EFFECT ON HEALTH
DIN AND NOISE IN CITIES
MOVEMENT FOE ABATEMENT
SYDNEY, 20th February.
A deputation from the New Health' Society to-day sought Government aid; toward the abatement of noises.
The chief complaint was againsfi trams, motor-cycles, motor horns, roosts ers, barking dogs, ana rock drills, which.' were described as hideous, and, it was! claimed, .would seriously affect the pubr lie health and cause loss of efficiency.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Arthur, sympathised with the deputation, and, promised to make representations to Cabinet. Ho ventured the opinion that jazz and talkies, which he dubbed aa "squawkies," were even worse tha4 (mythlng1 thedeputatiott had^iontioi^ed,*
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 44, 21 February 1930, Page 9
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104EFFECT ON HEALTH Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 44, 21 February 1930, Page 9
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