Four thousand persons, including Premier Stevens of New South Wales, members of his cabinet and representatives of all religious denominations, were present today at the burial of Rabbi Francis Lyon Cohen, chief rabbi of the Great Synagogue in Sydney, who died on Sunday. Rabbi Brodie of Melbourne officiated at the services.
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