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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
2
UK based Coffill's Funerals promotes unequalled facilities and labor saving machinery, advertising lower rates than competitors. It lists a head office and mortuary chapel on George Street, with branches and a central office contact. The fragmentary ad mentions coffins, mortuary chambers, and callout for full equipment features.
An essay tracing left handedness from childhood education to social perceptions. It cites Benjamin Franklin and Philadelphia’s role in teaching ambidexterity, maps historical beliefs about heredity and practical use of both hands, and notes ancient warriors and biblical figures noted as left handed.
A survey traces ambidexterity from Holbein to Queen Victoria, noting artists noble portraits and soldiers using both hands. It discusses left handed skill training, benefits for cramp relief, and common right handed people tending to left leg dominance, urging balanced practice for improved dexterity and mental focus.
William Penn discusses national progress in America and Australia comparing unemployment drinking culture and moral uplift, urging land value tax and critiquing hotels racetracks and puritanism while noting revenue from alcohol tobacco opium and hotels. A reader criticizes Sydney parks and urges improvements. An interstate Murray water conference sets navigation depth and a Bathurst Gaol inquest finds death by gangrene.
Fragmented OCR note reports influenza houses and related names. Contains garbled phrases and stray references including Flow Yee Hurseville and Broughton. Limited legible details.
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