"There was a strong small of frying egg at the junction of Fort and Commerce streets at midday,” stated Auckland ‘Star’ recently. “More than one person remarked upon the incident, particularly to the fact that there arc no dining 'rooms in the immediate vicinity. The causa vros discerned in the middle of the thoroughfare, a yellow pancake of egg. of extraordinary dimensions frizzling up in the sun’s strong heat. How it came there was the big query, and inquiries showed (hat a box of eggs which had reclined on a trap had fallen off and become unsbelled in the smash. Some few dozens were quickly spreading out on the road.” Mrs Quiverful: “John, I have had to discharge the hew nurse; she had such a terrible Cockney accent. I caught her calling the nursery the ‘ noisery.’ ” Her Husba# ‘H ■ ’ Wet's what’s the matter .with that T* '
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Evening Star, Issue 17765, 13 September 1921, Page 2
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146Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 17765, 13 September 1921, Page 2
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