25th November 2023
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society.
25 Years Ago
- National President of the Pharmacy Guild, John Bronger officially opened a new $1.3 million laboratory for pharmacy students at Charles Sturt University.
- Wagga Motors is celebrating its 48th Anniversary and the 50th Anniversary of Holden in Australia.
- Employment National, Radio FM93 and the Daily Advertiser are working together to generate $1 million worth of Wagga jobs in the next fortnight.
- More than 120 people attended an auction which saw the 10-room Victorian Villa, “Bredagh” at 46 Coleman Street passed in at $320,000.
- Wagga woman and former NSW Parents and Citizens Association president, Ros Brennan confirmed that she will stand as a Country Summit candidate for the Upper House.
- Jarrod Meacham claimed the coveted A grade title at the Wagga Country Club’s championships.
- Ian Mortimer, father of Steve, Peter, Chris and Glen and foundation member of the Kooringal Magpies Rugby League Club has been honoured by the club with life membership.
- The original Gissing’s Pharmacy dating from 1919 has closed in Fitzmaurice Street and is relocating to the Sturt Mall.
- Anne and Philip Goldsmith, Elizabeth Knight, Sue Maclennan, Kirsty Davies, Adrian, and Kim van der Rijt were among those pictured in the Daily Advertiser attending a Wagga Base Hospital charity cocktail fundraiser at the Magpies Nest.
- Mt Austin Cricket Club captain Gary Burkinshaw presented club patron Jack Mission with a plaque recognising his outstanding service to cricket in Wagga.
- Weekend of Champions spokesperson, Peter McAlister is pictured in the Daily Advertiser with “The Golden Greats Bat” signed by 14 international cricket legends which will be auctioned this weekend.
- South Wagga Butchery in Edward Street is selling Whole Yearling Rumps for $5.95 kg, Leg Ham, half or full for $6.50 kg and Tasty Thick Sausages, 4 kg for $7.50.
- Rita Cameron and Michelle Wakem representing the Leagues Club Slimmers delivered gifts valued at $200 to the Wagga Base Hospital children’s ward.
- A plan to widen the Marshall’s Creek Bridge in Hammond Avenue from two lanes to four has been placed on the forward works program of the Roads and Traffic Authority.
- Wagga company Teasco, with directors, Shane Wilcox, Rod Matthews, and Tim Goold has won a million-dollar contract to supply windows for the upgraded Sydney international airport.
- About 50 Estella residents met to object to a higher density development proposed for McKeown Street and Osprey Place.
50 Years Ago
- Mt Austin High School captains, Jenny Tunley and Graham Woods presented to the school an impressive portrait painted by school parent Mrs Barbara Kerridge, of Mr Colin Stewart Oliver, the school’s inaugural principal, who died suddenly last year.
- First prize in the Tumut Show Society’s Pastures Competition was awarded to Ray Binks of “Bangarlee” by competition judge, Dr Jim Pratley lecturer in plant sciences at the Wagga Agricultural College.
- 200 teachers from Wagga and District schools attended a stop-work meeting in the old RSL Hall to listen to an address by the Riverina representative of the NSW Teachers Federation, Mr Ken Fletcher.
- Glenda Koetz, employed by Bell’s Soft Drinks is pictured in the Daily Advertiser holding two of the trophies to be won in this years Lions Club Christmas Parade.
- South Wagga Lions Club is conducting a door knock on Sunday to sell Lions Club Christmas cakes for $1.90 each.
- Helen Thompson of the Kooringal Guide Company was presented with a Queens Guide badge.
- Mt Austin High School sprint champion, Barbara Webster will run for NSW against Queensland in the interstate CHS athletic carnival to be held at Lang Park in Brisbane next month.
- Mates in Gurwood and Bourke Streets are selling Orlando Starwine, 2 bottle giftpack with glasses for $3.77, Devondale Ice Cream, half gallon for 55 cents and Kraft Cheddar Cheese, 1Ib for 56 cents.
- The Wagga International Club has arranged for St Nicholas to make his annual pilgrimage along Wagga’s main street on Saturday atop a white horse.
- Principal, Mr A Hopper, said that Wagga Public School’s annual fete raised more than $2,000.
- Outstanding 15-year-old Wagga tennis player Paul Ferguson has been selected in the NSW Combined High School’s team to tour New Zealand in December and January.
- Renovations have begun to convert an old warehouse in Railway Street into a new Waratah Industries workshop.
- A pre-Christmas play centre for children which will open for five days at a cost of $5 per child has been organised by the Wagga Sport and Recreation Service.
- Three of Wagga’s leading hotels, the Farmer’s Home, Palm and Pawn and Tourist are in the process of changing management.
- Detective-Sargeant, Norman Sheather who has given 24 years of service to the Riverina Police District, with 18 years as a stock investigator, has been transferred to Hornsby CIB.
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
