Wagga mayor, Pat Brassil, was elected chairman of the powerful Country Mayor’s Association.

Member for Wagga, Joe Schipp MP, said Wagga could have its long-awaited new police station in three years if appeals to government were successful.

Paul Rumble, from Broken Hill, has been appointed to succeed Brother Carl Sherrin as principal at Trinity Senior High School and Peter Dewhirst from Wellington appointed to succeed Graham Kennedy as principal at St Michael’s High School.

Former Wagga Police Citizens Youth Club secretary-manager, Pat Kain, is among those attending a reunion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the club.

Well-known businessman, Peter Davies expressed his “disgust” at the spate of break and enters that have rocked Wagga’s business community.

2WG personality, Scott Levi is pictured with Sister Fiona Alexander, in The Daily Advertiser giving a blood donation as part of an appeal by the blood bank for more stocks.

David Moore and John Ingold won a Wagga City Pistol Club contest.

A fiery meeting of Wagga’s Hampden Bridge Child Care Centre management committee saw seven of the ten members resign.

Wagga police will begin a blitz on illegal parking following complaints made to council about cars parking on nature strips and across footpaths.

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Member for Wagga, Wal Fife officially switched on the new traffic lights on the corner of Edward and Baylis street.

Mr Fife revealed that Wagga had the highest number of road deaths of any country centre with 12 people killed last year, six more than in Albury.

Some secondary school students had arrived late for recent examinations because their bus was delayed when stock blocked traffic across the Hampden Bridge.

Tom Sumsky defeated Geoff Stacey but was in turn defeated by Warren Smith in the single wicket cricket tournament at Robertson Oval.

Bishop of Wagga, the Most Rev FP Carroll was special guest at the first Trinity Senior High School Graduation Ball held at the Police Boys Club and attended by 450 people.

A number of abattoir employees have been receiving only two or three days work a week with very low numbers of livestock submitted for slaughter.

Nurses, Diane Levett and Heather McPhail are pictured in The Daily Advertiser proudly displaying certificates after their graduation at Wagga Base Hospital.

Secretary of the Christ in Christmas committee, Colin Baker said without financial assistance there would be no nativity scene in the Memorial Gardens this year.