Tailors, boiler-makers, and carpenters are on strike at Melbourne. .Mr. Vogel- writes to Mr. : Macandrew that when the labor market is better, supplied, it- is proposed' to establish Labor Exchange Offices oil the American plan, and -suggests the appointment of unpaid Boards, in various parts of the .country, composed -of ladies 'and gentlemen' who gratuitously will give their" services 1 in the reception of immigrants giving.: -them triendly aid and counsel.-— f Bruce; Herald.' A remarkable lusus natures has been reported to a Taranaki paper. A,Maori girl of thirteen years of. age (daughter of Pitt,.. a chief, who: fought "with the Europeans during the late war) has given birth to a monstrosity, in .the: shape of an infant with a head : on it 'something resembling a turkey cock, the comb being quite perfect. It had no eyes or ears, and the mouth was pointed :like] that of a mouse. It was an awful sight,, and even frightened the girl's parentsj who-quickly destroyed and buried it. "
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 243, 31 October 1873, Page 6
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165Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 243, 31 October 1873, Page 6
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