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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 7 September 1923, Page 7

An eight-ounce ege laid by a "White Leghorn hen was shown to a Taranaki Herald, reporter yesterday morning. It is perfect in shape and very much larger than a duck egg. The shell is much thicker and harder than usual, and in this connection somewhat resembles the egg of an emu. The bird responsible for this freak is the property of Mr E. J. Wander, of Dartmoor Avenue. "Duvinrr J n ly there were 177 men emnloyed on the Stratford-Main Trurjs A'oi vay CQUStruction works, of whom 124 were working at the east end. On the Opunake branch line there were 112 men employed