CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
CRAZE AT HOME. DECLINE IN NOVEL READING. ; r :ss Association—Klectric Telegraph- CopyrigL (Received Saturday, 11.50 a.m.j LONDON, Friday. Alan}' minor free libraries have removed dictionaries from their shelves in consequence of damage done by cross-word puzzle searchers. The British Aluseum has now banned admittance to such people. One result of the remarkable craze is the decline in novel reading. A leading London publisher says that sales have declined by 25 per cent. — Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 21 February 1925, Page 5
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79CROSSWORD PUZZLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, 21 February 1925, Page 5
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