Comic Court Out of Stakes
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Comic Courts was scratched from to-morrow's Caulfield Stakes late this afternoon…
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Courts & crime, 1949
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Face Big Pay-out On Comic Court
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Bookmakers who stand to lose a fortune if the hot favourite Comic Court wins the Caulfield Cup next Saturday are making desperate efforts to strengthen the field…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--Mr. Justice Dwyer will pass sentence on Laurence Louis Sharkey (general secretary of the…
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DORRIGO, Wed.-- At the Dorrigo Court of Petty Sessions to-day a case of assault by Allan Rowland Roberts against Alric…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday.-- Five men, alleged to have stolen building materials from the Railways Department over a period of 18 months were remanded in lithgow Court to-day to November 9…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Writ Holds Up Resumptions
SYDNEY, Wed.-- Resumption of holdings for soldier settlement purposes have been held up by the issue of a writ on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Finds . Boxer's Death Accidental
SYDNEY, Wednesday.-- The City Coroner (Mr. Raschke) to-day found that Melbourne lightweight, Archie Kemp's deaths was accidental and resulted from blows received in a fair fight. Earlier, Inspector Fyfe, officer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evatt Denies Would "Stack" High Court
CANBERRA. Wed.-- A statement by Mr. Spender (Lib., N.S.W.) if Labour were returned to office it would stack…
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LITHGOW, Thursday.--A seventh man has been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged large-scale thefts of building materials from the State Railway Department. He is an elderly ganger…
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NEW YORK, Thurs. (AAP).--A six-years' statute of limitations has prevented Walter Skiba, 25, being charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Actions Settled Out Of Court
SYDNEY, Thurs.--Actions for alleged libel brought in the Supreme Court by Albert(" Pat") Bailey bookmaker of Lismore,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post Draw Favours Comic Court
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Pre-post Caulfield Cup favourite, Comic Court, strengthened his claims for the race when he drew an ideal barrier position--number 5--when acceptances were declared to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News in Brief Police, Bandits in Battle
HOLLYWOOD, Friday (AAP.).--In a wild gun battle with 50 police in the heart of Hollywood, to-day three bandits killed a shop…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comic Court Will Run For Fortune
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Comic Court is likely to start one of the hottest favourites on record for to-morrow's Caulfield Cup. Comic Court's price has shortened still further since the announcement yesterday that he drew number 5 barrier position…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Seek Young Man
SYDNEY, Sunday.--Sydney police are seeking a young man who is alleged to have enticed three children away…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Posted at Embassy
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Police were posted last night at the Soviet Embassy in London's "Millionaires Row"--Kensington Palace Gardens--and the gates leading to the main street were locked until to-morrow…
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Arnold Leslie Smith, 18, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to imprisonment for 12 months by Judge Storkey, at Grafton…
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Shortly after receiving information on Saturday night that South's Dry Cleaners premises in High Street had…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--Laurence Louis Sharkey (51), General Secretary of the Australian Communist Party, was to-day sentenced to three years hard labour for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stablehand And Chemist Charged
SYDNEY, Mon.--A stable hand and a chemist were charged to-day with conspiracy in connection with the alleged doping of…
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