The foreman, Mr. Piggott, who will have a gang of ten workmen, has arrived and will commence the renovations to the local Post Office next Tuesday. In the meantime the telephone mechanics are busy removing the switch board.

Three more subscribers’ names have been added to the local telephone exchange, viz., Nurse Heffernan, Messrs. V. Ryan (Mynora), and W. Dennis (Turlinjah). When renovations have been made to the Post Office the list will be further increased by four.

The shearing of 700 sheep on Mr. L. Hawdon’s property “Kyla Park,” has just been finished, and the result of the wool clip is excellent. Mr. Hawdon also expects 80 per cent of lambs this season. Mr. C. Stockman, of Tuross, has also had a very satisfactory shearing of about the same number of sheep. It is the opinion of those well versed in the golden fleece industry that in no time much of our coastal land, particularly from Bergalia, will carry sheep instead of cattle, as it did in years gone by.

The old historic Bodalla Cheese Factories have now been merged into a Co-operative Company, which proposes operating two factories under separate Committees of Management with one Board representative of both governing the whole. At a meeting held last week, with the object of finalizing arrangements for taking over the factories from the proprietors of the Bodalla Estate, the following Directorate was elected: – Messrs. D. Hutchinson, H. J. Bate, H. Bridges, A. F. Emmott, and J. Crapp. The Company will retain the “Bodalla” brand, which has become a household word.

At Narooma last week a heavy lorry went on to the ferry punt, followed by Mr. Knight’s lorry. On arrival at the northern side, the heavy lorry left the punt, causing the stern of the punt to dip. … The result was the remaining lorry took a run backwards. The back wheels went over the end of the punt into the water. The punt was brought back to shallow water on the southern bank, where the lorry was eventually landed after much difficulty. Traffic was held up for an hour.

Mr. George Bellette, of Mogo, had a narrow escape from death through a limb of a tree falling on him and injuring his skull. On examination Dr. Cutler found it necessary to insert ten stitches in the wound, and the patient is now progressing favorably.

The Shire Council’s stone breaking plant has been transferred from Yarragee quarry to the Black Hill, and has been set up there to break stone for re-metalling Coila Flat, which work, it is expected, will be completed within three or four weeks. The plant will then be shifted to Bodalla, when re-metalling Tuross and Trunkitabella flats will commence.

Mr. H.P. Jeffery’s champion Berkshire sow has given birth to a fine litter of 14 pigs.