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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8407, 8 November 1912, Page 6

The " Con con rs Lepine," which has produced a shorthand'machine for the blind, has also scored another scientific victory in a machine for opening oysters. This machine, named by its inventor, M. Panton, " L'Unique," has been awarded a gold medal, the London "Telegraph" says. No ay ellregulated restaurant or household should tie without it, at least in France, for in England, alas! oysters are—if one may .say so—caviare, and the plutocrats who indulge in them can, well afford to have them opened by their fishmongers or their menials. But in Franco, whore the workman in his shirt-sleeves can enjoy his dozen of the best, M. Danon's invention should sell like—live oysters. The recalcitrant oyster is firmly, if gently, placed between two grinders, a button is pressed, and a very .sharp blade does the rest.