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1940-10-18 Elocution

18th October, 1940

Held in the Alfred Hall

Oratorical Display (Gentlemen) Open - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Michael	Crehan	North Melbourne	Victoria	80.00	1st
Bernard	D'Arcy	Ballarat	Victoria	78.00	2nd
Sable	Grivell	Adelaide	South Australia	74.00	3rd
Donald	Littledye	Fullarton	South Australia	73.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation (Gentlemen) - Open - "The Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" (Robert Browning)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Michael	Crehan	North Melbourne	Victoria	82.00	1st
Sable	Grivell	Adelaide	South Australia	81.00	2nd
Donald	Littledye	Fullarton	South Australia	71.00	3rd

Impromptu Reading (Ladies or Gentlemen)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Alfred	Turner	Ballarat	Victoria	86.00	1st
Vernon	Cooper	Melbourne	Victoria	82.00	2nd
Donald	Littledye	Fullarton	South Australia	80.00	3rd
Michael	Crehan	North Melbourne	Victoria	76.00	Honourable Mention

3DB Radio Announcers Contest - Finalists

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Nan	Sitrling	South Yarra	Victoria
Aldyth	Angwin	Ballarat	Victoria
Michael	Crehan	North Melbourne	Victoria
Sylvia	Carlyon	Bendigo	Victoria
Lorna	Vial	Brighton	Victoria
Donald	Littledye	Fullarton	Victoria

Lyrical Recital (Ladies) Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Joan	Stanton	Rutherglen	Victoria	81.00	1st
Berta	Box	Melbourne	Victoria	79.00	2nd
Lorna	Vial	Brighton	Victoria	78.00	3rd
Belle	Sage	Ballarat	Victoria	77.00	Honourable Mention
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	77.00	Honourable Mention

Humorous Recital (Ladies or Gentlemen) Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	88.00	1st
June	Brown	Essendon	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Vera	Connell	McKinnon	Victoria	83.00	3rd
Jean	Payne	Hindmarsh	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention

3DB Radio Announcers Contest - Final

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Aldyth	Angwin	Ballarat	Victoria		1st
Donald	Littledye	Fullarton	South Australia		2nd
Sylvia	Carlyon	Bendigo	Victoria		3rd