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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2974, 27 August 1878, Page 3

Ah expression frequently heard in the shop of Mr WIiKES-Watchmaker and Jeweller, of Shortland, is : 'Silt you have bo great a selection of Earrings and Brooches that I do not know which to choose. The same might truthfully bo said of his fine stock of Watches , mid Olopks. Therefore make an inspection. All articles marked in plain figures. Watches, Clocks and JeweUery repaired by Mr J. WIIKBS, and Guaranteed. —[ADVT.] Mb Wm. McCuiJiQTOB: having been appointed agent on the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, is prepared to take risks at 'the lowest rates. The Imperial Com pany was established in 1803, Jand has a capital of £1,600,000, with its 'head office at No. 1,-Old Broad street, London. The Mcl bourne directory has upon it some of the most influential men in that city, and the name the Company has gained for itself by^its prompt and liberal settlement (of claims, while charging moderate rates, baa 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.

General Notices LOST, on SATURDAY EVENING, betw«en the Nil Desperandum and the Queen's Hotel, Albert street, a CHEQUE for £6 Bs, drawn by Munroe and Thompson in favor of Fbahx Mttuxaw ;, also, Three Half-Sovereigns. Finder will be rewarded on leaving same at the Office of this Paper. Payment stopped. 3015 PEIME .FRESH AND SALT BUTTER AT MEAES AND C O.'S, POLLEN STREET. T\ O O R MATS, Is 9d each, \j at MEAItS AND C O.'S, POLLEN STBEET.