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Letter: Letters: Hat and tales

Published 2 March 1991

From JAMES CAMPBELL

Your cartoonist David Austin depicts an Australian man wearing a hat
with corks dangling from the brim (Letters, 9 February). I am not sure where
that idea comes from, though I suspect that an expatriate comedian had something
to do with it.

During my 64 years in this country I have never seen such headgear.
Broad brimmed hats are indeed fashionable, but not corks.

James Campbell South Yarra Victoria Australia

Issue no. 1758 published 2 March 1991

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