Mr. D. Innes, who had his leg broken through a fall of earth at the Pompey quarry works last week, is progressing as favourably as can be expected.

Miss Lily Colefax, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Colefax, of Gundary, under the tuition of Mr. Carter, of Dwyer’s Creek Public School, won an entrance into Sydney Girls’ High School.

Although the Tilba Tilba hotel has been delicensed no compensation has been paid. It will be of interest to the travelling public to note that the hotel will be open during show week, and traveller’s wants will be well catered for by Mr. and Mrs. Roche.

The agent of the Domestic Immigration Society, Mrs. B. MacDonald, is at present on tour, and in April will visit Moruya, staying at the Adelaide Hotel. If employment on the land or in the home can be secured, she engages to furnish abundance of help from Scotland. She will be glad to hear of openings on the land or in homes for workers to be supplied mostly from the North of Scotland.

Moruya Pony Races. OFFICIALS: President, Mr. G. Constable; Judge, Mr. W. Ryan; Starter, Mr. R. Spinks; Clerk of Scales, Mr. A. Louttit; Handicappers, Messrs. G. Constable and R. Whittaker; Secretary, Mr. J. Hansen. Through the heavy showers which fell on Tuesday night making the already soft track unsafe to race on, the Pony Club was compelled to postpone its annual meeting until Thursday. … On Thursday morning the sun shone out bright and warm, thus enticing the sports to again wend their way to our picturesque Park to participate in another day’s good racing. The racing throughout was exceptionally good, the events being well contested and interesting.

Tilba. (From our Correspondent) – We have had a grand summer and now Tilba is looking its best. Since the New Year we have had a plentiful supply of rain, much to the pleasure of farmers, and the district is one mass of green; Last Saturday evening a very enjoyable euchre party and dance was held in the Temperance Hall in the interest of the Agricultural Society. Miss Spiers and Mr. W. E. Griffiths were successful in the euchre tournament; Through the efforts of the local Progress Committee a large sign board is being erected at the cross road to Cobargo and Bermagui, drawing the attention of travellers to magnificent Wallaga Lake.

Advertisement: Opticians Visit. MR. BERTRAM ADCOCK, of Messrs. Adcock, Amos and Lovegrove, of 86 Hunter St., Sydney, may be consulted at Keating’s Hotel, Moruya, on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, and at “Blandford” Boarding House, Bateman’s Bay, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19th. Hours: 9 to 5 upon all matters relative to defective vision.

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