MONSTER EGG
"ELECTION" EFFORT? 7 .
A rumour in Parliament Buildings last night that the Government had hatched an "election" egg that could not possibly be matched by the Opposition was confirmed when pressmen were invited to inspect the phenomenon at the office of the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Barclay).
The egg, which was described by the Minister as the effort of an Invercargill White Leghorn hen to live up to the Standards Bill, measured 8£ by 5 inches and weighed 9| ounces. It filled an ordinary electric light bulb packet and made a real handful when picked up. Apart from appearing slightly elongated alongside a normal egg it was well formed.
The owner- of the hen which produced the monster egg is Mrs. McDonald, of Beatrice Street, Invercargill. The hen is an average hen and is suffering no ill effects from its stout effort. The w*eight of a standard egg is two ounces. '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411008.2.91
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 86, 8 October 1941, Page 9
Word Count
153MONSTER EGG Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 86, 8 October 1941, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in