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100 Years Ago – 19 January 1924

Saturday, 26th Jan. (Anniversary Day) has been gazetted a public holiday throughout the State, and not the 28th as anticipated. The holiday will be observed at the Post Office as usual, the office being open from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. No money order business will be transacted. All mails close at 10 a.m. Our…
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100 Years Ago – 5 January 1924

The name of John L. Stormon, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Stormon, of Eurobodalla, appears amongst the successful students in pharmacy at the recent University examinations gaining credit in chemistry. The Chief Secretary (Mr. Oakes) announced that the open season for quail of every species is to be closed for the years 1924 and…
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100 Years Ago – 22 December 1923

Record heat experienced here last Saturday – 104 in the shade. [40°c] Monday and Thursday, 25th and 27th Dec., have been gazetted public holidays for Moruya and a radius of 10 miles therefrom. It is needless to remind our sporting fraternity that Bodalla’s annual pony race will take place on Boxing Day, as this popular…
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100 Years Ago – 15 December 1923

At Moruya Police Court before Mr. Cohen, P.M., charges against the licensee of the Royal Hotel & two persons for drinking after hours were dropped. The death of Mrs. Edward Brown took place at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Claude Smith, Gundary. On Wednesday. Mrs. Brown, who has been an invalid for many months,…
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100 Years Ago – 8 December 1923

The hot westerlies experienced during the past few months have had a disastrous effect on pastures. Latest reports state that the condition of the Director of the Commonwealth Immigration Bureau, Mr. Lionel J. Hurley, formerly of Moruya, and son-in-law of Mr. S. W. Bate of Central Tilba, is improving. Mr. Hurley was accompanying Mr. Penleigh…
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100 Years Ago -1 December 1923

In connection with the London College of Music an examination will be conducted at the Amusu Theater on Monday next, at which ten of Mrs. A. H. Preddey’s pupils will sit as candidates. At a well-attended meeting of suppliers to Tilba Tilba cheese factory last week, it was decided to build a new factory on…
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100 Years Ago – 24th November 1923

Messrs. J. Neale (Nelligen), P. Bill and W. Linkenbagh have donated a silver cup for competition amongst Batemans Bay, Mogo, Nelligen and Benandra cricket clubs. That champion canvasser, Mr. J. Coppin, jnr., quite excelled himself this year by collecting the handsome sum of £22 13s 6d at Gundary in members’ subscriptions and special prizes for…
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100 Years Ago – 17th November 1923

Little Lord Fauntleroy at the Amusu to-night, Saturday. 10,000 feet of the most fascinating picture. The annual-general meeting of the Moruya Pony Race Club was held in the Shire Hall on Monday night. … The following committee were elected: – Messrs. G. Constable, A. Cooper, A. Louttit, W. Ryan, J. Lynch, R. Spinks, P. Donnelly,…
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100 Years Ago – 10th November 1923

* * * Part 1: Special Bodalla Edition * * * M. and J. O’Reilly and Richardson and Wrench are offering special terms for the two unsold farms, “Mortfield” and “Elizabeth,” of the first subdivision at Bodalla. The first auction sale where these farms failed to sell was held 11th April 1923 with 13 individual…
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100 Years Ago – 27th October 1923

Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.L.A., forwards the following from the Public Works Dept.:- “Following on my letter of 20th September, I am directed by the Minister to inform you that an officer of this Department visited Narooma on the 27th September and examined the source of the proposed water supply for that village from Dromedary…
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100 Years Ago – 20th October 1923

Messrs. Richardson and Wrench, in conjunction with M. and J. O’Reilly, report the sale of “West Flat,” Farm, Bodalla, to Mr. Harry Bridges, and M. and J. O’Reilly report the sale of Mr. Bridges’ farm at Tilba Tilba to Mr. Clive Wright. A special committee meeting of Moruya Race Club was held on Tuesday night,…
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100 Years Ago – 6th October 1923

Mr. Arch. Barclay, we are sorry to report, commemorated the opening of his new oyster saloon at Bateman’s Bay on Saturday, by running the oyster knife right through his hand. Variety is the spice of life. We have this week been visited by hot westerlies, cold westerlies, chilling southerlies, sleet, light rain, lightening gales, dust,…
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100 Years Ago – 29th September 1923

Many old landmarks were uprooted by last week’s cyclone, amongst them being the stately old poplars at Mungerarie House, the home of Mrs. W. Collett, senr. Mr. Lewis Collett, of “Terrimbee Farm,” had the misfortune to have a 6-year-old draught horse killed through a tree falling on it during the tornado last week. The animal,…
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100 Years Ago – 22 September 1923

Mr. Godfred Hanscom is installing the electric light throughout his residence in Queen St. and also throughout his father’s shop and dwelling. The 30 lights will be run by a Delco plant. There died at his residence, Gundary, on Wednesday, Mr. John Corrigan, at the age of 64 years. “Jack,” as he was familiarly called,…
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100 Years Ago – 15 September 1923

At the request of the Mines Department a parcel of highly mineralized stone from Mr. G. G. Johnson’s claim at Donkey Hill was shipped this week to the London Exhibition. Mr. H. J. Thomson, who purchased Ninderra Estate from Mr. H. E. Simpson, has disposed of one sub-division to Miss Mary Boot and another to…
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100 Years Ago – 8 September 1923

Householders should begin now to make an onslaught on flies both large and small, as it is feared we shall have a plague of these germ carriers, during the Summer months, on account of the large number of carcasses (the breeding grounds of the housewife’s worst pest) lying about the out-bush paddocks. Since our last…
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100 years Ago – 1 September 1923

Under the guidance of Mr. C. Carter, Miss Dulcie Louttit has passed successfully her examination for entrance to Hereford House Teachers’ College. Mitchell Brothers have just installed a fine machine at their Narooma Sawmill. It is a contrivance for emptying the sawdust trucks. This enterprising firm intends putting a tractor on the road shortly for…
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100 years Ago – 25 August 1923

Publicans are reminded that R. B. Heffernan will offer for sale, to-day at 2.30 p.m., at Carden’s Hotel, the booth for the forthcoming Ploughing Match. A committee meeting of the Moruya Race Club was held on Tuesday night. In the absence of the President (Mr. J. McKeon) Mr. J. R. Milne was voted to the…
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100 years Ago – 4 August 1923

By advertisement it will be seen that Mr. Raymond Byrne, of Bodalla, is placing his fine new 22 h.p. Ford lorry at the service of residents of Bodalla and surrounding districts. As well as carrying general goods, he is prepared to convey picnic parties to any part of the country. A silo recently destroyed by…






























