FRENCH TEAM INCREDULOUS
“Huitres Sauvages” Of Foveaux Strait "The Press" Special Service INVERCARGILL. August 8. The French Rugby players are now in the land of “huitres sauvages” (New Zealand knows these things as Bluff oysters), and if they continue to find the huitres sauvages so delectable a rescue party may be needed to drag the team away. The Tricolours simply cannot believe there is a place in the world where oysters grow wild and where they are plucked year in and year out to the infinite pleasure of many thousands of people. Thrice since their arrival in Invercargill have they been regaled with the dish and each time, in tones of childish wonderment, they have said to their interpreter. Professor E. J. Boyd Wilson: “Is it really true that these oysters are wild? That they just grow? That they are not brought up on a farm in the manner of all properly brought up oysters so that they may later be brought to table?” Each time the professor’s arms have spread and a fire has lighted in his eye as he has described the miracle of Foveaux Strait. “Merveilleux,” the Frenchmen have said to each other.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29587, 9 August 1961, Page 14
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