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Customs Advice To School
Eleven pounds worth of science equipment, imported from overseas, was awaiting collection at the Customs Department, the headmistress (Miss P. M. Robinson) told the monthly meeting of the Christchurch Girls’ High School board of governors. A note from the department said that if the equipment was not collected within a fortnight it would have to be destroyed. Meanwhile a fine of 6d a day would be charged. The equipment could not be collected without an import licence and this had been refused, said Miss Robinson. Now it would either have to be destroyed or returned to America.
The secretary (Mf P. J. Halligan) said the Education Department would not be willing to intervene on behalf of the school because it felt all essential equipment was available from local sources. Members said the note from the Customs Department had been just a regulation form, and if someone were to call personally the misunderstanding could be remedied.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30886, 20 October 1965, Page 7
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