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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1906
Page
3
A narrator plans to leave a landlady's house after ongoing tensions over meals and chores. A tense discussion with Jim, a friend, leads to a staged departure plan. After a series of near-misses and clever ruses, the couple announces separation then reconcile in a twist of social hush.
The BR C Rickmers, largest sailing vessel afloat, arrives in New York on her maiden outward voyage from Saigon and Bangkok via Cape Horn. Built by Rickmers shipyard at Bremerhaven Geeste, she features a 50 000 square foot canvas spread and half inch steel mainmast, with 59 crew, two officers, and two captains on this voyage.
A devoted sulter grovels before a girl who rejects him. She claims she sweats the carpethig morning and asserts there is not a speck of dust on it, sparking a heated exchange.
Historical advertisement claims Condy's Fluid bath can invigorate the body and brace nerves. It promises instant relief for tired feet and elimination of odor and perspiration, warning against imitators and inferior substitutes sold by chemists and stores across the British Empire.
The column surveys new titles from Hodder and Stoughton and Angus and Robertson including A Little Brown Mouse by Mme. Aibanenst and Shadow and Shine by Sarah Doudeny. It praises Leslie Stephen biographies, Sankey’s Life and Sacra Songs, London’s The Cruelty of the Dassier, and stock and dairying references in The Pastoral Review. It notes American views on Italy, Naples customs, and modern graft, plus Adelaide Town Clerk’s illustrated city guide and Red Funnel Christmas issue.
Mr. Willett Hayes assistant secretary of agriculture promotes a system of scientific breeding to improve humanity. He urges selective marriage to alter blood lines and claims interregional unions could create more energetic men and graceful women. He plans a pamphlet for working class Americans and forms a committee to study his theory while noting a mahogany log can fetch up to 2000 pounds.
The piece outlines how French justice divides into watertight courts led by the juge dinstruction examining magistrates. It explains commissariats to the Tribunal de Police Correctionelle and the roles of police, prosecutors, and counsel, noting contrasts with English police courts and risks of abuse.
A game keeper cites a sign forbidding pedestrians along a road while a mild Congregationalist argues permission. The exchange turns on conflicting interpretations of posted rules and personal status.
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