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1930-10-16 Elocution

16th October, 1930

Held in the Coliseum

Australian Recital (Boys or Girls under 13) Any Selection by an Australian Author

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mavis	Kruger	Northcote	Victoria	89.00	1st
Charles J.	Hesse	Ascot Vale	Victoria	87.00	2nd
Dorothy	Cornish	Coburg	Victoria	78.00	3rd
Gwen	McCredden	Bendigo	Victoria	77.00	Honourable Mention
Antonietta	Russo	Ballarat	Victoria	77.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation (Girls 13 and under 16) - "In Schooldays" (John Greenleaf Whittier)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Edith	Odgers	Brunswick	Victoria	82.00	1st
Lorna	Pang	Warracknabeal	Victoria	79.00	2nd
Shirley	McLeod	St Kilda	Victoria	77.00	Equal 3rd
Avis	Buttery	Adelaide	South Australia	77.00	Equal 3rd

Recitation (Boys 13 and under 16) "Called Up" (Dudley Clarke)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Douglas	Kelly	North Melbourne	Victoria	86.00	1st
George	Harman	North Melbourne	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Henry	Cahill	North Melbourne	Victoria	80.00	3rd
Ron	Triffett	North Melbourne	Victoria	77.00	Honourable Mention

Dialogue Humorous (Boys or Girls 13 and under 18) Own Selection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Margaret Cousens & Elise Bidjarano	East St Kilda	Victoria	84.00	1st
Kara Harkness & Stanley James	Brunswick & Coburg West	Victoria	83.00	2nd
Eileen Meehan & Ruby Davies	Bendigo	Victoria	80.00	3rd
Douglas Kelly & Shirley McLeod	North Melbourne & St Kilda	Victoria	79.00	Honourable Mention