OSTRICH B REEDING IN CANTERBURY.
Mr J T Matson informs the Lyttelton Times that seven of his ostrich e gs were successfully hatched out on Thursday, and that the litrie strangers are as well as can be exp-ctcd. Wo may mention -hat Messrs B. Petersen and Co., of Christchurch, are now engi Red in making a cup from the shell of the fust ostrich egg laid in Canterbury. The egg-cup when finished will be presented by Mr J T Matson to the Papunui Sports Committee, as the President’s Cut, to bo mn for at their annual sports. The shell will bo mounted in silver, with a silver cup inside the shel, and the ornamentation will consist of New Zealand ferns worked on silver. There will be an ebony stand to the cup, and the whole will make a prize well worth winning.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1445, 31 December 1886, Page 2
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142OSTRICH BREEDING IN CANTERBURY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1445, 31 December 1886, Page 2
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