Ships in ' Tariff Day ' race to unload . Many ships are racing to England at top speed in the hope of reaching port in time to hand their papers in before 5 pm on Monday so that they will not have to pay on the cargoes the 10 percent duties which come into force on Tariff Day - Tuesday . Unloading goods from the SS Lingestroom from Amsterdam at Hays Wharf , London . 26 February 1932 26 February 1932 30s, 30's, 1930s, 1930's, thirties, nineteen thirties