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Custom House stories are always wef« come, and here is a new one. The hertf of it, a Sxviss missionary, was returning to his native Basle from South America* bringing with him some skulls discovered! in ancient Patagonian burying-places. Ab the frontier the authorities insisted ort inspecting his trunk. They classified th# skulls as “ bones of animals,” and de« manded duty at the rate of a penny it pound. The missionary protested; andl it was presently agreed that as the skulls xvere for scientific purposes, they must ba allowed to enter without payment. The! only question was how to classify them for the purposes of the Swiss (Statistical Bureau. This problem was debated aft great length; but ultimately the skulls went through as “personal effects already worn” I
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 7, 17 August 1910, Page 60
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130Already Worn. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 7, 17 August 1910, Page 60
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