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1926-10-22 Elocution

22nd October, 1926

Held in the Coliseum

Recitation - Ladies - Open "The Laboratory" (Browning)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Dorothy	Sykes	Elwood	Victoria	91.00	1st
Elza	Muir	South Camberwell	Victoria	90.00	2nd
Mimi	Mattin	Prospect	South Australia	88.00	Equal 3rd
Ruth	Conabere	Footscray	Victoria	88.00	Equal 3rd
Thora	Coxhead	Hampton	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention

Recital with Musical Accompaniment - Ladies or Gentlemen - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Elza	Muir	South Camberwell	Victoria	96.00	1st
Vera	Tregoweth	Adelaide	South Australia	94.00	2nd
Stephen	Dunks	Adelaide	South Australia	93.00	3rd
Mona	Pepyat	West Brunswick	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention

Prepared Speech - Ladies - "Should Women Propose?"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gwen	Hone	Unley	South Australia	100.00	1st
Mona	Pepyat	West Brunswick	Victoria	93.00	2nd
Ruth	Conabere	Footscray	Victoria	91.00	3rd
Phyllis	Simpson	Unley	South Australia	90.00	Honourable Mention

Musical Monologues - Ladies or Gentlemen - Competitors to play their own accompaniments (a) Serious (b) Humorous - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Elza	Muir	South Camberwell	Victoria	94.00	1st
Vera	Tregoweth	Adelaide	South Australia	87.00	2nd
Mona	Pepyat	West Brunswick	Victoria	86.00	3rd
Phyllis	Simpson	Unley	South Australia	83.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Athenaeum

Oration (Open) - "The Cinema Theatre as a Moral and National Feature in the Life of the People"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Stephen	Dunks	Adelaide	South Australia	85.00	1st
Reg. B.	McLeay	Adelaide	South Australia	83.00	2nd
D.	McInnes	Melbourne	Victoria	80.00	3rd
Stan	Lee	Ballarat	Victoria	78.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Debate: "That the Existing Municipal Franchise in Victoria is a Violation of Democratic Principles"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Reg	McLeay	Adelaide	South Australia	110.00	1st
Andrew	Angwin	Ballarat	Victoria	104.00	2nd
Stephen	Dunks	Adelaide	South Australia	103.00	3rd
F.	McManus	Melbourne	Victoria	102.00	Honourable Mention
A. J.	Arthur	Ballarat	Victoria	102.00	Honourable Mention