AMERICAN NAILS
THE "BRITISH" BRAND
The remarkable attitude adopted by the Federal Controller-General of Customs With regard to the importation df npils front America, with the words "British, Melbourne, Madfe in U.S.A." (the latter in very small type) printed on each keg, was the subject of much criticism' amongst Melbourne nail manufacturers last week. Tho Controller-General (feted he hid been advised that the word "British" was used fdv -the- rs&son that- the particular class, of nflils included in tho consighment was known in America as British, and the word had been .used by the, mariuiaclnrel's" to indicate the type of nail. .
The explanation (says Hie Age) is regarded, by lriiimifacfcilrers as ail absurd one. Although, of course, there are many varieties of nails in use in America, each known by a different description, it is emphatically affirmed by those who tire in a position to spoak authoritatively on the subject that such a type of nail as "Britisli'" 1 is unknown there, and that the branding of the naile in question as "British" iii hothinp more 'than a glaring attempt at deception,
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 11
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182AMERICAN NAILS Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 11
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