DOUBLE TO ST. KILDA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1940, Page 8

DOUBLE TO ST. KILDA

QUICKSTEP AND A GRADE •er o it- ! CENTENNIAL BAND CONTEST. 11l PS. BRILLIANT MILITARY DISPLAY, a(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. ot Five thousand people at Athletic le Park, Wellington, on Saturday saw a brilliant military display and quickstep. the conclusion of a memorable is week's performance in the New Zea■y land centennial brass bands championie ship contest. More than 500 bandsmen, representing 23 bands, were on parade, and the quality of the music and the ’e precision with which the marching ■y manoeuvres were carried out were highly praised by the judges. St Kilda Municipal, Dunedin, esn, tablished themselves as champion ir bandsmen by winning the quickstep, p having won the A gradp championship in the test selections earlier in the week. They secured 171 points for ’■ the military section and 84 for the music, a total of 255 points. Wanganui y Garrison were second, two points ahead of St Kilda in the marching, but five'points behind in the music. n Their total was 252 points. Auckland ® Artillery were third, 176:1 points and 75 points respectively, a total of 251?. Drum-Major F. B. Smyth, of this band, won the medal for the highest number o of points for marching. Nelson Garrison won the B grade with a total of 256 points; Wellington Boys' .Institute were second with 249? I points, and Christchurch Municipal third with 248? points. The medal for e the highest number of marching points in this grade was won by Drum-Major H. A. Williams, of Nelson Garrison. The C grade was won by Patea Municipal. 239 points, Wellington-West Coast Regimental Band being second with 235 1 , points, and Waipukurau Municipal third with 2221 points: Drum-Major J. Nairn, of the Patea Band, won the medal for highest milis tary points, j Results: — v MILITARY DISPLAY AND QUICKSTEP MARCH.

A Grade. Military Music points. points. Ttl. r St Kilda Municipal 171 84 255 f Wanganui Garrison 173 79 252 Auckland Artillery 176? 75 251? Timaru Municipal .. 170 80 250' Port Nicholson 166? 78 244? Woolston 158? 85 243? Invercargill Civic .. 160? 76 236? Queen Alexandra .... 1624 72 2341 B Grade. Nelson Garrison 170 86 256 Wgtn Boys’ Inst 167? 82 249? Christchurch Municipal 167? 81 248? Lower Hutt Civic .... 163? 84 247? Oamaru Garrison .... 165] 81 246? Feilding Municipal 164? 79 243? Southland Battalion 1631 77 2401 Hamilton Citizens’ .. 162’, 78 240', Napier Citizens' 162 78 240 Stratford Citizens’ .. 157 71 228 Lower Hutt Municipal 152.1 74 226.1 Wellington Artillery 144 73 217 C Grade. Patea Municipal 166 73 239 Wgtn.-West Coast Regimental 1601 75 235.1 Waipukurau Municipal 1531 69 2221