Compiled from the Daily Advertiser
by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society
25 Years Ago
- A twelve-year-old boy died from an asthma attack while walking on Willans Hill with a friend.
- Outraged Wagga City councillors and senior staff are considering legal action over a letter from the Wagga Ratepayers and Citizens Association which they interpret as implying corruption in Council’s purchase of heavy equipment.
- Charles Sturt University honoured two of the earliest pioneers in its history, Peter Hastie and Wal Fife, in a special ceremony.
- Forty diners attended the inaugural Barter’s Wine and Food Society at Barters Restaurant together with bon vivant, Peter Madden and his wife Judith from Sydney.
- Charles and Nell Meacham are celebrating 60 years of marriage citing friendship, co-operation and plenty of hard work as the recipe for marriage success.
- Former long serving member of the Wagga Leagues Club and well-known sports administrator, Roy Harding has died following a long battle with cancer.
- Central Wagga residents, meeting at the Home Hotel, have called on Wagga City Council to address several concerns about the proposed Travers Street bridge.
- Retiring principal of Trinity Senior High School, Brother Carl Sherrin expressed disappointment at the end of religious order control of the school.
- Three Wagga City Councillors have sought to overturn a decision to close Thorne Street at Edward Street.
- ACTU secretary, Bill Kelty speaking as chairman of the National Task Force on Regional Development addressed a public hearing held in Wagga.
- Wagga City skippered by Gordon Nixon won the RAFC Bowling Club sixth annual invitation triples tournament.
- Despite a long waiting list at the hospital, an orthopaedic surgeon has left Wagga due to an inability to gain hours on Wagga Base Hospital’s surgery list.
50 Years Ago
- More than 700 people attended the annual Mt Erin High School Speech night with Bishop of Wagga, the Most Rev. F P Carroll addressing the gathering and presenting prizes.
- Ian Bell who last year played Othello in Peter O’Shaughnessy’s production is speaking poetry and prose at the Wagga Music Club’s concert.
- Ladies blouses for $3 and linen skirts are included in Edmondson’s 104th Birthday sale on now.
- 200 people attended a public exhibition by the Riverina Lapidary Club at their rooms in Small Street.
- Frederick Button, architect was the first nomination received for the upcoming Wagga City Council elections.
- Ald Errolla Heard and former Mayor, Ald Ivan Jack have both decided against seeking re-election at the Wagga City Council poll on December 7.
- Mrs Peberdy was made a life member and John Pratt was elected president of the Wagga District Pony Club and at the Club’s Annual General Meeting.
- About 380 people attended the Woodstock and Goulburn PLC Old Collegians Ball at the Wagga Police Boys Club.
- Pictured in the Daily Advertiser chatting between dances at the PLC Ball was Miss Shelley Belben of Boree Creek and Mr Philip Goldsmith of Wagga.
- SRCC Chief Engineer, Mr H Wilson will meet with Wagga City Council’s Engineer, Town Planner and Building Inspector to overcome problems caused by rapid expansion and sporadic development in the city.
- The Wagga and District Car Club held the ninth round of the NSW State Championship Motorkhana Series at the Kurrajong Reserve.
- President, Mrs Nita Dunn and Vice-President Mr R J Speirs are pictured in the Daily Advertiser admiring a “Josephine Ruce” rose at the Wagga Rose Show held at St Andrews Hall.
