"CROWNING STUPIDITY."
CUSTOMS SEIZURE OF DAVIS CUP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ("Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables.) Now York, August 18. What tho newspapers describe as "a crowning achievement of stupidity*' is the seizure by the Customs authorities of tho Davis Cup (which arrived by the steamer Mauretania) until duty had been paid on it. The authorities argued that although tho cup originally belonged to America, it became foreign property when it was won by England.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1833, 20 August 1913, Page 7
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73"CROWNING STUPIDITY." Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1833, 20 August 1913, Page 7
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