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Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 10

In the United Kingdom 687,000 persona ars engaged in coal mining, and 16,000 ia iron mining. "Conservatives are generally absentees," confidently declared the elect of Masterton at tbe Cirterton Liberal meeting on Saturday night, and then, as he flashed a. glance around the hall, he innocently added, " but* I can't «co any abienteej present to-nighb ! " t Ia the nexb breath he told his 'still laughing audience that: they must " tread on the corns of the rich man if they wanted to touch bis pecket." And someone remarked, "Really?" — Post. News has been received from the Etstera Pacific that the British barque Blair Logic had been totally wrecked on the Island of Matahira, the most northerly of the Pauinoto' group, on the night of November 22. Nothing whatever was saved from the wreck, and the whole of the ship's papers were lost in the lifeboat, which was earned away from tho vessel ab Papette. The crew were cared for by Mr K. T. Simons, the British Consul. The Blair; Logic was comparatively a uew vessel, having only been launched'about three years ago. She was a steel vessel, of 1525 tons, owned ia Glasgow, Scotland,