6th January 2024
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society.
25 Years Ago
- Founders of Kendell Airlines, Don and Elish Kendell were presented with a joint Premiers Award for Community Service by Member for Wagga, Joe Schipp.
- Lake Albert was a popular place to beat Wagga’s scorching heat with Angela Brown, and Chantelle Tyler pictured in the Daily Advertiser enjoying a refreshing dip.
- Wagga Councillors are divided on the future of Wagga’s Hampden Bridge with some, including Peter Dale suggesting that expenditure on its maintenance would be wasted particularly as council’s rural bridges need more maintenance expenditure.
- Turvey Park Girl Guides Hall was gutted by fire in the early hours of the morning.
- Oura farmer, Leigh Campbell, a former coalition supporter has declared himself as an independent candidate in the up coming State Election saying that an independent was best placed to represent the seat of Wagga.
- Almost $13,000 was raised for Canteen in this years Great Canoe Race from Gundagai to Wagga, organised by Scouts Australia.
- A three-day Riverina Rugby League development camp was held at Borambola which included leading Sydney players, Cliff Lyons, Scott Logan, and Chris Liekvall.
- George’s Turvey Tops supermarket is advertising the “cheapest everyday milk in Wagga”, 2 litre milk for $1.99.
- Three generations of the Martin family including Richard, Leah, Hannah, Adam, and Hayley Martin gathered at the Wagga City Golf Club to celebrate Wal Martin’s 90th birthday.
- Betty and Pat O’Brien celebrated their golden anniversary with family and friends at Golden Seasons Restaurant.
- Wagga motorists caught drinking in the lead-up to Christmas were spared no sympathy by magistrate Andy O’Donaghoe when a dozen drink drivers appeared before him.
- Woolworths has agreed to pay Wagga City Council $121,345 for infrastructure improvements including to the traffic lights on the corner of Morgan and Berry Street.
- Member for Wagga, Joe Schipp is supporting the Carr Government’s proposal to give courts discretion to name juvenile offenders convicted of serious crimes.
- The Aboriginal Heart Program, a new collaborative approach to aboriginal health, has been established in Wagga by the Greater Murray Area Health Service and the Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation.
- A man before court for his fifth malicious damage offence was jailed for two months in Wagga Local Court with Magistrate Andy O’Donaghoe adding that “the people of Wagga are sick of hooliganism and vandalism.”
50 Years Ago
- Wagga residents are paying up to nine cents more than Tumut residents for a “Pixie Loaf” of bread baked in Wagga by the Riverina Baking Company.
- Mr Eric Partridge, who arrived in Wagga in 1922, where he established Partridge’s Newsagency and has a long association with Wagga Rugby League and the Wagga sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen’s League, has died.
- Mt Austin High School’s new principal, Mr Frank Suzor, has arrived in Wagga and will replace the late Mr Colin Oliver who died in June last year although Mr Keith McGovern has been acting principal during the latter half of last year.
- Australian Rugby international, Tom Raudonikis was the guest speaker at a luncheon organised this week by the Wagga branch of the Sportsman’s Association.
- Wagga Apex Club has a demolition sale of second-hand building materials including bricks at $35 per 1000 and a quantity of very old historic split gum shingles on site at the corner of Tarcutta and Church Streets.
- Mrs Mavis Duff, cashed in on a $4,000 second prize on special lottery No.2411.
- Mr Gordon Braid was re-elected for his fourth term as Country Vice-President of the Motor Traders Association of N.S.W.
- Twenty-five fire units battled the largest fire in Illabo Shire this season at “Kooringal”, Harefield owned by Mr and Mrs Colin Lamont, taking three hours to control it.
- Four possible locations are being considered by Wagga City Council for a new garbage tip in Wagga.
- City Engineer, Mr Colin Knott, suggested that an application should be made to have a proposed bridge to the west of Wagga listed on the Department of Public Works program.
- The Wagga Childcare Action Group is promoting the establishment of private child-minding centres each capable of taking care of five to eight children of working mothers.
- Alcoholics Anonymous and its sister association Al-Anon are welcoming visitors to an “A A Rally” to be held over the weekend at the St. John’s Parish Centre.
- Wagga City Council is investigating the possibility of using solar energy to heat the diving pool at the Wagga Baths.
- Chairman of the Wagga ABC Concerts Committee, Mrs Edna Rafferty announced plans for the coming year beginning with a performance of the Sydney Symphony orchestra at the Plaza Theatre in March.
- More than 130 people will travel from Sydney and Melbourne this weekend to attend the 27th annual Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) Games to be held in Wagga.
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
