TYPEWRITERS FOR THE WAR.
4,000 BEHIND THE BRITISH FRONT.
The condemnation of 82 cates of typewriters shipped in a Swedish steamship for Gothenburg was sought in the Prize Court by the Crown as absolute contraband destined for Germany. The Solicitor-General said typewriters were instruments of war. About 1 4,000 had been supplied to the Army in France. The President: What did Napoleon and Wellington do without typewriters?
Mr. Roche: They.used pen aud ink and I expect they would be absolute contraband then. The Solicitor : General: Nq modern camp can be without typewriters. Mr. Roche: The spectacle of a fieldmarshal conducting iii-s manoeuvres on the Hindenburg line by the means of typewriters equipped with the Swedish keyboards is at least amusing.
His lordship found that it was a bo-na-fide Swedish transaction and ordered the goods to be released.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4579, 7 June 1917, Page 5
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