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1921-09-27 Elocution

27th September, 1921

Held in the Athenaeum

Recitation - Boys and Girls under 10 - "The Fairy Man" (Mary Gilmore)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Myra	Noblett	Rose Park	South Australia	87.00	1st
Valmyre	Coffey	Torrensville	South Australia	86.00	2nd
Marjorie	Pynor	Saint Kilda	Victoria	82.00	3rd
Gerald	Murphy	Ballarat	Victoria	81.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Girls under 13 - "The Wattle is a Lady" (A. E. Mark)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Dorothy	Stanwood	East Malvern	Victoria	86.00	1st
Valmyre	Coffey	Torrensville	South Australia	85.00	2nd
Myra	Noblett	Rose Park	South Australia	84.00	Equal 3rd
Lorna	Hosking	Adelaide	South Australia	84.00	Equal 3rd
Ivy	Robertson	North Fitzroy	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention
Gwendoline	Coffey	Torrensville	South Australia	83.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Coliseum

Impromptu Reading - Boys and Girls under 16 years

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lorna	Hosking	Adelaide	South Australia	89.00	1st
Colina	Spicer	St Kilda	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Ruth	Steward	Geelong	Victoria	85.00	3rd
Emily	Dockery	Footscray	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation "The Windmill" (Longfellow) - Boys under 13 years

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Keith	Gorrie	Preston	Victoria	89.00	1st
Ronald E	Richards	Ballarat	Victoria	88.00	2nd
Alfred	Abrahams	North Fitzroy	Victoria	87.00	3rd
Jack	Kelly	Ballarat	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation "Twenty-fifth of April" (Roderick Quinn) - Boys under 16 years

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Maurice	Marks	Armadale	Victoria	94.00	1st
Jack	Watts	North Melbourne	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Eric	Whitford	Essendon	Victoria	84.00	3rd
Keith	Gorrie	Preston	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention

Dialogue Humorous - Ladies or Gentlemen under 18 years

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Dudley Melrose and Jean Walker	Bendigo	Victoria	89.00	1st
Salmyre Coffey and Gwendoline Coffey	Torrensville	South Australia	81.00	2nd
Florence Clement and Gwen Chamberlain	Adelaide	South Australia	80.00	3rd
Mavis Yeomans and Irma Hughson	Melbourne	Victoria	79.00	Honourable Mention
Lorna Waters and Stella Coglan	Bendigo	Victoria	79.00	Honourable Mention