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i . "WHAT KATY DID" FOR SOLDIERS Scathing criticism of the type of books donated for men of the services is made by the Australian Comforts Fund Commissioner, Major Eugene Gorman. "What Katy Did At School'" and "Little Women," several volumes of which have been received—but not distributed —arc hardly suitable reading for soldiers, he pointed out. It was to be hoped that the stipply of such classics as the poetical works of the late Thomas Hood had also been exhausted. Air Force House, Sydney, has also experienced considerable lack of discretion in the choice of books donated to the library, an official said. ! "Tom Brown's Schooldays," and similar favourites of youthful days, had been received in such numbers that several crates w~ere stacked away—and likely to remain so. Humorous and pictorical books were first favourites, it was added. I <■, •
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 282, 12 March 1941, Page 3
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