Ex-r.a.f. Launches for River Thames Police
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 5
R.A.F. high speed air-sea rescue launches have been converted for use by the Metropolitan Police of the River Thames Division. They are fitted with radio telephones and a searchlight on the top of the cabin. London's River Police are responsible for seventy-two miles' (116 kilometres) of the river, and are on the look out for runaway barges, smugglers and people attempting suicide. Every year more than fifty lives are saved by the vigilance of the London River Police. Picture shows: The "Patrick Colghoun," one of the converted R.A.F. launches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Wrong Side Truck Driver Fined at Bathurst Court
National Advocate · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 5
A truck driver said in Bathurst Court yesterday that after avoiding a collision with an oncoming lorry he saw "spark, smoke, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bank Case Referred to Full High Court Hearing on Feb. 9
National Advocate · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Thursday: In the High Court today, Mr. Justice Dixon ordered that the trading banks' appeal against the Commonwealth Government's banking legislation be referred to the Full High Court. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Assault
National Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2
A 50 years old man was arrested by Bathurst Police yesterday afternoon, and later charged at the police station with common assault. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentenced for Drunkenness Indecent Language
Central Western Daily · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 4
Raymond Jones, 28, was sentenced to a total of 38 days hard labor al the Orange Court yesterday on charges of having used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft Oe Bags Man Before Court
Central Western Daily · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1
A man will appear before the Orange Court this morning on a charge of having stolen £75 worth of goods,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Assault on Customer Cafe Owner Charged MELBOURNE
National Advocate · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1
Because a youth took up the time of a waitress by talking to her, the proprietor is alleged to have struck him over the head with an iron bar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol Inmates X-rayed at Goulburn
Central Western Daily · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4
More than 200 prisoners at the Goulburn Reformatory have been X-rayed by the Anti-T.B. Associationâs mobile clinic staff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Blitz on Sunday Shooting
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2
While patrolling roads. for people shooting on Sundays, Lithgow police yesterday questioned a youth who had been chased from a picnic area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Infiltrate To Invade Alleged Two Up School
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1
Employing military strategy to surround a billiard saloon in Wallerawang on Friday night Lithgow police, under the charge of Sgt. A. E. Sheldrick, officer in charge of Lithgow police office, assisted by Sgt. W. H. Kelly, eluded several…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunt for Sex Maniac Police Told of Bus Incident SYDNEY
National Advocate · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2
The police think that a man who attempted to strike up an acquaintance with a bus conductress on the Randwick run is the sex maniac who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Story of Assault
National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday: a 26-yeare-old married woman today told police that she was kidnapped at Central Station last night, taken to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Boy on Murder Charge
National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3
BRISBANE, Monday: At Landsborough a policeman has been the constant companion since January 3 of a 15 years old boy who has never…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Skull Fractured in Hotel Man Guilty Of Assault
Central Western Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1
Frederick William Weathrsten, 29, was found guilty of common assault at the Orange Quarter Sessions yesterday, but the jury made a strong recommendation for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquiry Into Gaol Escapee Warders to be Questioned
National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday: At least two warders from Long Bay gaol will be closely questioned when the Public Service Board holds an inquiry next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Youth Bound Over for Theft Last of Woollen Mills Cases
Central Western Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3
An 18-year oId boy. Mervyn Laurence [?] pleaded guilty at Orange Quarter Six[?] yesterday to strating 120…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Business in Court Appeal Dismissed
Central Western Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1
[?] business here of all I [?] know why Iâm here [?] judge [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Gaoled for Vagrancy Case at Bathurst Court
National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1
Joseph Henry Cummings (66) of no fixed place of abode who ws charged at Bathurst Court yesterday with vagrancy said he owned shares worth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Scares Radio Thieves Intruders Pose As Police Sydney
National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3
Another attempt to rob a radio shop in Sydney was made to-night when two men entered premises in Oxford St. Paddington but were scared off by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Suicide Threat Young Woman Before Court SYDNEY
National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2
In the Lunacy Court today evidence was given that a 23 years old. woman, who had claimed at Parramatta Court that she was a…
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