Scope and Contents The Invercargill Garrison Band placed first at the 1893 Christchurch Contest which took place in the November of that year. A procession with a congratulatory speech by the mayor took place on the bands return to Invercargill.

Scope and Contents Group photograph of the Invercargill Hibernian Band, Mayor and key board members taken to commemorate them winning two competitions; the South Island B Grade Shield, Invercargill, November 1913 and also the North Island Shield, Auckland Exhibition, February, 1914. The small child in the front is their mascot, Dicky Wills.