FROZEN EGGS.
A shipment of frozen eggs arrived Home from the colonies and their extreme hardness astonished the brokers. One man, calling at the broker's office, was amazed to see him taking aim at the wall with an egg. "What the dickens are you at? lie ' But the broker let drive, the only result being a slight dent in the wall. The tiling being explained, the man took a couple of the eggs, put them in his pocket, and left to startle his wife. Arriving home, he waited till the family ■was assembled for dinner, and then banged an egg at the new dado. But the smile quickly faded from his face. The egg had thawed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 265, 18 March 1911, Page 9
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116FROZEN EGGS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 265, 18 March 1911, Page 9
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