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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2949, 29 July 1878, Page 2

The market for livings seems to,be looking up, or else people are getting anxious to "realise." In The Times:of the 27th April there are no fewer thin twenty-two advertisements relating to the sale of advowsons. Sere we have " pros* peot of immediate possession;'•• " incumbent aged 77;" " mcumbent aged about 80;" in one case living being valued at £2117 a year—" the.incumbent is in his 78th year." And who would not be tempted with this P " The rectory house, with entrance lodge, has beeu recently built, contains fourteen bed and reception rooms, ample domestic offices, replete with every comfort; stabling, <fco. It is most pleasantly situated on the knoll of a hill,' immediately adjoining the church, surrounded by terraced jraUfe pleasure grounds and gardens." ' Aiw~A Saved by th'b Teibphone;—Tho last feat accomplished by Bell's telephone is the saving of a diver s life. According to a report made to the Admiralty by paptain Arthur, of her Majesty's ship vernon, a diver engaged in receiving some ballast suddenly fainted, and called out, "Pull me up." He did not signal with his rope? but^was heard through the telephone attached to his helmet, and was at once brought to the surface. The man has recovered, and thanks, the telephone for ■ his restoration. An expression frequently heard in the shop of Mr Wilkss, Watchmaker and Jeweller, of Shortland, is : Sir, you have so 'great a selection of Earrings and' Brooches that I do not know which to choose. The an me mfght truthfully be sad of his flne stock of Watches and Clock's. Therefore make as inspection. /11 articles marked in plain figures. Watches, Clocks and Jewellery repaired by Mr J, WILKKSJ and Guaranteed. —[AdVTJ Mb Wm. MoOpilottgh having been appointed agent on the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance, Company, is prepared to take risks at the lowest rales. The Imperial Com* p.iny was established in 1903,' and has a capital of £1,600,010, with its lead offioa at No. 1, Old Broad street, liondon.' The Mcl» bourne directory has upon it some, of the most influential men in that city, and the name th# Company hat gained for itself by its prompt' ' and liberal settlement of claims, while oharg* ivrr moderate rates, has secured a large amount of business not o? ly in Australian Colonies, but in s-ll parts of the world in which agcnoiei have been eiUbliihed,--ADYTi