Owners of dogs are reminded that their canine pets must be registered before 30^th Sept.

The cattle sale advertised for Wednesday at Bodalla by M. and J. O’Reilly attracted a very large attendance of buyers from Bega, Cobargo, Tilba, Moruya, Araluen, Braidwood and Goulburn. Springers were sold from £5 to £10 10s per head, but fat bullocks were passed in when bidding ceased at £7 7s 6d. A few light and draught horses were sold from £6 to £8 12s 6d.

Jack Cameron, a student of St. Patrick’s College, Goulburn, and son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Cameron, of Tilba Public School, died on 29^th ult. From pleurisy and pneumonia. Deceased was a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. White, of Nelligen.

Hospital Ball. – After a series of euchre parties, fundraising evenings, golf and tennis tournaments the annual effort for the Moruya District Hospital culminated in a successful ball on Tuesday night. There was good attendance, especially of visitors from Nelligen, Bateman’s Bay and Bodalla. The whole of the interior of the Centennial Hall had been hidden by the nimble fingers of the many workers. Overhead were streamers of black and white, adorned with cerise butterflies which gave the necessary touch of brightness to the sombre background. Beneath the proscenium hung Chinese lanterns to tone. The energetic workers on the decorative committee were Mesdames Finch, Starr, Armstrong, Cutler, Anderson, Misses Carden, Luck, Armstrong, Jermyn and Quilter. …

General regret was expressed when the news reached Moruya on Friday that Mr. Jack Turner had passed away that day in Goulburn District Hospital. Deceased, who was the eldest son of the late Mr. George Turner, and of Mrs. Turner of “Lyndwood,” was only 38 years of age, and had been suffering from lung trouble for about 12 months. On the advice of Dr. Cutler, Mr. Turner, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. J. Ryan and husband, left the humid atmosphere of the coast for a drier climate of the west, but on reaching Goulburn the invalid was too weak to continue the journey, and was admitted to hospital. In spite of all the care and attention bestowed upon him in that institution for nine weeks, his demise took place as above stated. The body, encased in a leaden and richly mounted cedar coffin, was brought to his mother’s residence at Moruya on Saturday. The funeral took place on Sunday, the lengthy concourse testifying to the high esteem in which deceased was held. Besides a widowed mother deceased leaves two brothers, George and James (Moruya), Mrs. Albert Simpson (Kiama), Mrs. W. H. Milliken (Kiora), Mrs. E. Simpson (Bowral), Miss Isabel Turner (Moruya), Mrs. Symon (Kiama), and Miss Philomena (Moruya). …