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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3050, 23 November 1878, Page 4

Atlas in The World says :—A muchadmired dress* in the Park last week has excited some curiosity, as to its construction. 1 have the permission of the fair owner and designer—an Irish beauty, by the way—'-to reveal the secret. It was made of thirty-nine silk pockethandkerchiefs (you know the blue and white things that stick out of all fashionable breastpockets just now), and parasol and hat were all en- suite. The, effect of the "symphony in spots," as a passing Whistlerite called it, was really very pretty.

A good thing (when about to buy a watch or any article of jewellery), is to have ii large assortment to select from. To realise the above go to Wilkes, th« old established Watch-maker and Jeweller, Shortland. Custouueis wanted for watches, clocks} and jewel* lory. Established, 1867.---LApVT.iI

Mb Wm. McCuiiotTGH having been appointed agotifc on the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, is prepared to take risks at tbo lowest rates. Ihe Imperial Com puny was' established in 1803, and has a cipitaf oi £1,600,00,0, with its head office at Mo. 1, Old Broad Btreet, London. The Melbourne directory has upon it some of the most iniluenjiul men in that city, and the name the Company has gamed for itaelf by its prompt iuid liberal settlement of claims, while charging moderate rates, Las secured a large amount of business not only iv Australian Colonies, but'in all parts of the world in which agencies iiave been,eßtablisbed.— Ajdvt.

HOLLOW AY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.^- Disorders of the throat arid chest.—Whoever has once made trial of these-invaluable remedies can truthfully hear testimony to their astonishing efficacy, their curative and preservative powers 'against the many maladies of winter. The Ointment, rtibbed on the chest, acts most beneficially in arresting inflammation, irritation, congestion, and all pectoral complaints. In ulcerated sore throat, diphtheria, mumps, quinsey, and similar 1, ailments, the Ointment should be'well rubbed upon the throat and summit of the chest at least twice a day, while the Pills are taken internally, according to the plainly printed directions. Holloway's remedies constitute in themselves a perfect safeguard against most diseases dependent upon changeable'or. inclement ■weather. They eoantcract the sources of disease