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1947-10-14 Elocution

14th October, 1947

Held in the Alfred Hall

Recitation - Boys or Girls and Under 13 "The Blue Tit" (Godfrey Fox Bradby)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Molly	Thwaites	Adelaide	South Australia	88.00	1st
Mary	Carlile	Ballarat	Victoria	87.00	2nd
Bob	Jones	Ballarat	Victoria	86.00	Equal 3rd
Lois	Barkas	Thornbury	Victoria	86.00	Equal 3rd
Gwenyth	Smith	Mentone	Victoria	86.00	Equal 3rd
Barry	Rumpf	Balwyn	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention
Jim	Black	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention
Lila	Shadbolt	North Melbourne	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Recital - Boys or Girls 10 and Under 13 - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Murray	Gillen	Ballarat	Victoria	90.00	1st
Molly	Thwaites	Adelaide	South Australia	89.00	Equal 2nd
Gwenyth	Smith	Mentone	Victoria	89.00	Equal 2nd
Beverley	Hibbert	Footscray	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention
Patricia	Elliott	Ballarat	Victoria	86.00	Honourable Mention
Lois	Barkas	Thornbury	Victoria	86.00	Honourable Mention
Billie	Spleight	South Melbourne	Victoria	86.00	Honourable Mention

Verse Speaking Choir

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Macarthur Street State School Boys' Choir	Ballarat	Victoria	89.00	1st
Mrs. A. M. Purcell's No. 1 Group	Ballarat	Victoria	88.00	2nd

Character Recital - (In Costume) - Boys or Girls 13 and Under 16 - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Robert	Walker	Northcote	Victoria	95.00	1st
Zoe	Caldwell	Balwyn	Victoria	94.00	2nd
Effie	Allen	Semaphore Park	South Australia	91.00	Highly Commended
Janice	Freake	Trinity Gardens	South Australia	91.00	Highly Commended