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1938-10-14 Elocution

14th October, 1938

Held in the Alfred Hall

Impromptu Reading. Ladies or Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mary	Page	Balaclava	Victoria	83.00	1st
Nance	Angwin	Clifton Hill	Victoria	82.00	2nd
Rea	Lawson	Hawthorn	Victoria	81.00	3rd
Francie	Noseda	Surrey Hills	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Donald	Littledye	Adelaide	South Australia	80.00	Honourable Mention

3DB Radio Announcer's Contest. Ladies or Gentlemen. Finalists

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ada	George	Parkdale	Victoria
Nance	Angwin	Clifton Hill	Victoria
Donald	Littledye	Adelaide	South Australia
Mary	Page	Balaclava	Victoria
Mary	Corby	Ballarat	Victoria
Keith M	Hadden	Coburg	Victoria

Impromptu Conversation. (Two Persons). Ladies or Gentlemen

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Maie Duffy & John L Cremean	Bendigo	Victoria	176.00	1st
Keith M Hadden & Winifred Brown	Coburg	Victoria	165.00	2nd
Lloyd Lindsay & Rea Lawson	Ballarat	Victoria	162.00	3rd

3DB Radio Announcers' Contest. Final

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mary	Page	Balaclave	Victoria		1st
Keith M	Hadden	Coburg	Victoria		2nd
Nance	Angwin	Clifton Hill	Victoria		3rd

Dialogue (Humorous). Ladies or Gentlemen. Own Selection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Sable Grivell & Francie Noseda	Surrey Hills	Victoria	172.00	1st
Phyllis Knipe & Lila Dowell	Horsham	Victoria	165.00	2nd

Held in the Manchester Unity Hall

Oration (Open) - "The Ideal of a Warless World Order"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Stanley	Keon	East Melbourne	Victoria	91.00	1st
Walter	Trudinger	Glen Iris	Victoria	90.00	2nd
Laurie	Craig	Ballarat	Victoria	89.00	3rd
J. M.	Taylor	Hartwell	Victoria	88.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Debate - "That the Future of World Peace Depends on the Development of Anglo-American Friendship"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
John L.	Cremean	Richmond	Victoria	113.00	1st
J. M.	Taylor	Hartwell	Victoria	112.00	Equal 2nd
Frederick	McArdle	Kew	Victoria	112.00	Equal 2nd
Lionel	Webster	Reservoir	Victoria	111.00	3rd