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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2896, 28 May 1878, Page 4

Cat Music—The voice of the starlit cat never sounds to better advantage than ,iv these frosty, clear, and silent winter nights. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish a prolonged note on the upper register from the closing wail of a trumpet solo. The cat lasts longer and has a trifle more power, and will stop quicker for a brick than the trumpeter will—that is all the difference. Mb Wm. McCoiiiOtrGH having been appointed agent ou the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, is prepared to take risks at the lowest rates. The Imperial Company was established in 1803, and Jibs a capital of" £1,600,000, with its head office at No. l r Old Broad street, London. The Mcl bourne directory has upon it some of the moat influential men in that city, and the name the Company has gained for itself by its prompt and liberal settlement of claims, while charg ing moderate rates, has secured a large amount of business not only in Australian Colonies, but in all parts of the world in which agencies have been established.-—Advt.

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