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1939-10-09 Elocution

9th October, 1939

Held in the Alfred Hall

Impromptu Reading - Boy or Girls 16 and under 18

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Belle	Davey	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	1st
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	83.00	2nd
Catherine	Reid	Miners Rest	Victoria	81.00	3rd

Recitation - Boys or Girls 16 and under 18 - Shelley's "Skylark" (Thomas Hardy)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gwyenda	Gaunt	Trafalgar	Victoria	84.00	1st
Adrian	Anderson	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	2nd
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	82.00	Equal 3rd
June	Brown	Essendon	Victoria	82.00	Equal 3rd
Gwenyth	Winslade	Mentone	Victoria	81.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Recital - Boys or Girls 16 and under 18 - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	84.00	1st
June	Brown	Essendon	Victoria	83.00	2nd
Joan	Stanton	Rutherglen	Victoria	82.00	3rd
Gwenyth	Winslade	Mentone	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Adrian	Anderson	Ballarat	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen who have never won first Prize at South Street Competitions "The Rolling English Road" (G. K. Chesterton)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Donald	Littledye	Adelaide	South Australia	82.00	1st
Adrian	Anderson	Ballarat	Victoria	81.00	2nd
William	McCaskill	Melbourne	Victoria	80.00	3rd

Character Recital - Ladies - Own Selection - In Costume - Not Humorous

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Pauline	Winter	Adelaide	South Australia	88.00	1st
Daphne	Voilich	Wellington	New Zealand	86.00	2nd
Rea	Lawson	Hawthorn	Victoria	84.00	3rd
Belle	Sage	Ballarat	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention
Jean	Payne	Hindmarsh	South Australia	82.00	Honourable Mention