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Otago Witness, Issue 4028, 26 May 1931, Page 51

During the recent period of 12 months the Church of England recorded a decrease of 34,000 persons in Britain, taking holy communion, 22,000 Sunday school scholars, and nearly 10,000 candidates for confirmation. A Taranaki resident when in London recently was asked by a Tooley street dairy produce merchant to sample two boxes of butter (says the News). He did so. “ Can you pick which of the two is New Zealand?” he asked. “They appear to be much alike in taste as well as in colour,” the Taranaki man replied. “Well, one is best Siberian; the other is New Zealand. There is little between them.” The merchant went on to explain that all Siberian butter on the market was not as good’ as the sample tasted, but it did go to show that Siberia was capable of making good butter and becoming a formidable rival of the British dominions on the London market. The' visitor thought a good deal.