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The height of chic for the duck-shooter? For the hunter who wants to spend no time at all digging or constructing a camouflage hut or whare, this may have been a boon. The advertisement appears on the same page as the “Acme” folding duck decoy, “raised or distended by the simple twist of the wrist”.

A & W McCarthy (Firm) :127A. Grass suits. These suits save the trouble of digging a whare when duck shooting … [1902]

Newspaper advertisements with the same wording as this poster appeared in the Bay of Plenty Times several times during August 1940, and the papers that year advertised excursions during the May holidays for mothers and children. This period was one of a sharp increase in the number of rail passengers, owing to petrol rationing, troop transport and new suburban electric rail services.

New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: Joy of school holidays, tripping by train. Book early at Railway offices, government tourist bureaux, and other travel agencies. Issued by New Zealand Railways Publicity Branch. By authority, E V Paul, Government Printer, Wellington [ca 1940]