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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 10, 1917
Page
3
The passage argues for protective measures for those dependent on drink and critiques state owned saloons. It contrasts abstemious and diseased drinkers, warns of disease spread, and laments factional politics. It questions reform prospects and hints at licensing versus government control.
A wounded narrator recalls a nurse named Madge who tended him beside his bed. They share a childhood bond and talk of duty, war, and hope as she vows to stay near him. He fears revealing truth about Will and grapples with telling her his fate.
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