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1909-10-01 Elocution

1st October, 1909

Held in The Athenaeum

Recitation - Boys under 13 years - "Ring Out Wild Bells" (Tennyson)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Clifton	Binks	Clifton Hill	Victoria	140.00	1st
Ralph	Newman	Adelaide	South Australia	131.00	2nd
Roy	Morris	South Melbourne	Victoria	126.00	3rd
Frank	Foran	Addington	Victoria	120.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Girls under 13 years - "Indignant Nellie"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Isla	Vaughan	North Melbourne	Victoria	142.00	Equal 1st
Thelma	Smith	Newcastle	New South Wales	142.00	Equal 1st
Sylvia	Cooper	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	136.00	2nd
Gladys	Williams	Creswick	Victoria	129.00	Equal 3rd
Fanny	Anderson	Rose Park	South Australia	129.00	Equal 3rd

Held in The Coliseum

Recitation Humorous - boys and girls under 16 years of age - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Sylvia	Cooper	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	133.00	1st
Roy	Morris	South Melbourne	Victoria	128.00	Equal 2nd
Rebe	James	Brunswick	Victoria	128.00	Equal 2nd
Gladys	Redmond	North Carlton	Victoria	128.00	Equal 2nd
Nita	Dashington	Adelaide	South Australia	126.00	Equal 3rd
Clifton	Binks	Clifton Hill	Victoria	126.00	Equal 3rd

Dialogue Humorous - Ladies or Gentlemen - Own Selection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lettie Noseda and Victor L. Trotman	Albert Park	Victoria	96.00	1st
Ilma Barnes and Elsie Pengilly	Newport	Victoria	94.00	2nd
Sep. Richardson and Barbara Dobbie	Melbourne	Victoria	91.00	3rd