The problem of light and comfortable clothes for men in hot weather was solved by a Maori at the Mataniata races recently. Clad in a suit of silk pyjamas, once vividly striped, but then somewhat faded, he was a conspicuous figure among the crowd in front of the totalisator, particularly as he had a stubbly black beard and wore no hat. A pair of white tennis shoes completed the ensemble.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21084, 8 February 1934, Page 6
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