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"SCOTCH TWEEDS" FROM GERMANY

Sham Scotch tweeds, made in Germany, are reported to bo tho latest evidence of Teutonic commercial smartness (gays a London newspaper in a recent issue). A* traveller of noulral nationality has been calling on clothing manufacturers and woollen merchants carrying a collection of patterns of tweed cloths. The printing and "writing on the tabs provided ev;denco that; the materials enmo from Germany, but tho character and price of certain of the cloths led to-tho assumption that they might be genuine Scottish tweeds, originally purchased by a Continental speculator, and now offered bock to buyers !n (Tils country. It was declared, however, that the materials were manufactured in Germany. One rather largo bunch of patterns bore the legend "Scotch Cheviots," and they were nol Kid imitations of sports' tweeds from Galashiels. The nverago price ior the cloths was higher than the prevent quotations of Scottish makers for the genuine product of their looms.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 275, 14 August 1920, Page 7

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"SCOTCH TWEEDS" FROM GERMANY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 275, 14 August 1920, Page 7

"SCOTCH TWEEDS" FROM GERMANY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 275, 14 August 1920, Page 7

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