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1927-10-17 Elocution

17th October, 1927

Held in the Athenaeum

Impromptu Reading - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
George	Grocke	Adelaide	South Australia	88.00	1st
Gilbert L	Cameron	South Camberwell	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Bernard T	Lamble	South Melbourne	Victoria	83.00	3rd
David	Benjamin	Adelaide	South Australia	82.00	Honourable Mention

Oratorical Display - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Stephen	Dunks	Adelaide	South Australia	89.00	1st
Frank E	Lang	South Hawthorn	Victoria	88.00	2nd
Keith	Hall	Geelong	Victoria	86.00	3rd
David	Benjamin	Adelaide	South Australia	85.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Coliseum

Recital (Humorous) Ladies or Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Rita	Fleming	Heidelberg	Victoria	95.00	1st
Mona	Pepyat	Brunswick	Victoria	94.00	2nd
Thora	Coxhead	Hampton	Victoria	93.00	3rd
Irene	Mitchell	Prahran	Victoria	91.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Ladies who have never won a First Prize - "The Catarct of Lodore" (R Southey)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mavis	Yeomans	Clifton Hill	Victoria	89.00	1st
Francie	Noseda	Surrey Hills	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Bonnie	Craven	Yarraville	Victoria	85.00	3rd
Thora	Coxhead	Hampton	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Ladies Under 21 Years "Bernado Del Carpio" (Felicia Hemans)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Phyllis C	Tier	Malvern	Victoria	94.00	1st
Dorothy	Sykes	Elwood	Victoria	92.00	2nd
Thora	Coxhead	Hampton	Victoria	90.00	3rd
Isabel	Walsh	Footscray	Victoria	88.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen Under 21 Years - "How They Brought the Good News From Ghent" (R Browning)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Keith	Gorrie	Preston	Victoria	83.00	Equal 1st
Keith	Hall	Geelong	Victoria	83.00	Equal 1st
Harcourt E	Lang	South Hawthorn	Victoria	81.00	3rd
Colin	Binks	East St Kilda	Victoria	79.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen who have never won First Prize - "Wolf and Hound" (A L Gordon)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Bernard T	Lamble	South Melbourne	Victoria	93.00	1st
Colin	Binks	East St Kilda	Victoria	91.00	2nd
Norman	Heymanson	Gardenvale	Victoria	88.00	3rd
Gilbert L	Cameron	South Camberwell	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen - "Lucius Junius Brutus over the body of Lucretia" (J H Payne)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Frank E	Lang	South Hawthorn	Victoria	89.00	1st
Norman	Heymanson	Gardenvale	Victoria	88.00	2nd
Stephen	Dunks	Adelaide	South Australia	85.00	3rd
Gilbert L	Cameron	South Camberwell	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention
Keith	Gorrie	Preston	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention

Character Recital (In Costume) Not Humorous - Ladies

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Irene	Mitchell	Prahran	Victoria	93.00	1st
Mona	Pepyat	Brunswick	Victoria	91.00	2nd
Rita	Fleming	Heidelberg	Victoria	90.00	3rd
Olive	March	Cheltenham	South Australia	81.00	Honourable Mention