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1908-09-30 Elocution

30th September, 1908

Held in the Athenaeum

Prepared Reading. (Gentlemen). "Incentives to Exertion" (Sir R Peel).

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
C J	DeGaris	Mildura	Victoria	85.00	1st
Lewis	Reynolds	Wendouree	Victoria	78.00	2nd
H	Davey	Ballarat	Victoria	74.00	3rd

Prepared Reading. (Ladies). "Selection from Enoch Arden" (Tennyson).

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Beatrice M	Bosisto	Gawler	South Australia	82.00	1st
Rose	Jarvis	Adelaide	South Australia	80.00	2nd
Lila	Whidburn	Ballarat	Victoria	79.00	Equal 3rd
Ida	Blackman	Sulky	Victoria	79.00	Equal 3rd
Gertrude	Lewis	Adelaide	South Australia	78.00	Honourable Mention
Ruby	Kutcher	Adelaide	South Australia	78.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Coliseum

Recitation. (Ladies). Open. "The Building of St Sophia" (Condensed) (S Baring-Gould).

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lila	Whidburn	Ballarat	Victoria	82.00	1st
Gertrude	Lewis	Adelaide	South Australia	81.00	2nd
Beryl	Alford	Adelaide	South Australia	78.00	Equal 3rd
Beatrice M	Bosisto	Gawler	South Australia	78.00	Equal 3rd
Ida	Blackman	Sulky	Victoria	76.00	Honourable Mention
Ruby	Kutcher	Adelaide	South Australia	76.00	Honourable Mention

Dialogue. (Ladies and Gentlemen under 18 years). Second Section.

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 & Flor Kinniburgh	Maryborough	Victoria	76.00	3rd
Thelma Brown & Bertha Edgerton	Launceston	Tasmania	75.00	Honourable Mention