1911, Page 5
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156Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10171, 22 February 1911, Page 5
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