■ A remarkablo curiosity. has been brought under the notice '.of ft journal. It consists in an ordiniify-sized ;'Minorca qgg, which contained another-egg"-about the size of a starling's. Tho'yr.lk in the larger egg' was intact', which wasnhe , caao : also with tho 1 shell and tho yolk of the dnclosed-egg:' ■ ;
One of the principal: attractions :at the Christohurch Agricultural and Pastoral Show,, says a local paper,.was. a gentleman with a. huge falsetto voice .and a..large, stock: of imitation jewellery,,;who inaugurated- liis temporary business byldistubuting sovereign cases of yelhnv nietalVanipiig-. the,, croiyd. Later on he announcS{V..th'ri't.;he..wo.ukl give, away "English lever 11 ' wntc'hes, but the" astonished recipients of the gifts- .wore culled upon to pay £1 apiece "for the chain."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 54, 27 November 1907, Page 9
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