FAKING FURS.
•' v Seewiigfe expensive , ! ;-furs, sometimes furu'- : 6ut-' •to.-' bei•"■faked' /common varietics,'and>Australi'an;fufii : ;it;'appears, rdr&vsometimos.-iSlunMd -.tb■ -mi- Gommon.wealthn.aßtsomotliing entirely different. 'RtCßnily^..the : Minister for 'Qnstonis (Sir Robert .Best) issued. memo(he Customs Department' has*: : t>cen' /directed recently 'practice of dyeing Australian furs, such* "as those "o'Olie opossum" the 'wallaby, the rabbit, and tho hare, or mani-pulating-them. go .la; to' -;seciiro a high price. It has been ascertained that many .of:. these 'fakedV.fuis Tftfc.iiOJiorted, -par-,shape-:-of : -mad&-Hp articles; 'and' sold' sis. ~geniiiiie; Australian furriers have, had dyed hare furs selit for .repair /.with 'the; request- that they should >take caro,. of,.these, v.ery valuable furs.'"When told, what the- furs, consisted', .of, /thft owners replied that "thoy hhd; paid high /prices i for them'-under the names o£. rare furs.-.Evidently the : retailers had been deceived.in- some cases, for an export would lie required to detect the fake.' The Minister, has reoted.,.Custom.s,.flliß,<!3is..t9..iaxef.iiUy_.scrutinise* invoices with a view of preventing false, description." -
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 10
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152FAKING FURS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 10
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