Compiled from the Daily Advertiser
by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society
25 Years Ago
- Wagga police continued their crackdown on graffiti crime with the arrest of two Wagga men and two Wagga juveniles.
- Landscaping of an 8064 square metre park to feature a formal park, tennis courts and a playground facing Gunn Drive and Schooner Place has begun at Estella.
- Tom Watson, a senior lecturer at Charles Sturt University has been awarded life membership of the Lecturers’ Association of NSW.
- Michelle Swan and her family won $50,000 in the grand final of Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show.
- New South Wales Liberal Party President, Bill Heffernan called for a merger of conservative political parties to represent “non-Labor Australia”.
- Wagga Artist, Cynthia Smith is pictured in the “Daily Advertiser” with her three-dimensional platter entitled “Cup of Tea” at an exhibition arranged by the Creative People of the Riverina group.
- Host club champion, Cole Levy was the provisional winner before being disqualified for a technical rule infringement at the annual RAAF Open Shield final round golf at Forest Hill.
- Wagga Tidy Town Awards were presented by Mayor Pat Brassil and Southern Riverina County Council general manager John Goldsworthy with Mr McPherson of McCullough Drive awarded for best overall garden.
- Plans have been unveiled for a $13 million upgrade of the Sturt Mall to include construction of a Franklin’s Big Fresh supermarket and under cover parking.
- Michael Hornby, Wagga manager of the Smith Family is leaving Wagga to take up a role as Queensland manager of the Smith Family in Brisbane.
- Wagga Gymnast, Richard Peverell was named in the MLC Top 200 at a special presentation at the Australian Institute of Sport.
- Grace Bros Wagga manager, Adrian Le Loux who took over from Glenn Bruce in February has resigned from the company.
- Marie Sommerville, Joan Day and Nancye White were among those attending a Christmas luncheon for ex-prisoners of war held at the Commercial Club.
- Seventy military parachutists are in Wagga this week for the Australian Defence Force Parachute Association Championships.
50 Years Ago
- More than 100 people attended an Industrial Development Symposium organised by South Wagga Apex Club at the Leagues Club.
- Local Wagga firm, Bells Soft Drinks has been taken over by Cottees General Foods.
- Following a report by Weeds Inspector Mr K G Pither, Kyeamba Shire Council will prosecute several landholders who have failed to take reasonable measures to eradicate Paterson’s Curse.
- Twenty-two nurses from Wagga Base Hospital who have graduated, following their exams, received their certificate and badge at a ceremony held at the Police Boys Club followed in the evening by their graduation ball.
- Ian Duff is pictured in the Daily Advertiser with Diane Armstrong at his 21st birthday party held at the Commercial Club.
- Kooringal Public School Parents and Citizens Association, Treasurer, Jim Laing, said that this year’s Fete had raised $1476.
- A new wheat storage is under construction adjacent to the rail siding at Forest Hill.
- Mr J T A Gibson has been appointed manager of the Bank of NSW replacing Mr J E Wilson who has been transferred to Camden.
- Major improvements valued at $5.5 million are announced for Wagga RAAF Base.
- A Wagga man was fined $50 for negligent driving after colliding with and uprooting an electric light pole.
- Young canoeists, Arthur Paterson and Glen Coventry are pictured on Lake Albert in the Daily Advertiser.
- Mr John Eddy who was previously secretary-manager of the Forbes Bowling Club is taking over from Lindsay Carr as secretary of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club.
- Wagga City Council will spend $9,000 improving the Wollundry Lagoon and landscaping in the vicinity of the Civic Theatre.
Membership of the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society is open to anyone with an interest in the local and regional history of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. For more information about us and information on how to join our Society please visit our website at https://www.wwdhs.org.au/about-us/members
