24th February 2024
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society.
25 Years Ago
- Don and Pauline Black from St Vincent de Paul along with Peggy Rynehart from the Asthma Foundation and Winnie Wooden, a Wendy Hucker Nursing Home and hospital visitor all received special volunteer awards at celebrations marking the 94th anniversary of the Rotary movement.
- The Claude Pulver Coronary Care/Intensive Care Unit at Calvary will become a reality in April following a bequest of $400,000 by Claude Pulver.
- At an annual event held at the Garden Court Restaurant, Ron Finemore from Finemores road transport group presented awards to 41 drivers who have accident-free records ranging from 5 to 15 years.
- The Wagga Ethnic Communities Council celebrated the Chinese New Year with a party at the ARCC Hall in Tarcutta Street.
- Malcolm and Maxine Nixon were pictured in the Daily Advertiser attending the Murrumbidgee Turf Club’s 100 Club evening.
- Lyn and Kevin Boys of The Place newsagency were robbed at knife point after opening the store at 4.40am.
- Murrumbidgee Turf Club president, Jim Bouffler presented a framed acknowledgement of Gold Cup Sponsorship to the winer, Peter Andersen, general manager (Southern NSW) for Austar pay television.
- Stacey Hoare, Bridie Lashbrook, Fiona Clark, Amy Brabin, Terri Weatherald, Rachel Dickson, and Emily Harris from Kooringal High School have been selected to play in the Riverina team at the Combined NSW High Schools softball championships.
- About 130 scouts from Wagga, Tumut, Gundagai, Coolamon, Junee, and Henty attended a colour parade and presentation of scouting awards at the Botanic Gardens.
- The first meeting of the new AFL (NSW-ACT) Commission southern region advisory board was held in Wagga.
- The new Bread Crock Bakery Café has opened in the Sturt Mall.
- A report presented by director of engineering services, Gary Wells, to Council says that the amount of money spent by Wagga City Council on its sealed road network is inadequate and needs to be boosted by more than $500,000.
- Wagga City Council has agreed to repay annual rates of $17,212.50 paid for Staunton Oval by the Wagga Leagues Club which has been asking for financial relief for some years.
- Wagga City Council has approved a three-terrace house development on a section of Crampton Street currently zoned for business.
- Sisters, Emily, and Rebecca Powell were two of the top performers at Mt Austin High School’s Swimming Carnival.
50 Years Ago
- The underground toilets in Forsyth Street have been demolished and filled and street reconstruction completed.
- About 350 old boys and Brothers attended a reunion dinner at the Kyeamba Smith Hall as part of celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the Christian Brothers arriving in Wagga.
- Proprietors, Brian Kennedy, and Jim Sullivan advised that the Tolland Hotel will open on Wednesday this week.
- Members of the newly formed Central Wagga Apex Club embarked on a massive clean up of the Willan’s Hill area.
- Wagga Police District’s new stock investigator, Lindsay Spence has taken up duties.
- Eleven people members of six families and representing five nationalities became Australians at a ceremony conducted by Wagga’s Mayor, Ald Morris Gissing.
- Lucky Grills Fun and Dames Revue was staged at the RSL Club.
- Bill Marsh who has served the Boy Scout Movement for 30 years will be presented with a service medal by the Governor-General, Sir Paul Hasluck.
- Jimmy Little is playing this weekend at the Wagga Leagues Club.
- Mr Aub Leslie retired from Hartwig’s, Wagga after 50 years’ service.
- Colonel R D F Lloyd has commenced duties as the new Commanding Officer at Kapooka Army Base.
- A 20-year-old student at the Riverina College was placed on a three-year good behaviour bond at Wagga Court of Petty Sessions on a charge of stealing $10 and a meal ticket from another student.
- Dr Bruce Harding, Chairman of the Wagga Base Hospital Honorary Medical Board said Wagga doctors have taken steps to have reports of a high infant mortality rate in the Murrumbidgee Hospital Region clarified.
- The official opening of the Wagga Commercial Women’s Bowling Club took place with the State President of the Women’s Bowling Association of NSW, Mrs Ethel Knox, rolling the first bowl.
- A Wagga café proprietor pleaded guilty to a charge of having cockroaches in his shop.
- The urgent need for better shopping facilities in the Ashmont area is one of the findings of a comprehensive survey conducted among Ashmont residents.
- Wagga real estate agent and auctioneer, Richard Bowen has been elected president of the Riverina and South-West Slopes branch of the NSW Real Estate Institute.
- Wagga businessman and sporting identity, Basil McMullen was elected president of Riverina Rugby Union.
- Work is beginning this week on construction of a shed for the Wagga Rowing Club at Lake Albert.
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