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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
3
A cluttered column lists local names and events in Townsville area life. Mentions include dental ads, visits by Mr D Philp and Mr E Hollami, travel notes on trains and ships, and notes on town officials, miners, and educators.
The piece argues reading remains vital during wartime, detailing how literature comforts and steadies the mind. It rejects the notion that novels are mere escape, insisting purposeful reading builds memory, reason, and moral hygiene despite the siren of news and doom.
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