After an enforced rest, Mr. W. Flanagan, who severely bruised his leg at the Quarry Works, is on the improve.

Through missing a dog (which he was hunting away from the door) and striking a post, Mr. C. Donnelly has been confined to his room with a sprained ankle.

During the terrific heat on Monday Mr. H. P. Jeffery’s 12 months’ old champion Berkshire boar died. The owner gave a high price for this pure-bred pig at the last R. A. Show sales.

To celebrate her coming of age, Miss Gwen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jeffery, of “Summerhill,” was on Tuesday evening tendered an enjoyable surprise party by her numerous friends.

On Monday whilst the bush fires were at their worst, the alarm was given that Mr. E. Heffernan’s home at Moggendoura was in danger. About 40 townspeople immediately went out and a few hours of strenuous work effected a good save.

Nerrigundah. (From our Correspondent.) Bush fires are raging all around the Gulph. On Sunday night about 20 men were fighting the flames all night and had some difficulty in saving the local battery, and Mr. D. Coe’s house. Mr. O’Toole’s place had a bad time, all his grass paddocks at Deep Creek being swept clean, and also Mr. C. Wilson’s hill paddock. Today the fire was all around Mr. Hattley’s property and is still raging in the hills.

 About forty-five years ago the Police Station and Warden’s Office were removed from Nerrigundah giving miners the trouble and expense of travelling to Wagonga to apply for a claim on the Nerrigundah gold field, and now the unfortunate miner is saddled with the expense of a journey to Bodalla. The Nerrigundah people have petitioned the Government to leave the present buildings at Nerrigundah as they are, so that when the field booms again there will not be the necessity of rebuilding, as was the case on the previous occasion. Nerrigundah is the principal centre of the gold field and the Warden’s Office should still remain here.

Bodalla. (From our Correspondent.) The thermometer here as in other portions of the Coast has been creating records – 108 degrees being registered by the Commonwealth Official thermometer on Monday 8^th and Monday 15^th. Rain is badly needed though the Bodalla Flats are standing the dry spell well.

Messrs. Southam and Sutherland have commenced operations on the bridge over the Tuross. The bridge will be a boon during flood time to the settlers over the river.

Amusu Theatre. THE HEART OF A SIREN, featuring Barbara La Marr and Conway Tearle, in a dramatic story of a women who played with love, also Katherine McDonald in the SCARLET LILY, a big feature with a big cast.

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