Berth 24 (1950)

William Devlin: Verses spoken by

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• Verses spoken by : [Marking the outgoing goods in chalk with a symbol the same as USA dollar sign]  They're asking why are you using the dollar sign on the shipments that have been approved ?

  Export Customs Officer : Well, I've always used it, and my father worked in Customs before, he always used it, and his father before him also used to use it.

  Export Customs Officer : We've always used it as sign to passing customs.

  Export Customs Officer : The Americans must have seen it for goods arriving there, and their Customs would have said mmm like that it is unique and different to all other signs.

  Export Customs Officer : It means outgoing cargo, and outgoing cargo means cash, so we'll have that. So rather than us getting it from the Americans, I believe the Americans got it from us. Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it !