Compiled from the Daily Advertiser
by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society
25 Years Ago
- More than 1000 people watched 240 Gumi’s compete in the 20th and final Gumi Race on the Murrumbidgee River.
- Councillors are divided on what to do with the Hampden bridge and have applied for a $100,000 grant to conserve the bridge by building a roof over it.
- Anthony Paul, a prominent founding member of Central Wagga Apex was recently appointed as the fifth life member of the club after 22 years of service.
- Rosina Grosse won an Australian Achievement Award recognising her outstanding community service in Wagga and for her achievements by and for people with disabilities.
- Collingullie public school principal, Graeme Dutton is pictured in the Daily Advertiser with 1995 school captains, Joe Dennis and Leanne Meyers.
- Guy Maloney, Claire King, Ben Pfitzner and Rosalind Read all students of Jill Chappelow at the Riverina Conservatorium scored Distinction Awards in the latest round of AMEB Musicianship exams.
- Clare Ryan a Year 11 student at Trinity Senior High School who works part-time at Cannons Kooringal and last year was school captain at Mount Erin High School is this week’s Rotary Young Achiever.
- Sandie Parsons, nurse unit manager of the day surgery unit at Calvary Hospital has been awarded a scholarship to attend the first International and third European Congress on Day Surgery in Brussels.
- The Rotary Club of South Wagga is holding its fourteenth annual Antiques Fair at the Kyeamba Smith Hall.
- The granddaughter of Edgar Martin Perdriau who was the winning owner of the 1937 Wagga Gold Cup has written the Murrumbidgee Turf Club to advise that her family would like to present the trophy to the club.
- Reg Reeves has been appointed to the sales team at Stadium Car Sales in Edward Street.
- The Lady Mayoress’ Charity Concert, now in its eighth year featured the backing of the Australian Army Band Kapooka led by Captain Patrick Pickett with all proceeds going to the Wagga Base Hospital appeal.
- Wagga branch member of the Commonwealth Development Bank, Max Macadam has retired after 34 years’ service with the bank.
50 Years Ago
- Tony Quinlivan who started his own business five years ago after working as the men’s wear buyer at Edmondsons since 1953 has now opened a new men’s wear store in recently completed premises opposite the Post Office.
- Wagga City Council has been told that the Hampden Bridge may be under repair for another three or four months with the Department of Roads agreeing to install traffic lights to allow a free flow of traffic.
- Christian Brothers High School hosted this year’s Combined High Schools Swimming Carnival at the Wagga Baths.
- Wagga’s population is estimated to be 27,580 which is 400 more than in the year ended June 1968.
- Deputy regional controller for Wagga’s Civil Defence said the organisation as urgently in need of more members after only one new member responded to a recent appeal for additional members.
- A two-bedroom house in a quiet central street within walking distance of the South Wagga. Bowling Club is being advertised as a bowler’s dream house with an asking price of $17,900.
- Seibel Bros. is the success tenderer for new accommodation at Mt Austin High School including twelve new classrooms and two science laboratories.
- Deep’s Wagga is selling Men’s Sport Trousers for $5.99, Men’s Tropical Pyjamas for $1.50 and Ladies Nyloque Slips for $1.99.
- Fourteen entries have been received in the Wagga Centenary songwriting competition.
- Frank O’Connor had a convincing win in the final of the Wagga and District Bowling Association State singles played at the Wagga RSL Club.
- Service Director, Tom McMullen said that Wagga Apex Club has launched a project to equip the Wagga Blood Bank with a $125 refrigeration unit.
- The fabulous Sandy Scott is appearing in concert at the Leagues Club Football Social.
- Wagga City Council is promoting Wagga’s Local Government Centenary by entering a float in Melbourne’s Moomba procession.
- More than 70 people attended a meeting, in the Wesley Hall, chaired by the Mayor, Ald. Harris which decided to form a Wagga Group of the Australian Association for Better Hearing.
- The Southern Riverina County Council has installed a special paper shredding machine the first of its type to be used in Australia.
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 visit our website at https://www.wwdhs.org.au/about-us/members
