Format:	Set Test and Own Choice
Test Piece:	Les Preludes [unknown composer]
Adjudicators:	Dean Goffin , T. R. Gray , Dr. Vernon Griffiths
Venue:	Dunedin Town Hall, Otago, New Zealand

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Set Test Draw	Own Choice Draw	Set Test	Own Choice	Total
1	St. Kilda Municipal	Ken Smith		5	8	17	22	39
1	Wellington Waterside Workers	R. Fenton		8	7	22	17	39
3	Woolston Brass	Dick Estall		3	4	19	17	36
4	Wanganui Garrison	R. Francis		7	2	15	19	34
5	Queen Alexandra's Own Wanganui	A. Schnack		1	6	14	13	27
6	Kaikorai Brass	H. J. Osborne		4	1	12	11	23
7	Palmerston North Garrison	C. Pike		2	5	6	11	17
8	Invercargill Civic	Arthur Wills		6	3	5	4	9

2 Test Selections
No.1 "Les Preludes" (Liszt) points listed under Test
No.2 " Academic Festival" (Brahms arr Denis Wright) points listed under Own Choice

First occasion 3 adjudicators
The N.Z. Band Association adopted a place system to decide Championships
Under this system the number of bands competing defines the highest points awarded to the 1st placed band

How Points Added
On this occasion Eight bands competed & the maximum points was 24. vis , 8 bands multiplied by the 3 adjudicators . Each adjudicator acting independently & in their assentment placed bands on merit . 1st place band receiving 8 points diminishing to 1 for the 8th placed band.