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1929-10-22 Elocution

22nd October, 1929

Held in the Coliseum

Recitation - Gentlemen under 21 years - "Timberland" (C. J. Dennis)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Colin	Binks	East St Kilda	Victoria	86.00	1st
Harcourt E.	Lang	Camberwell	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Edgar E.	Veitch	North Fitzroy	Victoria	83.00	3rd
Stanley E.	James	West Coburg	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Ladies under 21 years - "The Sign of the Cleft Heart" (T. Garrison)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Alice	Wells	Auburn	Victoria	88.00	1st
Jean	Barklamb	Elsernwick	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Beryl E.	Roberts	Torrensville	South Australia	83.00	Equal 3rd
Iris	Jones	Preston	Victoria	83.00	Equal 3rd
Thora	Coxhead	Hampton	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention
Beryl	Walker	Coburg	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentleman who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions - "The Bell Buoy" (R. Kipling)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Fred	Maling	Surrey Hills	Victoria	83.00	1st
Edgar	Veitch	North Fitzroy	Victoria	82.00	2nd
George	Grocke	Malvern	Victoria	81.00	3rd
P. J.	O'Brien	Newport	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Herbert E.	Onians	Westt Footscray	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Open (Gentleman) - "How Rifleman Brown came to Valhalla" (G. Frankau)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Maurice M.	Marks	Armadale	Victoria	89.00	1st
Harcourt E.	Lang	Camberwell	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Colin	Binks	East St Kilda	Victoria	84.00	3rd
Bernard	Lamble	South Melbourne	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention
Fred	Maling	Surrey Hills	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention

Character Recital in Costume (Not Humorous) - Ladies - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Irene	Mitchell	Prahran	Victoria	92.00	1st
Edith G.	Fennell	North Fitzroy	Victoria	86.00	2nd