The French novelist Alexandre Dumas would have applauded the enterprise of a Townsville shop in a major centre which set up a factory to cash in on the demand for face masks at $25 a pop . Two women sat at sewing machines making the masks, which sold like proverbial hot cakes . In fact, there was a queue at the counter .
Wearing an Emile Mercier shrdlu gravy stained mask , our creased and weather - worn Shipping Reporter , his dark glasses fogged up because of the rum fumes escaping from his protective covering , discovered another unusual service in the city - a laundry fairy . Seems the fairy will take your laundry away and return it ironed. He is seriously considering sending the soggy, steamy contents of his kitbag to the said unfortunate fairy to be washed , ironed and starched .
