The band will play at the corner of Vulcan and Church Streets tonight, Mr. Weatherby having kindly offered to install a light in front of his garage for the benefit of the bandsmen.

Mr. T. Batt has completed the erection of a new library at the Mechanic’s Institute. The committee appointed and Secretary Carter are now busy cataloguing the books and setting the new addition in order.

The euchre party held at Mrs. P. Lynch’s residence, “Glenella,” on Tuesday night in aid of the Moruya Band Fund is said to have been one of the most successful ever held in the district. There was close on 150 people present, over 100 taking part in the tournament which resulted as follows: – Pair spurs (presented by Mr. F. Knight) Mr. P. Strahan; dessert spoons and forks (donated by public) Mr. Tom Honan; pipe (presented by Mr. J. Jordon) Mr. Jim Honan; knife (presented by Mr. Lex Johnson) Mrs. A. Ison; bottle perfume (presented by Mrs. A. F. Emmott) Miss. M. Morris; prize value 5/6 (presented by Mrs. J. R. Milne) Miss Turner. A jazz band of local artists supplied sweet harmony for the dancing. … The takings amounted to £12, which is indeed gratifying and which reflects great credit on the promoters, Mesdames P. Lynch and J. R. Milne, and Messrs. P. Lynch and E. Collett.

The sad intelligence reached here on Monday that Moruya girl Miss Jessie Boyd, aged 18, a knitter of Callan Street, Five Dock, had been knocked down by a motor lorry in Central Square that morning. She was on her way to work, and was crossing the street when the lorry struck her. The Civil Ambulance took her to Sydney Hospital, where she was pronounced extinct by Dr. Standish. Her neck had been broken. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. Boyd, formerly of Mogo and Moruya, and the grand-daughter of the late Mr.  and Mrs. R. Hellams, of Mogo.

The following cable appeared in Monday’s “Sun”: – LONDON, Monday Night. “Midshipman A. E. Good and J. W. Bull, of the Australian Navy, with Midshipman Jones, an Englishman, all students of the Naval Engineering College at Devonport, were sailing in a five-ton yacht in the Channel when it founded in a heavy squall. A tug dashed out and, after a good half an hour’s search found Bull and Good swimming, supported by an oar. They were rescued and taken to hospital. Jones was drowned.”

Midshipman Bull, who is a son of Dentist and Mrs. R. N. Bull, of Moruya, was, with his comrades, about to take a trip to Calais in the yacht. We are pleased to state that Mr. and Mrs. Bull received re-assuring news from the Naval Department on Thursday that their son is recovering from the shock and immersion.

Extracted from the Moruya Examiner by the Moruya and District Historical Society Inc.