Court Rejects Claim Against Rail Commissioner
SYDNEY, Fri.--A claim against the State Railway Commissioner by a returned soldier for short paid wages was rejected by Mr…
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Courts & crime, 1944
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Mother Charged With Child Murder
BRISBANE, Mon.--Mrs. Phyllis May Cooper, housewife, of Toowoomba, appeared in the Police Court to-day on a charge…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.--Victor Lindsay Dowling (19), soldier, was sent to gaol for five years for the manslaughter of his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Young Soldiers Fined £10 Each For Theft At Grafton
Two young soldiers, A.W.L. from the A.I.F.. were fined £ 10 each for theft, by Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…
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Charles Vivian Clift pleaded not guilty yesterday, at Grafton' Court' of Petty Sessions, before Mr. T. H. Brooke. P.M.. to a charge of having stolen one…
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NEW YORK, Mon.--The Japanese murdered there-quarters of the crew after torpedoing a U.S. Liberty ship in the Indian…
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Charges of having insufficient lawful means of support and of having Wandered with an aboriginal female, were made against James Henry Lawson (52),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Banzat Assault Smashed by Americans at Aitape
General MacArthur's Headquarters, Thurs.--Desperate Japanese troops hurled themselves against the right flank of the American position in the Aitape sector of Northern New Guinea on Monday, in two typical "banzai" attacks, which were smashed up,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans Murder Nineteen Canadians on French Rr0nt
LONDON, Wed.—The coldblooded murder of 19 Canadians by men of the 12th S.S. Panzer Division, on June 8, in…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--An undisclosed number of prisoners of war escaped from a prisoner of war camp near Cowra at 2…
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LISMORE, Tues.--New Caledonai as the first leg of an intended trip to America is claimed by the police to have been the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Albert Sydney Anderson, of Surry Hills, was charged at the Redfern Court to day with having attempted to…
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KEMPSEY, Wed.--In Kemphset Court to-day, Septimus Ryan was committed for trial on September 27, on a chatge of shooting…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--In future all ranks of the New South Wales police force will wear an open necked tunic and collars and ties…
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LISMORE, Mon --The disappearance of the racing greyhound Stratheden Lass an hour before she was due to start in the main…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--An allegation that a Detective' Inspector sitting beside the Prosecutor, was trying by his looks to influence a…
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Not to-morrow night, not next week, but to-night the Police and Firemen's. Ball will feature, many attraction for dancers, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Allies Land in South of France New Assault Opened in Great Strength
LONDON, Tues.--Allied forces are now fighting in the south of France as well as in the north, the new assault having opened up in great strength. A special communique from Mediterranean Headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fifteen Debutantes Parade At Police & Firemen's Ball
A feature of the Police and Firemen's Ball at the Trocadero Hall, Grafton, last night, was the parade of 15 debutantes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court
Police Magistrate T. H. Brooke paid bis monthly visit to Dorrigo on Wednesday last, and at the Court House, the following cases were…
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