STORY OF COTTON SHIRT.
DEMAND FOR SILK DUTY. This is the story of the cotton shirt that was silk —for Customs purposes. Mr. R. W. Thomas, a director of a London firm of shirtmakers, ordered a cotton poplin shirt to be made for him in his firm's Irish factory. It arrived while he was away, and his maid had to pay 7s 6d silk duty on it. When Mr. Thomas returned he wrote asking for his 7s 6d back. The Customs authorities insisted that they must have the shirt for re-examination, and Mr. Thomas trustingly sent it to them. This was in November. Tho weeks went by and no word and no shirt came. Mr. Thomas dropped tho Customs people notes at intervals, and at last gavo his shirt up as lost. After some weeks Mr. Thomas received his shirt and 7s 6d, without a word of comment. Mr. Thomas, it is understood, pithily supplied the deficiency.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21141, 26 March 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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157STORY OF COTTON SHIRT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21141, 26 March 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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