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1925-10-23 Elocution

23rd October, 1925

Held in the Coliseum

Recitation - Ladies - Open "Sandalphon" (Longfellow)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mimi	Mattin	Prospect	South Australia	76.00	1st
Pauline	Abrahams	Caulfield	Victoria	75.00	2nd
Mona	Pepyat	West Brunswick	Victoria	74.00	Equal 3rd
Irene	Mitchell	Prahran	Victoria	74.00	Equal 3rd
Dulce	Christian	Northcote	Victoria	74.00	Equal 3rd

Musical Monologues - Ladies or Gentlemen - (a) Serious (b) Humorous - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Pauline	Abrahams	Caulfield	Victoria	109.00	1st
Geo A.	Codner	Kew	Victoria	107.00	2nd
Phyllis	Simpsom	Unley	South Australia	106.00	Equal 3rd
Frank	Part	Adelaide	South Australia	106.00	Equal 3rd
Alice	Wells	Auburn	Victoria	104.00	Honourable Mention
Gwen	Strickland	Kelmscott	South Australia	103.00	Honourable Mention
Stephen	Dunks	Adelaide	South Australia	105.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Athenaeum

Oration - Open "The Abolition of War"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Allan C.	Todd	Geelong	Victoria	92.00	1st
Reginald B.	McLeay	Adelaide	South Australia	84.00	2nd
Geo A.	Codner	Kew	Victoria	83.00	3rd
Stephen	Dunks	Adelaide	South Australia	82.00	Honourable Mention

Junior Debate - Under 21 Years "Should University Education Be Free"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Jack	Watts	North Melbourne	Victoria	88.00	1st
Albert	Messenger	Ballarat East	Victoria	79.00	2nd
J.	Collins	Ballarat East	Victoria	74.00	3rd
Edward	Rowe	Ballarat	Victoria	73.00	Honourable Mention
F. F.	Horne	Cheltenham	Victoria	70.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Debate "Arbitration Courts Versus Wages Boards"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Reg B.	McLeay	Adelaide	South Australia	92.00	1st
A.	Angwin	Ballarat	Victoria	81.00	2nd
Stephen	Dunks	Adelaide	South Australia	80.00	3rd
A. J.	Arthur	Ballarat	Victoria	77.00	Honourable Mention
Vernon	Armstrong	Ballarat	Victoria	70.00	Honourable Mention