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1907-10-05 Elocution and Readings

5th October, 1907

Held in Her Majesty's Theatre

Recitation. "The Pioneers." Boys under 16

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Jack	Blaikie	Ballarat	Victoria	89.00	1st
Edgar	Davey	Ballarat	Victoria	82.00	2nd
Clifton	Binks	Clifton Hill	Victoria	81.00	3rd
Bert	Lyons	Ballarat	Victoria	77.00	Honourable Mention

Prepared Reading. "A Parable of Nature" - Boys and Girls under 13

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gladys	M'Lachlan	Hawthorn	Victoria	85.00	1st
Gertie	Sullivan	Maryborough	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Clifton	Binks	Clifton Hill	Victoria	83.00	3rd
May	Roberts	Creswick	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention
Azalea	Collins	Ballarat East	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention
Nellie	Connolly	Adelaide	South Australia	82.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation, Humorous. Open to Boys and Girls under 16 years.

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lilian	Prichard	Melbourne	Victoria	91.00	1st
Roy	Morris	South Melbourne	Victoria	89.00	2nd
Bertha	Edgerton	Mordialloc	Victoria	83.00	3rd
Thelma	Smith	Newcastle	New South Wales	82.00	Honourable Mention

Dialogue. Own Choice - Open to Ladies and Gentlemen under 18 years.

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lila Whidburn & Olive Brooks	Ballarat	Victoria	86.00	1st
Dorothy Foster & Gladys M'Lachlan	South Yarra	Victoria	80.00	2nd
Montague Wiliams & Jack Blaikie	Ballarat	Victoria	77.00	3rd
Gertie Sullivan & Ellie Sullivan	Maryborough	Victoria	76.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation. "Temperance." Open to members of any temperance organization, under 16 years.

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lilian	Prichard	Melbourne	Victoria	92.00	1st
Lila	Whidburn	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Bertha	Edgeton	Mordialloc	Victoria	81.00	3rd
Gladys	Williams	Creswick	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention

Humorous Dialogue. Open to Ladies and Gentlemen.

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ethel Goddard & Herbert Fenton	South Yarra	Victoria	94.00	1st
Adey Browne & L. Browne	Melbourne	Victoria	44.00	2nd