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1918-10-15 Recitation

15th October, 1918

Held in the Athenaeum

Oratorical Display - Open Gentlemen "Our Honored Dead" (Henry Ward Beecher)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
J.C.	Brady	Richmond	Victoria	92.00	1st
P.J.	Dear	St. Kilda	Victoria	91.00	2nd
J.F.	O'Shea	Ballarat	Victoria	90.00	3rd
Basil	Harford	Adelaide	South Australia	89.00	Honourable Mention
Malcolm	Skurrie	St. Kilda	Victoria	86.00	Honourable Mention

Oratorical Display - Gentlemen who have never won a prize - "The Federation of the Whole World"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Malcolm	Skurrie	East St. Kilda	Victoria	88.00	1st
Basil	Harford	Adelaide	South Australia	87.00	2nd
A.	Martin	South Melbourne	Victoria	86.00	3rd
George	McLeay	Adelaide	South Australia	85.00	Honourable Mention
Albert	Smith	Ceres	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Coliseum

Musical Monologue, Humorous - Ladies or Gentlemen, Accompanied, Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gwen	Hone	Adelaide	South Australia	92.00	1st
P. J.	Dear	St. Kilda	Victoria	90.00	2nd
John C.	Brady	Richmond	Victoria	89.00	Equal 3rd
Dulcie	Bland	Brighton	Victoria	89.00	Equal 3rd
Rita	Fleming	North Fitzroy	Victoria	89.00	Equal 3rd
Basil	Harford	Adelaide	South Australia	88.00	Honourable Mention
Kitty	Sullivan	Parkside	South Australia	87.00	Honourable Mention
Winifred	Moverley	Brunswick	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention