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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3107, 1 February 1879, Page 4

Quicksilver.—The nimble sixpence. A snake was recently caught in a Welsh church by '• charming " him from his retreat by the music of a harmonium. A snake is probably the only living creature that can be " charmed by a harmonium. And no doubt the reptile preferred to come out and die rather than to listen any longer to its strains. ' x Mb Wm. McOtaaoua-K having been appointed agent on the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, is prepared to take risks at the lowest rates. The Imperial Company was established iv 1803, and has a capital of £1,600,000, with its her»d office at No. 1, Old Broad street, London. The Mel. bourne directory has upon it some of the mo»t influential men in that city, and th,6 name the Company has gained for itself by its proupt and liberal settlement of claims, Vrhile charging moderate ratesi has secured a la tge amount of business not only in Australian Colouieß, but in all parts of the world in wh ioh agencies hare been established.-—Advx.