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Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 100, 2 April 1907, Page 3

Angler: "Hang it! Is there a dry spot m this boat where I can strike a match? " Boatman (who has been disappointed as regards refreshment) : "Try my throat, sir ! " "Did you see the Derby when you were abroad?" asked the rich American of the New York globe-trotter. "No. I did see a close race m Great Britain, though." "Indeed! What was it?" "The Scotch."

The combined annual income of the British working classes exceeds £600,000,000. There are at present no fewer than 39,800 foreign seamen m our mercantile marine, to say nothing of 42..700 lascars.