Soldiers' Preference
A survey of reading preferences, among men and women in all military camps and depots throughout Otago and Southland has been com-, pletcd by officers and Army Education and. Welfare Service. Representative. groups have revealed the following proportion of preferences, taken on a jjercenlage basis: Travel, 2S; fiction, 21: thriller, 11; historical, 10: scientific, S: history, 7; Western, 5: biography, 4; useful arts, 3: fine art 2: and translation, 1. An indication of the music preferences Avas also obtained during the survey, the proportion (as percentages) taken from a representative grouping being: Vocal, 27; instrumental, 24: •dance, 16: orchestral,
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 66, 20 April 1943, Page 6
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101Soldiers' Preference Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 66, 20 April 1943, Page 6
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