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New Zealand Mail, Issue 839, 30 March 1888, Page 32

We were shown by Mr Corkill (says the Taranaki Herald) a tin of butter, part of a churning made by Mrs Burton in September last—which had been sent oh a voyage Home in the Coptics freezing chamber. After remaining a few months in London, it was sent back in the lonics freezing arriving here about five weeks ago. This tin has been opened, and the butter proved to be as fresh as the day it was packed six months ago. Some tins of Brittany and Milan butter were opened at the same time, but the samples compared in no way favorably with the Taranaki article. In one of the Courts lately there was a long and learned discussion between opposing counsel as to whether a. witness should be allowed to answer the question : “What did Mary say V The Judge gave a long and elaborate opinion in the affirmative, and the question being repeated, the answer was: “She didn’t say a word,”