DAVIS CUP IMPOUNDED
A YANKEE COMEDY. Times —Sydney Sun Special Cable. NEW YORK, August IS. The Customs seized the DaVis Cup, •which arrived by the steamer Maureta;nia, until the duty was paid. The Cus'toms authorities argued although the Cup originally belonged to America it became foreign property when won by England. Th* newspapers comment on the seizure as the crowning achievement of ttupidity.
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Southland Times, Issue 17427, 20 August 1913, Page 6
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63DAVIS CUP IMPOUNDED Southland Times, Issue 17427, 20 August 1913, Page 6
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