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1910-10-03 Elocution and Readings

3rd October, 1910

Held in the Coliseum

Recitation - Ladies under 21 Years "A Wife's Duty to Her Husband" (Shakespeare)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Louie	Dunn	North Fitzroy	Victoria	134.00	1st
Lilian	Prichard	Melbourne	Victoria	131.00	2nd
Lila	Whidburn	Ballarat	Victoria	128.00	3rd
Olive	Proctor	Angas Park	South Australia	114.00	Honourable Mention
Marcia	Gruneklee	Adelaide	South Australia	114.00	Honourable Mention
Sylvia	Cooper	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	114.00	Honourable Mention
Rebe	James	Brunswick	Victoria	114.00	Honourable Mention
Myrtle	Jones	Adelaide	South Australia	109.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Open to Ladies who have never won a first prize "An Incident of the French Campaign" (Browning)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Nessie	Lewis	Bendigo	Victoria	134.00	1st
Ivy	Goudy	Ballarat	Victoria	132.00	Equal 2nd
Gertie	Holden	Ballarat	Victoria	132.00	Equal 2nd
Olive	Proctor	Angus Park	South Australia	119.00	Equal 3rd
Myrtle	Tait	Bendigo	Victoria	119.00	Equal 3rd
Ivy	Scorer	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	116.00	Honourable Mention
F.	Foubistuer	Ballarat	Victoria	116.00	Honourable Mention
Ruby	Field	Adelaide	South Australia	105.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen "Sophie Perovskaya" (Joaquin Miller)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Frank S.	Johnston	Adelaide	South Australia	145.00	1st
R. R.	Haverfield	Warragul	Victoria	138.00	2nd
Herbert	Davey	Ballarat	Victoria	135.00	Equal 3rd
Hector E.	McMurtrie	Fitzroy	Victoria	135.00	Equal 3rd
Ernest J.	Brown	Albert Park	Victoria	130.00	Honourable Mention
Ben Moy	Ling	Carlton	Victoria	129.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Athenaeum

Oration - "King Edward VII"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
E. J.	Fitzmaurice	Essendon	Victoria	121.00	1st
E. Howard	Penrose	Middle Park	Victoria	118.00	2nd
H. R.	Gelston	Adelaide	South Australia	112.00	3rd
R.	Kyrle	Brunswick	Victoria	106.00	4th

Impromptu Speech

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
H. R.	Gelston	Adelaide	South Australia	130.00	1st
E. J.	Fitzmaurice	Essendon	Victoria	126.00	2nd
W. C.	Clemence	Ballarat	Victoria	125.00	3rd

Champion Debate "Is Immigration Desirable in the Development of the Commonwealth?"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
H. R.	Gelston	Adelaide	South Australia	109.00	1st
W. C.	Clemence	Ballarat	Victoria	96.00	2nd
E. J.	Fitzmaurice	Essendon	Victoria	95.00	3rd
J. C.	Rowe	Ballarat	Victoria	94.00	4th
J. F.	Fraser	Hawthorn	Victoria	88.00	None
Herbert	Davey	Ballarat	Victoria	82.00	None