Fire at North Broken Hill. Police Prompitude Saves Property
At about 8.30 o'clock last night a telephone call was received at the Central Fire Station to an outbreak of fire in a house near the Waverley…
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Courts & crime, 1914
1,014 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 51
Lost Police Patrol. Turns Up with Prisoner. (Reuter's Message.) Ottawa
A telegram to hand from Calgary, a town in the north-west territory of Canadu, states that the supposed lost patrol of mounted police, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Beleagured Unionists in Court. Cases Discussed. Capetown, Wednesday Night
Rumor of the decision to call the general strike off has been confirmed. Five of the trades unionists who barricaded themselves inside and were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stealing a Bicycle
At the Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr S. N. Guon, P.M., Norman Paul, a lad of 17, was charged with stealing a bicycle value…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shoreditch Murder. Sensation at Inquest. (Reuter's Message.) London
A sensation was caused to-day at the inquest on the body of William Starchfield, a lad seven years of age, whose dead body was in a pureel and under…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Four Men Charged. Causing Explosion or Having Explosives in Possession. May Be Sentenced to Death. Pretoria
It is understood that a general courtmartial, with General Lukin as the president, will be convened for the summary trial of the four men arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Burglaries. a Leading Offender Sentenced. Sydney
In the Criminal Court yesterday afternoon Wallis Taylor pleaded guilty to fifteen charges of breaking and entering and stealing. It was shown on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Saturday's Third Edition Rand Labor Trouble. Trial of Mr. Cresswell, M.P. FINED £20, and Sentenced to a Month in Gaol. (Reuter's Message.) Johannesburg
Mr. Cresswell, a Labor member for Johannesburg, declared that owing to the proclamation of martial law he issued a leaflet instead of giving advice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Canteen Scandals. a Colonel Now Charged. (Reuter's Message.) London
Two further summonses in connection with the military canteen scandals have been issued—one against a subordinate civilian, and the other against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shanghai Murder. Wealthy Woman Killed and Robbed. Horrible Mutilation of the Body. (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai
Mrs. Neumann, a wealthy German butcher's wife, was found to-day dead in her bedroom with her head severed, one arm hacked off, and her fingers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Saturday's Third Edition the Wolverhampton Murder. Still Searching for Clues. (Reuter's Message.) London, Friday Afternoon
The newspapers continue to give prominence to the Reeks mystery, The Staffordshire police state that Thomas Reeks, the victim, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Saturday's Second Edition the Wolverhampton Tragedy. Police Collecting Evidence. (Reuter's Message.) London
In addition to the searfpin which belonged to the Sydney engineer, Thomas Reeks (whose dead body, with three bullets in the head, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. This Morning's Cases
The following cases were dealt with by Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., at the Police Court this morning:— Drunkenness…
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At a sitting of the Small Debts Court, presided over by Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., this morning a number of claims for money owing for board and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rand Labor Trouble. the Court Cases. (Reuter's Message.) Johannesburg
The Supreme Court has granted a rule nisi for the release of Mr. Cresswell, sentenced to a month's imprisonment, returnable on January 28, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. To-day's Proceedings
At the Courthouse this morning Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., had the following cases to deal with:— Drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cook Charged with Arson. Fire in a Boarding-house
At the Magistrates' Court at Port Pirie on Saturday (says a correspondent of the "Register"), before Mr. S. J. Mitchell, S.M., James Albert Lidstone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Am Adelaide Burglary. Pawnbrokers' Shop Broken Into. Booty Valued at £400 TAKEN. Adelaide
One of the most sensational burglaries known in Adelaide took place on the premises in Flinders-street occupied by Joel Morris, pawnbroker, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Licensing Court. Renewals Granted
In the Licensing Court this morning, before Messrs. C. F. Butler. S.M., and G. C. Bowen, J.P., the following applications were granted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. Frozen France. Prisoners Won't Leave Gaol. [?]Rl Eaten by Wolves. (Reuter's Message.) Paris
The cold throughout France has driven many hears and wolves into the open. A number of wolves at Perigueux, in…
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