DEBATING CONTEST.
WON BY VICTORIA COLLEGE,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunedin. Al>ril 8. The inter-collegiate debatjng coutest !' ?S I . hel l in the . Settlers' Hall tonight. llio Bubject was: "That compulsory military training is in the. best interests of the Dominion." Tho speakers wero Messrs. F. G. Hall-Jones and G. it? i Vlcloria College), C, Marshall nn i r!- (Auckland), R. Gray a;id 1-. C Spratt (Canterbury), 11, Cor--1 til Mazengarb (Otago). ~ n 'J) c first debate Victoria College took the affirmative, and Auckland tho negative, and in tho second Olago supporte<l tho affirmative and Canterbury took the negative. 'Tho first two speakers were subjected to aeonsiderablo amount of interruption, principally owing, it is said, ? j le rowdiness of Canterbury College students, but tho chairman's firm attitude and the appeals of other students - Jj 6 sports' had tho desired effect. tt' 116-^uI 16 -^ u ?es al ™rded the first placo to \ ictona College, with Ota go second and Canterbury third. Tho chairman announced that there ivero very few points between Victoria College and Otago.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1409, 9 April 1912, Page 4
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173DEBATING CONTEST. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1409, 9 April 1912, Page 4
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