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Japanese kerosene oil comes over in cans which exactly reproduce the pattern of the Standard Oil Company.
John Orr-Ewing and Company's Turkey reds, in breadths of 27 in. and 40 yds. long, and colour fast, become 27 in. in breadth, 37½ yds. in length, the colour is not fast, the material shrinks and the weight is 5 lbs. deficient.
The trade mark of the firm, "Parrot Brand," with a picture of the bird, is the most perfect imitation imaginable.
Imitations of Nestlé's milk, Bryant and May's matches, Boehringer's quinine, and many other articles have been repeatedly denounced by the firms.
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