WHICH HAND IS FIT?

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 218, 12 September 1906, Page 3

WHICH HAND IS FIT?

-1 a ■—•> ~ AS ADVOCATE OF WfVMEN'S EXFRA YOC TO <lVi>Y -! THE--K TWO lIA.-m-. AX!) Til ES TO SAY WHH "H H AND IS FIT FOR 7 Tin-: RALLOT.

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