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1932-10-21 Elocution

21st October, 1932

Held in the Coliseum

Impromptu Reading - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Stanley B	Lee	Ballarat	Victoria	90.00	1st
Bernard	Lamble	Melbourne	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Michael J	Crehan	North Melbourne	Victoria	85.00	3rd
Lloyd	Lindsay	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Oratorical Display - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lloyd	Lindsay	Ballarat	Victoria	98.00	1st
Arnold	Jordan	Prospect	South Australia	89.00	2nd
Norman	Swain	Brighton	Victoria	88.00	3rd
Christian C	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention

Shakespearian Recital - Ladies - Selection from "Coriolanus" Act V, Scene III

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Elvie	Allen	North Brighton	Victoria	94.00	1st
Edna	Addison	Elsternwick	Victoria	93.00	2nd
Alma	Govan	Ballarat	Victoria	92.00	3rd
Myra	Noblet	Largs Bay	South Australia	91.00	Honourable Mention
Audrey	Davies	Glen Iris	Victoria	91.00	Honourable Mention

Character Recital (In Costume) - Not Humorous - Gentlemen - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Norman	Swain	Brighton	Victoria	95.00	1st
Bernard	Lamble	Melbourne	Victoria	88.00	2nd
David	Benjamin	Princes Hill	Victoria	86.00	3rd
Ken	Fraser	Hillside	South Australia	82.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Athenaeum

Junior Debate - "That Buses are Preferable to Trams for Provincial Cities"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
P	Brogan	Surrey Hills	Victoria	89.00	1st
Lindsay	Collie	Blackburn	Victoria	83.00	2nd
L	Ryan	Surrey Hills	Victoria	78.00	3rd

Open Oration - "The Sydney Bridge"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Horace	Finch	Ballarat	Victoria	89.00	1st
F P	McManus	Flemington	Victoria	83.00	2nd
David	Benjamin	Princes Hill	Victoria	82.00	3rd

Champion Debate - "That Wage Tribunals are Ineffective in Preventing Industrial Disputes"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
F P	McManus	Flemington	Victoria	85.00	1st
P J	O'Rourke	Brunswick	Victoria	82.00	2nd
J L	Cremean	Richmond	Victoria	81.00	3rd