Back To Main Site

1916-10-10 Elocution

10th October, 1916

Held in the Athenaeum

Prepared Reading - (Boys and Girls under 13) "The Rescue of Friday"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Pearl	Harvey	Parkville	Victoria	74.00	1st
Helen	Henry	Swan Hill	Victoria	73.00	2nd
Rene	Wannacott	Brighton	Victoria	71.00	3rd
Ethel	Cravino	Bendigo	Victoria	69.00	Honourable Mention
Alfred	Lancaster	Ballarat	Victoria	69.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - (Boys and Girls under 10) Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ethel	Cravino	Bendigo	Victoria	68.00	1st
Mavis	Yeomans	Nth Fitzroy	Victoria	65.00	2nd
Marjorie	Llewellyn	Ballarat	Victoria	63.00	3rd
Ida	Polkingham	Ballarat	Victoria	61.00	Honourable Mention
Anita	Rosman		South Australia	58.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - (Girls under 13) "A Fairy Song"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Pearl	Harvey	Parkville	Victoria	72.00	1st
Margaret	McRae	Goodwood	South Australia	71.00	2nd
Helen	Henry	Swan Hill	Victoria	68.00	3rd
Rene	Wannacott	Brighton	Victoria	66.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - (Boys under 13) Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Dudley	Melrose	Bendigo	Victoria	64.00	1st
Alfred	Lancaster	Ballarat	Victoria	58.00	2nd
Ernest	Gazzard	Ballarat	Victoria	54.00	3rd

Recitation Temperance (Open to members of any Temperance organisation under 16 years)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lois	Dolley	West Geelong	Victoria	75.00	1st
Pearl	Harvey	Parkville	Victoria	73.00	2nd
Rita	Fleming	North Fitzroy	Victoria	72.00	3rd
Phyllis	Rosman		South Australia	71.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation, Humorous - (Boys and Girls under 16 years)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Pearl	Harvey	Parkville	Victoria	71.00	1st
Lois	Dolley	West Geelong	Victoria	68.00	2nd
Eileen	Webbe	North Fitzroy	Victoria	66.00	3rd
Ethel	Cravino	Bendigo	Victoria	64.00	Honourable Mention
Rene	Wannacott	Brighton	Victoria	63.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Coliseum

Dialogue - (Ladies and Gentlemen under 18 years) - Own Selection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Dulcie Bland & Rita Fleming	Nth Fitzroy	Victoria	81.00	1st
Phyllis Marks & Thelma Baulderstone	Adelaide	South Australia	74.00	2nd
Mary Miller & Agnes Davies	Ballarat	Victoria	69.00	3rd