IS A SHIRT FULL DRESS?
DOLLS 'AND ; THE CUSTOMS. BY TEr.EGKAPII—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTP.IOnT.; i Melbourne, December 27.. ■ Somo friction exists between importer's and the Customs authorities as. to'what is, t-lio minimum clothing a respectable doll must wear in order to como in at 10 per cent.' less 1 duty than her moro elaborately-attired sister. ■ ' i ... The Customs officers had a very loose idea about dress, and wished to charge a higher duty on tho scantiest attiro. Tho Customs peoplo have now backed down from the position taken up —namely,, that a shirt constituted full dress.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 5
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94IS A SHIRT FULL DRESS? Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 5
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