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1908-09-29 Elocution

29th September, 1908

Held in the Athenaeum

Impromptu Reading

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
C J	DeGaris	Mildura	Victoria	85.00	1st
Ida	Blackman	Sulky	Victoria	80.00	2nd
Lewis	Reynolds	Wendouree	Victoria	79.00	3rd
Rose	Jarvis	Adelaide	South Australia	78.00	Honourable Mention
Jean	Robertson	St Peter's	South Australia	78.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation. (Gentlemen under 21 years). "The Handy Man" (Harold Begbie).

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lewis	Reynolds	Wendouree	Victoria	79.00	1st
Edgar	Davey	Ballarat	Victoria	76.00	2nd
H	Davey	Ballarat	Victoria	74.00	3rd

Recitation. (Gentlemen). Open to gentlemen who have never won a first prize. "Corporal Dick" (Sir A Conan Doyle).

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lewis	Reynolds	Wendouree	Victoria	80.00	1st
William	Davey	Sebastopol	Victoria	76.00	2nd

Oratorical Display. Open (Gentlemen). Own Selection.

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lewis	Reynolds	Wendouree	Victoria	79.00	1st
WD	Wheal	Ballarat	Victoria	76.00	2nd
Harry	Bambrick	Ballarat East	Victoria	75.00	3rd
CJ	DeGaris	Mildura	Victoria	74.00	Honourable Mention
Matthew	Baird	Learmonth	Victoria	74.00	Honourable Mention

Dialogue. (Ladies and Gentlemen under 18 years). Own Choice.

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lila Whidburn & Olive Brookes	Ballarat	Victoria	80.00	1st
Jean Robertson & Vera Coffey	Adelaide	South Australia	78.00	2nd
Ivy Harling & Flo Kinniburgh	Maryborough	Victoria	76.00	3rd
Thelma Brown & Bertha Edgerton	Launceston	Tasmania	75.00	Honourable Mention