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1939-10-10 Elocution

10th October, 1939

Held in the Alfred Hall

Recitation - Ladies who have never won First Prize at South Street Competitions "The Cap and Bells" (W. B. Yeats)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mary	Corby	Ballarat	Victoria	86.00	1st
Pauline	Winter	Adelaide	South Australia	85.00	2nd
Daphne	Violich	Wellington	New Zealand	84.00	Equal 3rd
Sylvia	Blakeway	Flinders Park	South Australia	84.00	Equal 3rd
June	Brown	Essendon	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention
Elsie	McCorkell	Windsor	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention
Isobel	Govan	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen - Open - "Lines from Drake" (Alfred Noyes)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Michael	Crehan	North Melbourne	Victoria	87.00	1st
Rob	Allison	Canterbury	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Percival	Winter	Toowoomba	Qeensland	84.00	3rd

Lyrical Recital - Ladies - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Shirley	Dunn	Murrumbeena	Victoria	86.00	1st
Rona	Presgrave	Henley Beach	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Daphne	Violich	Wellington	South Australia	83.00	3rd
Belle	Sage	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention
Pauline	Winter	Adelaide	South Australia	83.00	Honourable Mention

Humorous Recital - Ladies or Gentlemen - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Rea	Lawson	Hawthorn	Victoria	87.00	1st
Donald	Littledye	Adelaide	South Australia	86.00	2nd
Daphne	Violich	Wellington	New Zealand	85.00	Equal 3rd
Jean	Payne	Hindmarsh	South Australia	85.00	Equal 3rd
Belle	Sage	Ballarat	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention