Panama hats may as Irgically be called New York Bay hats, states an American paper. They were named Panama because they cross Panama on their way north from Ecuador, where they are made. Francisco Delgado. a native of Monte Cristi. made the first one in the Province of Manavi. Ecuador. 300 years ago. and now the whole population, from the 6-year-olds up. are hard at work in the trade which brings the nation about 800,000 dollars a year—in good years as much as 1.234.000 dollars.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1940, Page 7
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