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1939-10-13 Elocution

13th October, 1939

Held in the Alfred Hall

Impromptu Reading - Ladies or Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Pauline	Winter	Adelaide	South Australia	92.00	1st
Mary	McDonald	Pirron Yalloak	Victoria	88.00	2nd
Daphne	Violich	Wellington	New Zealand	87.00	3rd
Rea	Lawson	Hawthorn	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention
Berta	Box	Penguin	Tasmania	85.00	Honourable Mention
Mary	Corby	Ballart	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Recital - Ladies or Gentlemen "The Old Piano" (W. M. Thackeray)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Pauline	Winter	Adelaide	South Australia	88.00	1st
Rea	Lawson	Horsham	Victoria	87.00	2nd
Shirley	Dunn	Murrumbeena	Victoria	86.00	3rd
Michael	Crehan	North Melbourne	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention
Daphne	Violich	Wellington	New Zealand	85.00	Honourable Mention

3DB Radio Announcer's Contest - Ladies or Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Daphne	Violich	Wellington	New Zealand		1st
Pauline	Winter	Adelaide	South Australia		2nd
Mary	McDonald	Pirron Yalloak	Victoria		3rd

Held in the Manchester Unity Hall

Oration (Open) "Henry George - The Man and His Message"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Walter	Trudinger	Glen Iris	Victoria	78.00	1st
John F.	Hogan	Sydney	New South Wales	74.00	2nd
Edward	Jenkins	Stawell	Victoria	61.00	3rd

Champion Debate - "That Woman's Competition in the Labour Market should be Restricted"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Walter	Trudinger	Glen Iris	Victoria	95.00	Equal 1st
John	Cremean	Richmond	Victoria	95.00	Equal 1st
Lionel	Webster	Reservoir	Victoria	85.00	3rd
James	Cardwell	East Melbourne	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention