DEBATING TOURNAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 8

DEBATING TOURNAMENT.

T , TWO-POWER NAVAL STANDARD. , • The subject under discussion last'night at I the fifth annual tournament of the W£i Aon Provincial Liteiary and Debating Societies ( Union i> as "That it is necessary for Great i Britain to maintain tho .two-Power naval standard " The first round/comprised five dot bates, one of which was won by default lno ' publio attended in fan numbers at each meeti '"foe debate between tho Brooklyn Baptist , Society and the Wellington Citholio Club took I place in tho Baptist Chepel, Ohiro Road Mr 1 1\ M. B. Fisher, MP, was ]udgo, and the ' Rev A. Dewdney occupied tho chair The Catholic Club, who took tho'negative, von by ( 275 TJOinta to 230 Their representatives wero i Messrs. J. M'Gowan, P. J. M'Govern and E ' Butcher, those o£ the Baptist Society beine ' Messrs J? C M'Quarne, X. C O'Connor, and r , At* St. Hilda's Lecture Room, Island Bay, ' . the YM C A team (negative) were given 'honours over St Hilda speakers Tho points I Bcored were -Y MC A 11t W. E Diekmson, ! 71; Mr. C J Nicklon, 72, Mr H. N Holmes, r 78, arrangement of debate, 20, /total, 241 \ points St Hilda's Mr. G Levy, 67, Mr N f Manhiro, 68, Mr 1! Boocook, 75, arrangement } of debate, 18, total, 228 points Mr J. W. ; i Black acted as judge !■ Mr. A L. Herdman, MP, judged the de- t i late between the Vivian Street Baptist reprei , sentatives and those of the Taranaki Street 1 Wesleyan Sociehr. <The speakers were, Vivian S Street, Messrs RJ. Larkin, A Proctor, and 1 'A J. Humphrey; Taranaki Street, Messrs. I i J E Burley, G Koall, and C Cummmg Decision was given in favour of the Vivian Street Baptist representatives by 269 votes to ,211. [' Mr A. I! Bndd Was chairman ' Victoria College took tho affirmative in a their debate against St John's, and scored 239 points as against theUatter's 230. Mr. J. W \ 'Poynton (judge) w'as'well satisfied with tho ' ) 'Btandard of the speeches, delivered by Messrs 5 W M'Eldowney, J. G *Mason, and A Fair , (College)/and C. A Redgrave, H. T. ThompBon, and J Boali(St John's) 1 liarori won their debate against St. Annos r by default