THE BIG NOISE
BIG NATIONAL DANGER MODERN HOME LIFE. LONDON, Feb. 14. “Noise is becoming a national danger, raucous music, loud speakers, gramophones are making life hideous, and medical mon greatly fear that the nation will suffer from the present orgy of mechanical music,” says Mr Bowen Partington, in an article on health. Periodical noise apparently has become a necessity in modern home life, causing nervous ailments, breakdowns, neurotic tendencies, and mental disorders, he says. Professor Burt, a psychological expert, is of the opinion that people crowd into dance halls and music halls, where they hear bad jazz.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19769, 17 February 1927, Page 9
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