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A surprising discovery was made hy a local •gentleman (says the Cliristcluircl] “I’ress”) who essayed to purchase ill the usual ijuartors some sott linen collars of a light khaki shade, similar to tlmse turned out in huge quantities in Mritain factories during the war period and thereafter. No such article however, was procurable and in every ease what was handed across the counter ivas a soft collar said to he silk, a material in any event not desired, and which bore the imprint “made in Japan.” “Do you mean to say,” tho potential customer asked of the shop assistant, “that soft collars so shaded cannot he obtained if not from a New Zealand factory at least from an English speaking country'?” “That is so,” replied theattendant. “The Japanese collars are the only ones supplied. Japan, you know is noted for her silk.” “So that if one wants now to wear a soft-shad-ed collar ho has to hear the brand of Japan round his neck?” “You may put it that way,” replied the attendant, “but that is certainly the posi fjon.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1922, Page 3
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182LATE LOCALS Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1922, Page 3
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