An old petty cash box of the East and West India Docks Company of 60 years ago, which has been found among the effects of the Port of London Authority, gives details of the compulsory haircut which messengers in those days had to have each fortnight. In copperplate writing is the following:—“All the messengers are in future to have their hair cut once a fortnight by the person appointed to this duty. Twopence monthly is to be deducted from the boys’ pay to defray the expenses of this arrangement. 21st November, 1878.” There are pages of accounts showing the amounts collected, but, by the following March, the secretary had decided to discontinue these arrangements. No clue to the reason for his decision is given.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 July 1938, Page 4
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